Uganda continues to grapple with worsening food security despite several attempts to remedy the same. A household is believed to be food secure when all household members have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food at all times that meets their dietary needs and…
That women and girls in Uganda are over-burdened with unpaid care work is not shocking news anymore. That the norms, behaviour, and societal sanctions that continue to perpetuate the status quo are still held high in our communities’ everyday life begs a question: is anyone paying attention? A…
Drought is a growing global concern due to its debilitating effects on livelihoods. Globally, drought has affected more people, compared with any other natural hazard, and its adverse effects have more than doubled in the last four decades. In any given year, approximately 55 million people globally are…
Economic Policy Research Centre has completed regional dissemination of survey results on the impact of Covid-19 on the Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Uganda. The nationwide survey captured the state of MSMEs during and after different spells of Covid-19 instigated shutdowns. During regional disseminations, EPRC interacted…
Uganda Development Bank (UDB) and Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) have signed a strategic partnership pact to work together on different research projects to inform policy and drive evidence-based interventions for deeper impact. Ms. Patricia Ojangole, the UDB managing director, said “formalizing the relationship [between two institutions] will…
Three Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) young researchers are winners of the 2022 Structural Transformation of Africa-Asia Agriculture and Rural Space plus (STAAARS+) research fellowship program. Mr. Dablin Mpuuga, Mr. Ambrose Ogwang, and Ms. Sawuya Nakijoba have been awarded as part of the drive to build capacities of…
Uganda could experience further fiscal deficits and public debt increases that will undermine her fiscal potential. The fiscal deficit, a situation where a country spends more than it earns, increased from UGX 4.1 trillion in 2015/16 to UGX 13.4 trillion in 2020/21, while the public debt increased from…
Corti Paul Lakuma, the EPRC Research Fellow and Head of Macro Department, is the overall best Uganda economics analyst forecaster of the year 2021. The recognition is organised by FocusEconomics, a firm providing economic analysis and forecasts for 200 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and…
In April, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) formally joined the East African Community (EAC), eliciting hope that trade within the EAC would swiftly increase for each member country. Indeed, the 2019 Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII) report shows that the EAC was the most integrated bloc among…
The recent commitment of oil companies to develop Uganda’s oil and gas projects through the announcement of the final investment decision brings Uganda a step closer to achieving its target of first oil production by 2025. The developments in the oil sector will partly contribute to the realization…