As Uganda joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 2022 International Women's Day under the theme "Gender equality today for sustainable tomorrow", there is need to look into political representation of women at the local government level. Equal participation of women in local decision-making processes is…
Uganda is known within the region as a country that is blessed with plenty and a wide variety of food. Food varieties are as many as tribes, ranging from maize, beans, banana, cassava, sweet potatoes, millet, sorghum, rice, field peas, cow peas, pigeon peas, groundnuts, sim sim, soya…
Since November 2021, EPRC has conducted several pieces of research analysing e rising cost of essential commodities. The analysis has focused on fuel and other essential commodities. As shown in Figure 1, several essential commodities have registered unusual surges in prices. For example, over the 3months period (December…
The Parish Development Model (PDM), launched by President Yoweri Museveni in Kibuku district last month, aims to lift 17.5 million Ugandans in 3.5 million households out of poverty through the total transformation of the subsistence households into the money economy. Since poverty and unemployment are linked, the PDM is…
The buzzing sound of high voltage power lines evacuating power from Karuma dam in Kiryandongo district is symbolic: to Ugandans afar, it’s a promise of affordable electricity when finally commissioned. To the local people living underneath in Awoo Village in Karuma, it’s a daily reminder of crashed promises…
Despite the easing of truck pile-up at the border which had been blamed for run-away fuel prices hike in Uganda, most pump stations are still selling fuel at or slightly over UGX 5,000. Between June 2021 and January 2022, fuel prices in Uganda have gone up by more…
President Yoweri Museveni is set to launch the Parish Development Model (PDM) on February 26, 2022 in Bukedi sub-region. The model aims to lift 39% (about 3.5 million people) of households from the subsistence to money economy. This would eventually contribute to The Uganda Vision 2040 which envisages…
The United Nations resident coordinator in Uganda has pledged support for the government’s new development model, the Parish Development Model. Ms. Susan Ngongi Namondo, who is starting her tenure in Uganda, expressed her support at a courtesy visit to Economic Policy Research Centre on February 9, 2022. She…
While addressing the Ministry of Finance organised 12th National Competitiveness Forum (12th NCF) in December, Prof Augustus Nuwagaba, the keynote speaker, voiced the cost electricity as the main impediment to private sector growth. He further said “Uganda has one the highest average per unit cost of electricity in…
Urbanization is a vehicle to economic prosperity, yet it results in simultaneous growth of slums and gentrification which exacerbate urban poverty. This is due to the rise in rural-urban migration, inadequate planning for productive infrastructure (roads and markets) and communal infrastructure such as health and education facilities, and…