EPRC Represented at the BRICS Conference Dr. Sarah Ssewanyana (Executive Director) and Dr. Isaac Shinyekwa EPRC were recently invited by the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) to participate on the 3rd Annual Group of 20 (G-20) and Africa Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa as well as…
For the last four years, I have closely followed the debate on having a Uganda National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and kept wondering why the process has taken that long. While Uganda has originated good policies that have been copied by other countries, one wonders why it takes…
Sarah Ssewanyana, Executive Director EPRC, and Almaz Gebru, Country Director UNDP, sign the memorandum of understanding on the Northern Uganda Human Development Report. Looking on are (L-R): Mary Kivune - EPRC, Ibrahim Kasirye - EPRC, Tony Muhumuza – UNDP, and Kordzo Sedegah. KAMPALA - The United Nations Development Programme…
The School-to-work Transition Survey report for Uganda was launched on 25th November 2014 The School-to-work Transition Survey (SWTS) report for Uganda was launched on 25th November 2014 at Sheraton Kampala Hotel. The survey was conducted in 2013 by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics and International Labour Organization (ILO). The…
Although market openness is believed to increase the efficiency of resource allocation and ultimately lead to increased trade and growth, nearly four decades of World Bank and IMF sponsored market reforms in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have inadvertently exposed the gross lack of capacity in these countries to…
In Uganda, many point to the success of mobile money in improving financial inclusion by promoting peer-to-peer money transfer. The widespread presence of mobile service stations and variety of services, particularly in urban areas, are an obvious show of activity. Mobile money users describe its benefits as reduction…
EPRC is the new home for the Agricultural Finance Year Book The hand over was announced at the Launch of the 2013/14 Agricultural Finance Yearbook on the theme "New technology in financial services: new gains for agriculture", held in Kampala. The yearbook, now in its 7th edition, sets out…
In the last few weeks, Kampala has experienced several downpours. One wonders if this is the same pattern in the rest of the country, where much of the agricultural production takes place. A recent collaborative study by CARE-Uganda and the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) showed that Uganda…
Uganda is striving to develop Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) capacity in policy tracking and evaluation. This is manifested by progress towards developing a national M&E framework, formation of Uganda Evaluation Association, recognition of M&E in the current National Development Plan, and the awakening of interest in M&E amongst…
EPRC Signs New Research Partnership with KAPSARC Nairobi – On 19th August 2014, the Executive Director of EPRC Dr. Sarah Ssewanyana signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dr. Muhammad Saggaf, President of the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre (KAPSARC). Within the MoU, EPRC and KAPSARC will jointly undertake…