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Out of Garamba, into Uganda
(Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB), University of Antwerp, 2013)
Ivory poaching and trading in central and eastern Africa has recently received a lot of attention. On the one hand, there have been a number of analyses highlighted how ‘tusks fund terror’ for the Lord’s Resistance Army ...
Is Uganda’s middle class strong enough to deliver national aspirations?
(Economic Policy Research Centre, 2020)
Uganda envisioned to become a lower middle-income status by 2020 as a foundation for achieving vision 2040. Policies, including the National Development Plan (NDP), were instituted to drive the aspiration. However, the ...
The National Backbone Infrastructure: Is the country reaping investment dividends?
(Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit, 2019)
The National Data Transmission Backbone Infrastructure and e-Government Infrastructure (NBI/EGI) is a Government of Uganda (GoU) Initiative implemented by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector through ...
Within the EAC, which countries stand to benefit from the implementation of the AfCFTA
(Economic Policy Research Centre, 2020)
The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will affect EAC countries in terms of tax revenues, trade volumes and poverty. Estimates paint a mixed picture among specific EAC economies regarding ...
How can Uganda address gender data gaps in the land sector?
(Economic Policy Research Centre, 2020)
Land is one of the most important resource held by Ugandans. However, the lack of real time, clear and accurate disaggregated gender statistics has repeatedly made it a challenge to develop policy responses to inequalities ...
Absorption and Implementation Constraint to Uganda’s National Development Plan (NDP)
(Economic Plicy Research Centre, 2017)
Budget execution remains a challenge in Uganda. Weak budget disbursements, back-loaded spending procurement delay, inflexibility in budget execution and fiscal incapacity at local government level highlight ongoing challenges ...
Business, Technical and Vocational Training: Are the objectives being met?
(Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit, 2019)
The core aim of the Business, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) is to promote an integrated, demand driven and competent based modular system. Learners enter the system at various points suited to ...
Provincial Chinese actors in Africa: The case of Sichuan in Uganda
(China-Africa Research Initiative (CARI), 2016)
In 2001, the Chinese government began a strong, sustained push for Chinese companies to increase their outgoing investment. The expansion of China’s “Going Out” or “Going Global” strategy has brought an increasing number ...
Gender Responsiveness in the Transport Sector
(Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit, 2019)
The 2030 Agenda (Sustainable Development Goals) highlights gender equality and empowerment of women and girls (Goal number five) as one of the issues to be addressed in pursuit of sustainable inclusive growth and development ...
Financial literacy as a tool of business transformation for Small and Medium Enterprises in Uganda
(Gateway Research Centre, 2021)
Majority of the businesses in developing countries, Uganda inclusive fall under Small and Medium Enterprises. They employ the largest part of the population and contribute to livelihood improvement and sustainability. SMEs ...