Over the second National Development Plan (NDP II) period, the Education Sector’s targets are: to increase the completion rate of Primary 7 from 70.3% in 2012/13 to 85% in 2019/20; the transition rate to secondary from 73% ...

This Policy Brief is part of a series and is based on the Social Protection: Investment Case developed by the Government of Uganda (2016). The business case was developed over one and a half years and rests of the best ...

The Right to Education is guaranteed under Article 30 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, and the country is party to International Conventions that guarantee the right, including the International Convention ...

Women continue to shy away from political and authoritative positions despite well-grounded laws in place. Low participation of women in positions of power and influence continues to threaten the long-term attainment of ...

This brief is drawn from the concluding observations of the Committee on the convention on the Elimination of All Form the Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) based on the combined fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh report ...

The objective of this policy brief is to establish how high excess reserves in the banking system affect the effectiveness of monetary policy formulation. This has implications on the Bank of Uganda’s role in implementing ...

Over the last three decades, Uganda’s main tax objective has been to mobilize domestic revenue as a way of providing essential public services and reducing foreign aid dependence. However the challenge facing Uganda is how ...

During the past 15 years, Uganda has witnessed a significant change in the mode and form of external development finance (EDF) received. Traditionally, Uganda has largely sourced its EDF from the Organization for Economic ...

Gender-based violence is a major problem faced by women world over with 70 % of violence faced by women are within homes and yet getting out of such abusive or violent relationship is a very difficult decision for majority ...

Small scale fishers in Uganda continue to struggle for access to the land and water resources on which they depend for their livelihoods, and are increasingly at risk of losing access to these resources entirely. Competing ...