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RIDING ON A UNION APP: Uganda’s Public Transport Workers’ Digital Response to Platforms

The public transport sector in Uganda is rapidly changing through liberalisation processes, increasing informality and the entrance of multinational platform companies. In response, the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers’ Union...

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Redefining Europe-Africa relations

The European Union’s (EU) relations with the African continent are facing a distinct set of challenges. Contrary to the expectations of both African and European governments, the pending negotiations between the partners are now being...

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From the Margins to the Centre: Discourses on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women in Uganda.

This publication, “From the Margins to the Centre” borrows from Bell Hooks’ seminal critique of mainstream feminism’s centering of white privileged women’s issues at the expense of non-white women. With this collection of essays, we...

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How Inclusive Is Ugandaʿs Social Protection Legal and Policy Framework In Relation To the Informal Economy?

Uganda has demonstrated commitment to social protection through the enactment of various laws, policies and programs. Nonetheless, gaps still exist especially with regards to inclusion of the informal economy. These are informal sector...

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Import Substitution: Uganda's Post COVID-19 Industrial Policy Strategy

Since import substitution strategy is not new to Uganda, how can the mistakes that failed it in the past be avoided this time around? What lessons can be drawn from success stories?

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The Political Economy of Economic Transformation in Uganda : A Case Study of Manufacturing

This report explores the government’s ambitions for structural transformation, focusing specifically on manufacturing. It highlights the government’s efforts to promote manufacturing, and explores how these efforts shape and are shaped...

The Political Economy of Economic Transformation
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Macroeconomic effects of COVID-19 : Fiscal and Monetary Policy Options for Recovery in Uganda

This Policy Paper, reviews the options of fiscal and monetary policy actions available that Government of Uganda (GoU) can undertake to manage the macroeconomic challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Towards Recovery and Reform: Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on the Public Transport Sector in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area

In addition, the new guidelines issued by Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) on the reopening of public transport in the city show that besides complying with COVID-19 guidelines, those engaged in the city’s public transport sector...

Towards Recovery and Reform

Publications from the Visual Library

A comparative study of National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights in Africa

Addis Ababa : FES-Ethiopia, January 2026

labor rights perspectives

Gewerkschaftsmonitor / Uganda

Berlin : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Dezember 2023-

FES briefing

Functionality and effectiveness of SACCOs in reducting poverty and vulnerability in Uganda

Muhumuza, Fred K. | Kampala, Uganda : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, November 2022

a case study of informal traders and transporters in Greater Kampala

Land management handbook

Kiggundu, Amin Tamale ; Stephan, Mukiibi ; William, Eriaku ; Orashida, Nakanwagi ; Eunice, Aiamo | Kampala : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, August 2022

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