As Uganda joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 2018 international Women’s day under the theme “press for progress”, there is a strong call-to-action to press forward to gender inclusiveness in access to factors of agricultural production. Agriculture can be an important engine of growth and…
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 child undergoes health examination in one of the health centres in Uganda. According to Sheila Depio, Uganda still falls short of universal birth registration and certification. UNICEF PHOTO. The National Identification Regulatory Authority (NIRA) has been called upon to institute effective coordination mechanisms with local government to…
Although Uganda has made progress in infrastructure development, the country still faces huge deficits across all sectors, including in transport, energy, water and information and communication technology that require financing beyond the public budget ceilings. These deficits affect the business climate and increase the cost of doing business…
As the country reels under an apparent slowdown, experts, academics, policy makers and politicians are providing several explanations to pinpoint the underlying reasons. From these explanations, a range of possible recommendations emerge for a rejuvenation of the economy to (re)witness the growth miracle and poverty reduction (56.4 percent…
Miriam Katunze, a Research Analyst with EPRC has presented preliminary findings from a paper titled “Increasing women’s participation in private sector decision-making: the case of Uganda’s firms”. While presentating her maiden findings, Katunze hinted that although the number of women joining the labour market is increasing, their representation…
Religious leaders pray for the eight presidential candidates prior to the live TV debate Uganda goes to the polls this Thursday, February 18, 2016. Although the candidates face a myriad of issues in the election, on the top of their list should be the unique economic opportunities and…
At a time when unemployment – particularly youth unemployment – is at its highest, there have been concerns that the youth have resorted to gambling as a source of livelihood. However, not so much empirical evidence existed to confirm these allegations regarding the level of participation and characteristics…
Reduced supply of food crops in the market coupled with high electricity tariff have pushed Uganda’s annual headline inflation rate to 8.8 per cent for the year ending October 2015 compared to 7.2 per cent recorded in September. This is the highest inflation rate Uganda has recorded since…