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Key Takeaways from Uganda’s 2024-25 National Budget

In this brief, we break down some of the key facts and takeaways from the recently approved 2024-25 national budget for Uganda. One major fact stands out: debt repayments will...

CSO Position Paper on the Education Sub Programme in response to the FY 2024/25 Education Ministerial Policy Statement

This CSO position paper in response to the Ministerial Policy Statements FY2024/25 on the Education Sector was developed through a consultative process involving various civil society organizations including Uganda Society...

Lay a Strong Foundation for All Children: Fees as a Discriminatory Barrier to Pre-Primary Education in Uganda

This report is the result of a two-year collaboration between Human Rights Watch and ISER, and  is based on interviews with 102 education officials, teachers, parents, and children in Kampala,...


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Curb Illicit Financial Flows to Fund Quality Public Social Services in Uganda

This report discusses illicit financial flows (IFFs) in the Ugandan context, its manifestations and how to curb it. It seeks...

Position Paper on the draft Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Guidelines of 2019

This paper comes in response to the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development’s invitation for comments on the draft...

Status of Implementation of SDG 4 on Education: Is Uganda on Track?

The report examines Uganda’s progress of implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 “Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong...

Report of the National Conference on Governance and Accountability in Primary Schools in Uganda

The conference was convened to explore the opportunities and challenges of governance and accountability structures in primary schools as well...

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...

Uganda’s COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Package: Will it Deliver?

This factsheet analyses whether the government’s plan will provide MSMEs with liquidity and reach those who need it the most....

Strengthening Governance and Accountability in Schools in Uganda

This paper examines the conceptual factors and their consequences, which have combined to undermine the effective functioning of School Management...

Reclaiming public health services in Uganda(ESRA Brief)

The Covid-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of strong public health services to deliver equitable healthcare. The countries that most...