Scroll to top

Explore our publications


We are a learning organisation and each publication offers new insight into critical issues at the heart of our work.

Click to toggle publication filter

  • Filter by publication type

Latest Publications

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...

“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 funding, weak oversight, and systemic gaps continue to hinder the...


More Publications

Are We Failing to Progressively Realise the Right to Health in Uganda?

This brief analyses the adequacy of budgetary allocations to specific crucial areas of the health sector over the Second National...

Failing to Reach the Poorest?: Assessment of the World Bank Funded Uganda Reproductive Health Voucher Project (Report)

This is a Report of findings from research ISER conducted in November 2019 assessing the Uganda Reproductive Health Voucher Project...

A Handbook for Community Health Advocates

A simplified manual for Community Health Advocates (CHAs) on the right to health. It introduces the legal and policy framework...

Using Community Structures to Improve Public Social Service Delivery at the Local Government Level

This brief showcases some of the achievements by ISER’s Community Advocates program over the years. Since 2016, ISER has been...

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 Baraza Report: Goma Division, Mukono Municipal Council

Education Barazas form part of the Right to Education community engagements that is aimed at bridging the communication gap between...

Social accountability as a tool for realization of economic and social rights

In this edition of the ESRA brief, we examine the various mechanisms through which citizens can demand accountability from duty...