Blog
By Medard Kakuru
About 50 districts in Uganda have been experiencing Foot and mouth (FMD) outbreaks in the past years, forcing Government through...
Nathan Sunday; Research Associate, Economic Policy Research Centre
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has continued to spread across the world following the first infections in Wuhan city...
By Regean Mugume
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, the social and economic relief measures including fiscal stimulus and expansion of social...
The increasing uncertainty about the duration of the lockdown and other containment measures has justified fears about its implications for Uganda’s debt. First announced...
The 14-day extension of the lockdown due to COVID-19 has been received with mixed reactions by different sections of society. Whereas the first wealth...
By Bulime Enock
The uncertainty surrounding the extent of the global spread and the impact (or cost) of the COVID-19 pandemic on people’s...
By
Rehema Kahunde
During the 2018/2019 financial year (FY), there was a drastic reduction in key agricultural exports. Specifically, coffee exports reduced by...
By Justine Luwedde
January 2020
Relations between Rwanda and Uganda hit a new low in 2019 with the closure of the border causing...
On the evening of 31st December, 2019, the president delivered his end of year speech. In the speech, the president highlighted security, environmental...
By Isaac M.B. Shinyekwa
and Enock Bulime
Since December 2013, South Sudan has continued experience conditions of civil war. The conflict is mainly...
Enock Bulime and Isaac M.B. Shinyekwa
January 2020
The agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) entered into force at the end...
By Aida K. Nattabi
Uganda continues to create new administrative units despite the lack of resources to finance their operations. At the...
By Nathan Sunday &
Ezra Munyambonera
Uganda has registered a change in debt sustainability position due to the rebasing of gross domestic...
By Enock Bulime and Ezra Munyambonera
It is common to attribute the increasing borrowing to easily noticeable causes such as the implementation of...
By Aida K. Nattabi
The National Development Plan (NDP) III framework taking effect in June 2020 was approved in September 2019. The NDP III...
The burden of physical gender based violence in Uganda 
