In June 2024, EPRC’s Christine Alum attended a training at the University of Applied Sciences, Triesdorf, Germany, focusing on the digitalization of agriculture and smart and precision farming. Dr. Christine Alwata Alum travelled to Germany to attend a groundbreaking conference held in Munich, focusing on “Accelerating Integrated Energy…
This speech was read by Dr. Ibrahim Kasirye, the EPRC Director of Research, on behalf of the Executive Director Dr Sarah N. Ssewanyana, at the EPRC dinner to mark 30 years of impactful research in Uganda. The dinner was held at Kampala Serena Hotel on March 21, 2024.…
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.…
This year, the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) celebrates 30 years of impactful research in Uganda. In the past three decades, the Centre has had its mark on the policy processes in the country and some of the research done at EPRC has had life-changing impact on Ugandans.…
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…