Economic Policy Research Centre staff completed a five-day retreat where they discussed and shaped research focus for the year 2023/24. The Centre’s research theme for the year will be, Accelerating Sustainable and Productive Employment for Inclusive Economic Growth. It will be anchored on the Centre’s strategic plan for…
Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) researcher has emerged the best economics forecaster in Uganda for the year 2022 in two key categories. Corti Paul Lakuma, the EPRC head of Macro department, yet again led the pack of economists in providing the most accurate forecasts in Gross Domestic Product…
Schools across the country have responded positively to the new competency-based lower secondary school curriculum that incorporates vocational aspects of learning as the country moves away from theory-based teaching, Ministry of Education and Sports officials have said. Ms. Judith Akurut, an official at the Ministry of Education, said…
As part of the UN-Women Uganda Women Count II project, EPRC will provide technical and leadership roles in building the capacity of data producers and users to bridge the gap in gender statistics in Uganda. Leveraging on the data produced by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBoS), and…
Women leaders in the western district of Mbarara have expressed optimism that it is possible to advocate change to lessen the burden of unpaid domestic care work on females. During an advocacy training in Bwizibwera Mbarara on April 3-5, 2023, women leaders said they were confident that their…
Summary: Outreach meeting convened with UN Women Uganda with several organisations, including civil society, INGOs, and government ministries and agencies in attendance. GrOW Unpaid Care Work Project Uganda team led by Principal Investigator presented baseline findings from study being undertaken. It was agreed that systemic structural challenges pose…
Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) on April 17, 2023, begun a five-day capacity-building exercise on data analysis for young researchers as part of the capacity development plan for the financial year 2022/2023. The training was be based on the existing knowledge and skills gap among young researchers to…
Yesterday (April 13, 2023) Economic Policy Research Centre Researchers sat down in a meeting to discuss the proposed National Employment Strategy 2023-2028 and the action plan for 2023-2025. The strategy's aim is to anchor the employment strategy in Uganda’s Vision 2040 which is necessary to ensure that the…
Economic Policy Research Centre has received a greenlight to carry out a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) for the sugarcane sub-sector in Uganda. Mr. Patrick Ocailap, the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury (DPST), said the RIA will “lead to a serious policy direction that is necessary to take care…
With Uganda’s public debt estimated to reach 53% of GDP in 2023, Economic Policy Research Centre, with support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is assessing the impact of debt policies and COVID-19 shocks on households and firms in a constrained resource and institutional environment. This includes…