The study identifies the potential sectors and products for export expansion using the Hausmann Atlas of Economic Complexity and the International Trade Centre’s Export Potential Assessment approaches. Overall, the results suggest that Uganda has a com …

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC) will be developing a National Export Development Strategy (NEDS) for the next five years. This brief identifies the sectors and products that could be considered as game-changers for Uganda’s expo …

The study identifies the potential sectors and products for export intensification and diversification using the Hausmann Atlas of Economic Complexity and the International Trade Centre’s Export Potential Assessment approaches. Overall, the results sug …

During the reading of Uganda’s budget for FY 2019/20, new tariffs were stipulated—partly as means of attaining Uganda’s import substitution aspiration. This study examines the implications of increased import duties on selected products in a production …

The brief provides evidence on the likely trade, welfare and revenue effects of the AfCFTA on the EAC economies. Generally, all the EAC countries incur tariff revenue losses. Kenya incurs the most extensive tariff revenue loss followed by Uganda, Tanza …

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was launched in 2018 and ratified in 2019. This study examines the likely effects of implementing the AfCFTA on the East African Community (EAC). Specifically, the study estimates the revenue, trade and …

The paper estimates the impact of improving economic infrastructure in the EAC region on exports of manufactured products. The analysis specifically departs from the general analysis in the literature by looking beyond the impact of infrastructure (tra …

This report establishes whether the protection given to the list of sensitive products since 2005 has increased the regional capacity of the East African Community (EAC) to produce, reduced the importation of the same products from the rest of the worl …

This study establishes whether the protection given to the list of sensitive products since 2005: has increased the EAC regional capacity to produce, and whether this reduced the importation of the same products from the rest of the world, have increas …

The determinants of price differentials across 79 districts in Uganda is examined in this paper. It identifies the main production areas for key agricultural commodities and consumption destinations. The paper examines the hypothesis that spatial price …