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Policy Brief Series on Public Debt and Economic and Social Rights in Uganda

How does public debt shape the delivery of health care, education, social protection, and climate action in Uganda? This policy brief series examines the relationship between public debt, government spending,...

Evaluating the Education Act, CAP 247, and its regulation of private education in Uganda: Legal Strengths and Shortcomings

This paper makes an analysis of the effectiveness of the Education Act, in regulating the private provision of education in Uganda. It highlights the areas of strength that simply requires...

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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Monitoring and Inspection Financing for Primary and Secondary Schools -FY2013/14 to FY2018/19 Factsheet

Effective monitoring and inspection of schools is critical in the realization of quality of education. However, over the years, financing...

Beyond Statistics: Addressing Inequity and Discrimination in the Delivery of Health Services in Uganda

In this issue; "Beyond Statistics: Addressing Inequity and Discrimination in the Delivery of Health Services in Uganda", we pay attention...

Analysis of the Mental Health Bill, 2014

ISER is an ardent advocate for the adoption and use of a human rights based approach to healthcare service delivery...

The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Citizens to Social Protection and Social Security: How Does Uganda Measure up?

This research interrogates social protection in Uganda against the norms enshrined in the African Protocol on the Rights of Citizens...

Big Dreams, Limited Opportunities: The Dilemma of Disadvantaged Children in Uganda

This photo essay was published in commemoration of the Day of the African Child highlights the socio-economic challenges faced by children...

ISER position paper on private actors in education, construction of schools and UPE and USE Capitation grants FY2019/20

ISER Position paper on formulation of framework on provision of education by private actors in education, UPE and USE Capitation...

A Simplified Handbook on Economic and Social Rights for Community Advocates

This handbook serves as a simplified guide to Community Advocates (CAs), Health Unit Management Committees (HUMCs) and School Management Committees...

We want to participate

This photo essay is a result of social accountability and community participation research conducted between October 2015 and December 2016...

Presentation to the Parliament Committee on Education and Sports on the petition on the High Tuition and Non-Tuition Fees Charged by Government– Aided Schools

On 15th February, 2017, ISER presented a petition to the Speaker of Parliament seeking Parliament intervention in the high fees...