EPRC Highlights
‘Rural women and children suffer most from food insecurity and malnutrition’
Legislators Pledge to Use Sugarcane Study Evidence to Improve the Sub-Sector
How to close the gender care gap in Sub Saharan Africa
How can Uganda enhance secondary education enrolment for the girl child?
Will government’s strategy of prioritising support to large scale farmers prevent hunger in Uganda?
ECONOMIC POLICY RESEARCH CENTRE
The Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) is Uganda’s leading think tank in economics and development policy oriented research and policy analysis.
The Economic Policy Research Centre was established in 1993 as an autonomous not-for-profit organization limited by guarantee to fill fundamental voids in economics research, policy analysis, and capacity building for effective in-country contributions to Uganda’s policy processes.
Research Agenda
Economy, Employment and Public Finance Management
Research in this area informs policy actors on how to stimulate economic growth and create employment through prudent public finance management….
Macroeconomic Analysis, Social Service Delivery and Protection
This focuses on means of enhancing productivity, mobility of factors of production & their impacts on household welfare, social protection for vulnerable groups & institutional reforms for social economic transformation.
Private Sector Development and Competitiveness
Research in this area informs how the private sector should reposition itself as the engine of economic growth, adapt to the EAC competitive regional business environment and other regional blocs.
Natural Resources Management
This area focuses on how Uganda can leverage its wealth in natural resources for sustainable growth and development.
Policy Inconsistency and Implementation Gaps
In this area, our research explores the evolution of policies and identifies gaps and inconsistencies within the existing policies so as to aid their effective implementation.
Trade and Regional Integration
Under this thematic area, our research examines the likely implications of the changing global and regional geopolitical environment on Uganda’s trade.
Latest Publications
Does Uganda’s food policy environment respond to the food safety needs of the population? February 2, 2023 871.76 KB
COVID-19 aftereffects: The impact of the increase in school fees on education businesses in Uganda January 7, 2023 360.48 KB
The Ebola Virus outbreak affects business operations, but the business outlook remains optimistic January 7, 2023 689.53 KB
Assessment of Informal Businesses in Uganda December 20, 2022 1.14 MB
Making labour externalisation work for agro-industrialisation in Uganda December 3, 2022 443.35 KB
