Free Access | 2024-04-12

Annual Report 2019-2020

Authors/Editors: Economic Policy Research Centre

Abstract:

I am delighted to present to you the Economic Policy Research Centre’s annual report 2019/20. It is worth noting that during the implementation of the 2019-2020 work plan, Uganda and the rest of the world were affected by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the lockdown conditions announced by the Government of Uganda (GoU) and the associated social distancing requirements, the Centre closed its doors to staff and the public on 24th March 2020 and formally re-opened on 29th June 2020. Although some research was undertaken remotely during the lockdown period, several fieldwork and dissemination events were cancelled/postponed due to the prevailing conditions. Consequently, some research activities planned for 2019-2020 did not take off due to the pandemic.