Tag Archives: political economy

Kampala, Uganda | FEATURE |  When Fatuma Nabuulime’s name was announced during the 76th graduation ceremony at Makerere University’s Freedom Square, the applause went beyond the usual celebration of academic achievement. For those familiar with the realities of disability, rural poverty and institutional gaps in East Africa, her walk across the …

Government’s misguided plan to turn Uganda into a country of prosperous peasants THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda |  The government of Uganda has been promoting the “Parish Development Model” (PDM). The program seeks to draw farmers from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture and thereby make them rich. It gives each individual …

Studying politics separately from economics creates an artificial gap between interconnected subjects COMMENT | KAUSHIK BASU | The world economy is at a turning point. As global supply chains face increasingly frequent disruptions, the structures underpinning markets and international trade are unraveling, leading to economic instability which, in turn, is spilling …