Isaac M.B. Shinyekwa (PhD) – Economic Policy Research Centre

Personal Information

Name: Isaac M.B. Shinyekwa (PhD)
Designation: Senior Research Fellow
Email: ishinyekwa@eprcug.org

Dr. Isaac Shinyekwa is the Head of Trade and Regional Integration Department at the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC). He joined EPRC in 2010 as a Research Fellow after which he was elevated to Senior Research Fellow in March 2016.

He previously worked for the Plan for Modernization of Agriculture (Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries) as a Coordinator for Market Research Studies (value chains).

He also worked as a resident consultant at the EPRC for over four years (2000 – 2004) to implement research projects in collaboration with Chronic Poverty Research Center (UK), Universities of Manchester, and Bradford in the UK and Fort Hare University in South Africa.

Dr. Shinyekwa has conducted research for reputable institutions like the World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, South African Institute of International Affairs, African Growth Initiative of Brookings Institute and the United Nations University – World Institute for Development Economics Research.

At the continental level he is a member of the expert group for African Union Malabo Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) declaration score card (Biennial Report). He participated in the preparation and development of the East African Community Regional Trade Policy.

At the national level, he has been a member of several sector committees including: Inter Institutional Trade Committee, the Private Sector Investment Survey by the Bank of Uganda, Uganda Bureau of Statistics and Uganda investment Authority, the National Development Plan III Committee. He has been involved in the development of government policies and strategies such as the National Industrial Development Plan and the EAC Common External Tariff.

Dr. Shinyekwa holds a Bachelor of Arts (Education) from Makerere University, an MSc. in Natural Resource Economics from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and a PhD in Economics from Makerere University.

His research and publications are in the areas of trade and regional integration, poverty, education, trade and rural development. He has published journal articles and book chapters in reputable journals and publishing houses like Oxford press, Routledge and Springer Link in the areas of trade, industrialization and development. He is reviewer for journals including: African Development Review, Journal of African Development, Journal of Business Strategy and Development and International Trade Journal.