COMMENT | DANNY BRADLOW | Many people may be tempted to view the World Bank’s recent announcement that it will freeze new loans to Uganda because of the country’s vicious anti-LGBTIQ+ law as a harbinger of the Bank taking a more progressive approach to human rights issues. While the announcement is …
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How our prejudices have combined with an exhausted government to create a disaster for our country THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The mighty World Bank has suspended all new loan applications to Uganda for passing the anti-homosexuality act. The law is primitive. I feel ashamed to be a citizen of …
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Recent research takes a productive approach than in the past when economists focused on simple indicators COMMENT | DANI RODRIK, REKA JUHASZ & NATHAN LANE | As policymakers around the world embrace industrial policy in pursuit of a wide variety of objectives supply-chain resilience, green technologies, geopolitical advantage, good jobs the …
Read More »A new playbook for preserving nature
Recommendations on how best to shape a new generation of markets that conserve rather than destroy nature COMMENT | SANDRINE DIXSON-DECLEVE & SIMON ZADEK | The global economy is addicted to the relentless and unsustainable extraction of natural resources. Yet despite our complete dependence on nature, its contribution for example, the …
Read More »Untapped wind energy potential in Karamoja
A solution to climate change induced food insecurity and conflicts in the semi-arid mineral rich region COMMENT | BWESIGYE DON BINYINA | According to a recent report by the East African newspaper, Uganda is on the verge of becoming the first East African country to attain energy surplus and security status. …
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Their significance for the country’s economy, institutions, and investors navigating economic nuances COMMENT | SYLVER KYEYUNE | In a time marked by significant challenges like the ongoing aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, rising geopolitical tensions, such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and the urgent threat of climate change, the pursuit of a …
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COMMENT | TIGUSHAMWA AYEBARE | The recently concluded Russia-Africa summit was-in many ways-only but a curtain raising act for the Ugandan delegation. On account of government reportage in Uganda, Moscow was only a pit stop on a trip destined for a much smaller capital in Eastern Europe, Belgrade. It …
Read More »COMMENT: The Serbia-Uganda trade deal
It makes perfect sense for two complementary economies that each produce things that the other does not and cannot COMMENT | ODREK RWABWOGO & BRATISLAV STOILJKOVIC | The agreement signed between the two countries in Belgrade last week has breathed new life into a little-known but in fact, long-standing and increasingly …
Read More »Balancing debt repayment with saving for the future
COMMENT | CLEVER NICHOLAS | In today’s fast-paced world, striking a balance between debt repayment and saving for the future is crucial for achieving financial stability and long-term success. Managing debt effectively while simultaneously building a savings cushion can provide individuals with a solid foundation for their financial well-being. This article …
Read More »Corporate responsibility in the age of AI
Companies must ensure they don’t knowingly cause harm and governments must hold them accountable COMMENT | MARIA EITEL | In the past year, a cacophony of conversations about artificial intelligence has erupted. Depending on whom you listen to, AI is either carrying us into a shiny new world of endless possibilities …
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