Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc and reverse the gains made in creating resilient and sustainable social-economic systems supporting young people’s lives, livelihoods and businesses. For instance, the International Labour Organisation shows that one in six young people aged 18-29 stopped working (about 17.4 percent) because…
While Uganda has seen a jump in sugarcane production, this has come as a result of more land being tilled than improvement in production methods. According to Dr. Swaibu Mbowa, a senior research fellow, at the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), “any gains from sugarcane production in the…
With the likelihood also that new lethal variants may emerge and therefore prolong pandemic pain with lockdown cycles, the government should prudently use the available resources to cushion the impact. This call was made by Dr. Isaac Shinyekwa, the EPRC head of the international trade and integration depart,…
Uganda’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)are “hanging in there” to see the next day with the majority of them far from being resilient, a rapid assessment study by the Economic Policy Research Centre has established. The assessment is part of a three-year study supported by the International…
Uganda is going through the toughest lockdown since being hit by the second wave of COVID-19 in May 2021. As part of the measures to stop the spread of the virus, President Yoweri Museveni placed the country back into lockdown with devastating impacts on businesses and many lives.…
The Bujagali hydropower dam, on the Bujagali Falls, is located on the Victoria Nile on Dumbbell Island, in Jinja. It is an important hydropower project in Uganda and was initially approved in 1994 as the lowest cost option to increase power production in the country with a total…
That Uganda is spending as much as 97% of its domestic revenue to service debt should concern us about the sustainability of public debt stock the country has raked up, according to Corti Paul Lakuma, a research fellow at the Economic Policy Research Centre. Presenting on Monday, June…
It is going to be a lot harder for young people to transition from school to work, thanks to disruptions occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. According to Dr Sarah Ssewanyana, the executive director of the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), the pandemic has meant job disruptions, disruptions in…
On Thursday, June 10, 2021, the Minister of State for Planning Amos Lugoloobi presented a Shillings 44.7trillion 2021/22 budget to the nation on behalf of the president of Uganda. EPRC research fellow Paul Lakuma opined how it will affect small and medium enterprises at the virtual post-budget discussion…
Uganda ranks among the top sources of fish maw in Africa. The quality of its fish maw ranks highly too – fourth globally. Between 2012 and 2019, Uganda’s fish maw exports to China accounted for about 51 percent of the total exports from Africa.[i] Fish maw is used…