Economic Policy Research Centre has received a greenlight to carry out a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) for the sugarcane sub-sector in Uganda. Mr. Patrick Ochailap, the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury (DPST), said the RIA will “lead to a serious policy direction that is necessary to take care…
With Uganda’s public debt estimated to reach 53% of GDP in 2023, Economic Policy Research Centre, with support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is assessing the impact of debt policies and COVID-19 shocks on households and firms in a constrained resource and institutional environment. This includes…
Unending land disputes are impacting agriculture production and holding many Ugandans into poverty. According to Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) Executive Director Dr. Sarah Ssewanyana, land tenure security impacts agriculture and areas where there are serious land issues like Kabale have seen their poverty [levels] go up. Dr.…
Ms. Hildah Namuleme is the Economic Policy Research Centre’s Young Professional (YP) 2023. This is an annual recognition awarded to the best Master of Arts in Economics student of Makerere University. The awardee then joins the EPRC research team as a trainee for two years. Namuleme says she…
Energetic men and boys are fleeing villages for paid work in urban centres, leaving women and children to suffer food insecurity and malnutrition. Hon. Lawrence Bategeka, the former MP of Hoima Municipality, said as land becomes less productive for food production, men have run away. Women and children…
Members of Parliament in Uganda have pledged to use evidence generated from the sugarcane sub-sector study to amplify the farmers’ rights and place sugar industry on a sustainable growth path. The commitment was made during a high-level policy forum where EPRC presented to MPs on different committees of…
Uganda government should increase budget allocation for consular services and empowering of the embassies to engage in monitoring of the migrant workers in addition to the other responsibilities arising from labour externalisation. This was a call by H.E. Ambassador, Margaret Kedisi, Minister Counsellor, at the Ministry of Foreign…
In pairs, they walked forward and sat side by side to share their stories about steps they were taking to share care work in their homes. Couple after couple, they told of the changes they were experiencing in their households as men showed willingness to share care work…
Access to long-term internship and apprenticeship opportunities for young people in Uganda may be key to solving the unemployment problem, experts have said. Dr. Madina Guloba, a research fellow at Economic Policy Research Centre, said there was “need to open and increase apprenticeships within the employment institutions and…
Ugandan women spend five and a half hours per day doing unpaid care work, a new survey has said. Men only spend 3.5 hours on unpaid care work. On the other hand, men spend at least 7.4 hours compared to 5.3hrs for women in paid employment. The survey…