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By Mildred Barungi
Maize is one of the 12 agricultural commodities that Government considers to have the potential to remarkably contribute to increasing rural...
By Tabitha Nafula, Martin Luther Munu, & Isaac Shinyekwa
Many developing countries in Africa have a low tax to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio with...
By Job Lakal
There is a huge and growing financing gap required to meet the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Estimates by the Organization...
By Tonny Odokonyero
In pursuit of establishing comprehensive healthcare financing in Uganda, the government recently developed a National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, aimed at...
By Gemma Ahaibwe
Uganda’s generous provisions are expected to empower refugees to sustain themselves with time. However, the extent to which this policy has...
By Martin Luther Munu
Background
In the 1980s, the East African textile industry was more developed along the entire value chain from cotton production...
By Florence Nakazi
The National Development Plan (NDP) acknowledges the potential of agro-processing to create better paying off-farm jobs, improve food security, increase farmer...
By Job Lakal
Due to the civil servant strikes of 2017, the Government of Uganda intends to borrow UGX 700 billion to meet demands...
By Gemma Ahaibwe
Wednesday 25th April 2018 was commemorated as World Malaria Day; a day to focus on the plight of malaria and the...
By Sheila Anne Depio and Anita Ntale
March 8th marks International Women’s Day which in Uganda will be celebrated under the theme “Empowerment of...
By Mildred Barungi
As Uganda joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 2018 international Women’s day under the theme “press for progress”,...
By Musa Mayanja Lwanga
After overcoming the political uncertainties that characterized much of 2017, Uganda’s economic outlook for 2018 is positive. I envisage that...
By Mildred Barungi
In 2008, the Ugandan Cabinet approved the National Biotechnology and Biosafety policy, whose objective is to ensure that Uganda benefits from...
By Tonny Odokonyero
For any country to accelerate Universal Health Coverage (UHC), policy efforts must tackle three key dimensions. First is “who is covered”...
By Martin Luther Munu
According to the 2014 National Population and Housing Census Report, Uganda’s population was at 34.6 million people, which represents an...
The Distributional Impacts of Fiscal Consolidation in Uganda 
