Top officials from Operation Wealth Creation follow a presentation from EPRC during a meeting at the former's office. Photo by Mouris Opolot Top officials from Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) on November 13, 2018 received briefing on Fostering a Sustainable Agro-industrialization (AGI) Agenda in Uganda, a new research focus…
Isaac Shinyekwa speaking during the the 2018 Uganda UN country Team Annual Retreat Isaac Shinyekwa, a Senior Research Fellow with the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) shared his understanding of global regional and national trends, challenges, risks and opportunities, their implications for Uganda and UN system in Uganda…
Background In the 1980s, the East African textile industry was more developed along the entire value chain from cotton production and marketing, ginning and production of yarn to fabric and garments manufacturing. The state was quite instrumental in supporting this value chain through Cooperative Societies/unions running the mills…
Invited district officials, business owners engage in discussion during the Business Climate Index (BCI) dissemination for Western Uganda held on May 3, 2018 in Mbarara. Photo by Mouris Opolot Local business representatives from Western and Central Uganda decried what they called unfair competition and infiltration of fake products…
Corti Paul Lakuma is Uganda's best Exchange Rate Forecaster for 2018 FocusEconomics Analyst Forecast Awards. Photo by Mouris Opolot Corti Paul Lakuma, a Research Fellow at the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) has emerged Uganda’s number one Exchange Rate Forecaster for 2018 FocusEconomics Analyst Forecast Awards. “Congratulations on winning the FocusEconomics…
Stakeholders sit on round table to discuss key capacity imperatives that have enabled or constrained national development planning during a workshop organised by EPRC. With National Development Planning coming back firmly to Uganda’s planning space in 2010, a set of processes, policies and practices referred to as New…
A Senior Research Fellow with EPRC, Dr. Isaac Shinyekwa discusses trade related setbacks on EAC regional integration at the SEATINI organised dialogue. Photo by Mouris Opolot Intra state priorities, which are largely a sovereignty factor is to blame for low progress in realization of East Africa’s regional integration.…
EPRC Research Fellow Francis Mwesigye makes a presentation to the visiting Slovenian professors. Photo By Mouris Opolot A total of 25 Slovenian professors and students from the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana as well as other professionals from different fields visited the Economic Policy Research Centre…
Martin Luther Munu, a Research Analyst with EPRC (R) joins the AidData Summer Fellows, Katherine Whitton and Daniel K. Abaogye in a cake cutting during a send off fete held at EPRC. Photo by Mouris Opolot The Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) has bid farewell to two AidData Summer…
Two Researchers from the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) together with officials from Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) were nominated to participate in training and later development of an agricultural market model for Uganda. Corti Paul Lakuma and Dr. Francis Mwesigye both Research Fellows at EPRC were part of…