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By Agnes E. Nantaba Dr. Fred Kakongoro Muhumuza is an expert economist on policy on research currently working with Financial Sector Deepening (FSD). He spoke to Agnes E. Nantaba Any three things we don’t know about you? I was born in Hoima during Obote I and take pride in growing …

By Ronald Musoke The most detailed analysis to date of how well rich nations have kept promises to provide the poorer ones with funds to tackle climate change released Nov 26 concludes that they have collectively failed to fulfil eight substantive pledges. Published by the London-based International Institute for Environment …

By Sarah Namulondo President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has blamed Uganda’s poor economy on Amin’s expulsion of Indians from Uganda. He said that characters like Idi Amin disturbed the relationship between Uganda and India. The president said if the Indians were not expelled Uganda’s economy would be very far with their …

By Jean-Michel Severino Sombre  economic outlooks among rich countries versus optimism in poorer Asia, Africa, and Latin America, poses an unprecedented challenge Events in 2012 so far have confirmed a new global dissymmetry. Caught between unprecedented financial insecurity and a somber economic outlook, the rich OECD countries and their middle …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The benefits of high food prices go to the rural poor (the majority) while the costs are incurred by urbanites, a minority. As I write this article, food prices in Uganda are falling rapidly. For instance, the farm-gate price of a kilogram of maize in Kiryandongo …