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A People’s Pension: A Manifesto on Social Protection for Older Persons

Developed by the CSO Working Group on Social Protection for Older Persons and coordinated by ISER, this manifesto underscores the urgent need for universal and inclusive social protection systems for Uganda’s older...

Enhancing Social Protection for Older Persons in Uganda: Key Considerations for Uganda’s 2025/26 National Budget

Submitted by ISER before the Parliamentary Committee on Gender, Labor, and Social Development in January 2025, this comprehensive report critically examines Uganda’s budget priorities for older persons’ social protection in...

A People’s Pension: The right to social security for older persons in Uganda – Lessons from Southern and Eastern Africa

A People’s Pension: The Right to Social Security for Older Persons in Uganda is a working paper jointly produced by ISER and RAISE, synthesizing lessons from eight countries to demonstrate...


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Leveraging Progressive Taxation to Fund Public Services

Public services within Uganda have remained considerably underfunded by government. A large part of this has been a result of...

“We are not well educated but learning on the job”: Governance and Accountability in the Provision of Public Primary Education in Uganda

This report examines the critical governance and accountability challenges that have undermined the promise of UPE, and reveals how insufficient...

A False Promise!: The Lubowa International Specialized Public Private Partnership (PPP) Hospital Will Not Deliver Universal Health in Uganda

In the heart of Uganda, the Lubowa International Specialized Public Private Partnership (PPP) Hospital project sits as a harsh reminder...

Corporate Income Tax structure and the realization of human rights in Uganda

Taxation is a critical tool that States can utilise to comply with and realise  their human rights obligations. Therefore, raising...

Education Committee Report on Closure of Private Schools by the Ministry of Education and Sports.

A Report of the Education Committee of Parliament on Closure of Private Schools by the Ministry of Education and Sports

Why Mulago Women’s Hospital will do very little to address Maternal and Child Mortality in Uganda

The majority of Ugandans can not afford services at Mulago Women's Hospital. Maternal and child mortality will continue being a...

A Looming Crisis? An analysis of the health sector budget performance for the financial year 2012/13 and allocations for 2013/14

In this brief, we highlight the fact that the health sector budget provision and performance does not reflect the commitment...

Economic and Social Rights Advocacy (ESRA) Brief -COVID19 Special Edition

This special edition of the ESRA Brief is timely, motivated as it is by the global outbreak of the COVID-19...