On January 16, 2018, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED), in partnership with Economic Policy Research Center and UNICEF Uganda, launched the online National Social Service Delivery Equity Atlas platform, which can be accessed through the MoFPED website. The Atlas is part of the Rethinking Public Finance for Children: Monitoring for Results joint…
In 2016, there were around 500,000 refugees living in Uganda. By the end of 2017, there were close to 1.4 million, mostly from South Sudan, making Uganda the third largest refugee host country in the world. Uganda is known for having a relatively generous and welcoming refugee policy. Most refugees are allowed to work and…
In Karamoja (Northern Uganda) much of the labor is sourced outside the district as employers experience a shortage of local skilled personnel. Nevertheless, Karamoja has untapped human potential in numerous sectors. The challenges in skill development include that Business, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) is not adapted to the demands of the local…
Rose Kide, 25, from South Sudan is among over 20 women lining up to have their children immunized at Yoyo Health Centre III in Yumbe District, West Nile. The women in the queue are South Sudanese and Ugandans. Kide who crossed into Uganda in December 2016 has had all her four children immunized. Three children…
The Office of the Prime Minister and UNHCR produce regular operational and funding updates on the refugee situation in the country. For more information please visit the Uganda Refugee Response Portal or the South Sudan Information Portal.
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved an equity investment of US $15 million in Catalyst Fund II, a second-generation private equity fund investing in mid-market companies in East Africa. Building on its successful deployment of Catalyst Fund I, Catalyst Principal Partners, a prominent East African private equity fund, launched Catalyst…
The United States today demonstrated its ongoing commitment to improving the health of Ugandans by providing $18.7 million worth of life-saving antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to fill gaps in the country’s public sector facilities and provide broader support to Uganda’s supply chain systems. At a ceremony at the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Ambassador…
On December 15, UN Women Uganda joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International rural women’s day with a call to financial institutions to establish financial products that suits rural women farmers to enable them to save, borrow and insure. This will boost their productivity as well as widen the economic opportunities available…
On December 12, 2017, the Government of Denmark and the United Nations Population Fund in Uganda signed a five-year agreement towards improving women and young people’s health. Denmark has committed DKK 85 million, equivalent to approximately USD 13 million. The programme for ‘Women, Adolescents and Youth Rights and Empowerment’ will run from 2018 to 2022…
Ending child marriage today could generate $3 billion per year for Uganda by 2030, says a new report published by the World Bank. In contrast, the perpetuation of child marriage would lead to lower educational attainment for girls and their children, higher population growth, substantial health risks, higher intimate partner violence, and lower earnings for…
