Unpaid care work (UCW) burden such as caring for children, the elderly, and doing household chores like cooking, cleaning, and fetching water is still borne by women in this country. Our baseline studies have shown that women in Uganda spend nearly six hours per day doing unpaid care…
Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) has been commended for maintaining its independence in generating evidence that has influenced many policy interventions in Uganda. EPRC marked 30 years of impactful research in Uganda on March 21, 2024, by hosting key stakeholders for a sumptuous dinner at Kampala Serena hotel.…
The Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) has kicked off activities to mark 30 years of impactful research excellence in Uganda. The first of these activities took place on February 15-16, 2024, with a career guidance to students, a public talk on how think tanks and academia can work…
Two years after all COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were lifted, many Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Uganda continue to grapple with the after-effects as recovery drags. Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) interacted with enterprises leaders in Mbale in Eastern Uganda and Fort Portal in Western Uganda in…
The EPRC has finalized the development Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) for the sugarcane sub-sector in Uganda with the final report due for early next year. The RIA will form the basis for the amendment of the Sugar Act 2020 and the revision of the 2010 national Sugar Policy…
The Economic Policy Research Centre has kicked off the second phase of the Youth Employment and Skills (YES) Pan-African Coalition for Transformation (PACT) programme with a focus on helping in-service teachers implement the new lower-secondary school curriculum. YES PACT platform brings together high-level policymakers and stakeholders concerned with…
Six research fellows have completed their exchange programme with the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) on secondment from the Nairobi-based African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). The fellows – Dr Martin Oletche, Dr. Moses Muriithi, Ms. Rosemary Murebu, and Mr. John Murimi from Kenya; Mr. Issa Nana from Burkina…
His Excellence Upender Singh Rawat, the High Commissioner of India to Uganda, has commended EPRC for its work in policy analysis, formulation, and guidance to Government of Uganda. This was during a courtesy visit to EPRC on October 3, 2023, where he interacted with the Centre’s senior management…
Inadequate regulation of the sugarcane sub-sector has led to power imbalance among players involved, leaving mostly farmers not benefiting from the crop and exposed growing regions to food insecurity. According to the Minister of State for Planning Mr. Amos Lugoloobi, “millers have been regulating the industry and farmers…
In August 2022, Christine Adong, a resident of Opwateta village, Kadesoko sub-county, Pallisa district, attended training on unpaid care work dangers and the burden that women bear in homes. The training was organized by GrOW project on Unpaid Care Work in Uganda that is implemented by a consortium…