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As a top African research organisation, the Economic Policy Research Centre contributes significantly to the formulation of national policies and programmes in Uganda. The Centre has developed research and analytical capacity to support or inform the policy and priority direction of its clients, namely the Government, the private sector, Civil Society Organisations and Development Partners.

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Improving diets for better health

In Uganda, NCDs account for one third of adult deaths The burden of NCDs is on a rising trend –for example new annual cancer cases are rapidly rising with current cases as high as 32,000;hypertension increased by 42% between 2012 and 2016 and similarly, diabetes cases increased by 7% over the same period

AGRICULTURAL FINANCE YEAR BOOK 2020

This yearbook discusses the interventions and advances made in policy, strategy, innovations, research; value chain and agricultural investments financing. It further highlights the challenges that policymakers, implementers and value chain actors must address if Uganda’s is to extend its agricultural finance frontier.

African continental free trade area: The potential revenue, trade and welfare effects for the east African Community

This study examines the likely effects of implementing the AfCFTA on the East African Community (EAC). Specifically, the study estimates the revenue, trade and welfare effects of trade liberalization under the AfCFTA and also identifies the sectors within the EAC that will react with either defensive or offensive strategies due to the continental agreement.

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