This paper explores ways of improving education quality in Universal Primary Education (UPE) schools in Uganda …. Following the introduction of UPE in Uganda in 1997, primary school enrolment increased tremendously, leading to a strain on … among others. The inadequacy of teaching resources partly attributes to the low quality of education in UPE schools as …

correlation between per capita GDP growth and student enrollment in public universities in Uganda. It also finds that the higher … education graduates employed in those sectors which have recorded higher growth rates. The higher education graduates do … contribute to the economy indirectly through tax revenues which are in turn used to support social programs among others that …

The paper uses a panel data set of 1309 households in Uganda to measure vulnerability to poverty between 1992/2000 and … infrastructure are found to have important impacts on vulnerability. Specifically the reduction in vulnerability to poverty increases … with higher education attainment of the household head. Also households resident in northern Uganda are about 60 percent …

In tourism the use of sector’s employment opportunities and contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure … production network (GPN) analysis is becoming popular analytical frameworks for understanding industries like tourism. In this … paper, we review literature on global production networks, with a focus on the tourism sector in Uganda. The main objective …

Since the early 1990s, Uganda has implemented a number of reforms in the agricultural sector. However, in the past 10 … among researchers and policy analysts that institutional constraints in agriculture play a central role in the lacklustre … production in Uganda. We recommend reforming the land tenure system as well as the architecture of the Ministry of Agriculture …

providing a general perspective on how far the partner states have reached in meeting the macroeconomic convergence criteria and … challenges countries are encountering in aligning the economies to set criteria and what possible policy strategies exist to … the monetary union, and correct constraints in the common market will enhance deeper integration and contribute greatly to …

The reforms in the services sector have seen tremendous growth in the sector’s contribution of GDP across all economies … around the world. In Uganda, the share of services to total GDP is more than half in nominal terms. In this regard, with … deeper regional integration among East African Community (EAC) partner states in both goods and services, it is important for …

While Uganda has made significant efforts in reducing the proportion of individuals and households living below the … absolute poverty line, nearly 10 percent of the households continue to live in persistent or chronic poverty with significant … differences across geographical areas. Of all households classified aspoor in 2009/10, nearly 49 percent were chronically poor …

in pursuit of national and international development targets. As the country weighs various options for stimulating an … overview of the broad economic strategies that have been implemented in Uganda since 1962 when it attained Independence. By … strategies promoted the participation of poor people in Uganda's growth process. Furthermore, the paper highlights the tradeoffs …

, and how it has evolved during the implementation of the EAC treaty. In addition, the paper seeks to identify commodities … that Uganda should specialize in as a basis to enhance the ability to benefit from the special preferential treatment … extended to Uganda by China. The paper applies various indices in the measurement of Uganda’s Revealed Comparative Advantage …