Tag Archives: EPRC

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some companies leave the country immediately their tax incentives expire. This is according to a new study by the Economic Policy Research Centre-EPRC. A study conducted in April 2019 but examined tax incentives given to companies from 2010/2011 to 2018/19 financial years, shows that …

Will government enterprises that failed under the 1990s inefficiency fare any better with current corruption? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | When Uganda’s newly acquired two Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft arrived in the country on April 23, there was excitement. ‘Historic occasion,’ proclaimed the newspapers. Amidst the excitement, however, was some …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More taxes imposed on tobacco products could reduce smoking in Uganda. That is the suggestion presented in the latest study by the Kampala-based think tank, the Economic Policy Research Centre-EPRC. The study led by Dr Ibrahim Kasirye, a Principal Research Fellow at the Economic Policy …

Experts debate fate of finance-starved long-term funder UDB Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | “Should the Uganda Development Bank (UDB) seek capital from the government only? How should it work around Uganda’s short-term investment culture? Should it operate like a private sector bank or continue as the government’s band-aid effort …

Indians, local traders struggle as red dragon invades retail If any one place can be described as the heartbeat of Uganda’s retail business, it is Kikuubo Road; a half kilometer road in down town Kampala, that is an open market yard. At any time of day it is so packed …

And why East Africa lost more over outdated voting habits at continental body As the heads of state and government of the African Union meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, started voting on Jan. 30 for the next head of the continental body, Kenya’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amina …

Municipality hails ‘top up innovation’ as its secret Richard Alituha, the Fort Portal Principal Education Officer has been attending schools’ thanks giving parties one after another ever since the 2016 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results were released on Jan.12. His town of under 55,000 people located in Southwestern Uganda, about …

Experts tell Museveni, Mutebile, Muhakanizi President Yoweri Museveni’s unchecked spending and the Ministry of Finance and Bank of Uganda efforts to clean have created a lope-sided economy that is hurting everyone. That is the view of several economists interviewed by The Independent. Dr. Lawrence Bategeka, formerly a researcher at the …

By Ian Ortega and Elizabeth Birabwa A study conducted by Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) has revealed that PEAS schools are outperforming those under the USE Programme. Promoting Equality in African Schools (PEAS)  is a charity that builds and runs low cost-private secondary schools in Uganda and Zambia. According to …

By Patrick Kagenda The Makerere University based Economic Policy Research Centre is rebranding  and  re-developing its website to show who it is, what it stands for and where it is headed. The re-branding is aimed at re-positioning the EPRC as a Go-To Policy Think Tank within the East African region. …