Rising customer numbers support expanding private sector output according to Stanbic Bank Uganda index Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Growth was recorded again in the Ugandan private sector during May, with output, new orders and employment all rising over the course of the month, according to the monthly Stanbic …
Read More »EPRC launches project to find modalities for rewarding unpaid care work
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University-based Economic Policy Research Center-EPRC has launched a three-year project to search for ways how unpaid care work both at home and at the workplace can be rewarded. Speaking to URN about the project, Prof. Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo, the Principal Investigator and researcher …
Read More »Poor Ugandans not seeking healthcare
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The burden of catastrophic health expenditures remains large in many countries in Africa. A report by the Makerere University-based Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) shows that most of the health expenditure in Uganda is met privately and by the rich. Due to this, a …
Read More »Gov’t asked to fund local think tanks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been asked to actively fund activities of local think tanks as their dependence on foreign funders could be affecting the kind of research they do. Think tanks are organizations staffed with experts providing advice and ideas on specific political or economic problems. …
Read More »Over paid workers, underpaying employers
Firing Fat Boy, hiring Salvador and the other side of the COVID-19 induced pandemic of lay-offs and pay cuts COMMENT | JOSEPH WERE | Did I just lose my job to a 100-year old woman? Dawn Silver, a young female morning radio drive show DJ says exactly that at the …
Read More »Forget China, think local
New report by EPRC echoes global procurement experts on post-COVID business | THE INDEPENDENT | Businesses in Uganda should build new supply chains following the disruption to their old ones caused by the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19. That is one of many takeaways from a business climate survey …
Read More »4.4 million Ugandans could lose jobs due to coronavirus-Report
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four million Ugandans could lose their jobs if the Coronavirus pandemic persists for the next six months, according to the business climate index published by the Economic Policy Research Centre. EPRC conducted a survey, sending questionnaires electronically to 147 businesses which are a panel of …
Read More »Economists advise gov’t to ‘Go slow on loans’ in bid to stimulate economy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Economists have cautioned the government against taking loans to stimulate the economy in the course of COVID-19 lockdown. They say that relying on loans is a bad idea that could leave Uganda in more trouble. The caution comes amid a scramble by African countries …
Read More »Smaller companies urged to use affordable accountants
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) has advised smaller companies that cannot afford to hire expensive audit firms to prepare their accounts to make use of the cheaper auditors that the institute has certified. Stephen Ineget, the chairman of the Financial Reporting …
Read More »Gov’t needs UGX 235bn to roll out indoor residual spraying-EPRC
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government requires about 235 billion shillings to roll out indoor residual spraying as a way of tackling the current upsurge of malaria across the country. This is according to a new survey conducted by the Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC). Sharing the results …
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