Economy

Economy

Inflation inches up in June

The annual inflation rate inched up in June due to an increase in energy, fuel, and utilities prices and the prices of food crops and related items, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics said on Friday
Economy

Coffee exports recover in May

An increase in robusta bean harvests pushed up Uganda's coffee exports in May compared to the previous month when the quantity of bags exported fell to its lowest since October 2016
Branches of a Coffee Tree
EconomyMarkets data

The shilling to hit Shs4000 against US dollar – Barclays Africa

The Uganda shilling will this July hit Shs4000 mark against the dollar, economists from Barclays Africa Group predict
EconomyOpinion

Women’s unpaid work must be included in GDP calculations: lessons from history

It is “illogical” to exclude the economic value of preparing and cooking food and collecting firewood from GDP calculations. Such kinds of labour have historically been excluded because they were commonly viewed as women’s work
Economy

Investment in agriculture is not matching its output performance – World Bank report

Total factor productivity is the efficiency and utilisation of inputs in production, which means that Uganda has been putting in more than it has got out
Economy

Fix agriculture before oil gets out of the ground – World Bank

Speaking at the launch, the country manager for the World Bank Group in Uganda, Christina Malmberg Calvo said that the government needs to consider the suggested reforms and fix agriculture “before the black gold gets out of the ground.”
Economy

Agriculture is the ‘green gold’ that could transform the economy and the lives of Ugandan farmers

Agriculture is Uganda’s ‘green gold’ that can transform the economy and the lives of farmers. What specific public-sector policies and actions are required to unleash the entrepreneurial energy of Uganda’s largest private sector actors—its farmers?
EconomyPolitics & Policy

Budget 2018: Government pledges to address development challenges

Uganda’s NRM government, in power since 1986, has pledged to address the development challenges the country still faces as it guides the economy into lower middle-income status
Economy

Inflation to rise on higher import prices and increased taxes, BoU says

Bank of Uganda has kept it's policy rate unchanged, pointing to a continued improvement in economic activity and a projected increase in inflation in the next 12 months
Export containers at a port.
Economy

Ugandan budget: Striking the balance between infrastructure and social sectors is key

This week, finance minister Matia Kasaija will present a Shs30.9 trillion ($8 billion) budget. Sarah Logan examines the economic context of Uganda’s annual budget and the associated challenges
A highway in Southwestern Uganda
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