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EPRC In The News

Jan 11, 2017

According to the most recent forecast from the U.S. Energy Information Administration‘s, crude oil price are forecasted to average $54.1 per...

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Dec 28, 2016

As the country reels under an apparent slowdown, experts, academics, policymakers and politicians are providing several explanations to pinpoint the...

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Dec 23, 2016

One of the challenges facing government’s Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) programme is the rejection of input supplies by the intended...

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Oct 13, 2016

In most developing countries, there are observed changes in EDF by source, nature, and mechanisms. Traditional overseas development assistance is...

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Jul 30, 2016

Unemployment and underemployment are likely to increase in Uganda. This is largely due to an increase in new young entrants...

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Jul 27, 2016

Paul Lakuma, research fellow, Economic Policy Research Centre The bailing out of struggling companies can get the whole economy to its knees. It...

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Mar 15, 2016

Stories of people gambling themselves into utter poverty are no longer foreign tales or stuff Ugandans watch in a movie....

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Mar 12, 2016

Modest export earnings posted in 2014/15 financial year have deepened Uganda’s policy woes as currency traders report limited impact on...

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Nov 23, 2015

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) last month predicted a slowdown in the global economy this year from 3.8 per cent...

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Nov 6, 2015

At a time when unemployment – particularly youth unemployment – is at its highest, there have been concerns that the...

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Nov 3, 2015

The 2015 report by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor has ranked Uganda as the most entrepreneurial country in the world.  More...

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Nov 2, 2015

I recently interacted with some Buliisa district residents after President Museveni commissioned an electricity line from Masindi.  Many were excited...

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