03/14/2023

People-centered Policies Are the Key to True Crisis Recovery and Sustainable Development

Authored by Theresa Tumwesigye | On: Mon, 02/27/2023 – 08:05 UNNGOF Executive Director, Dr Moses Isooba, is participating in the ongoing 9th Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Niamey, Niger. The Forum is organised under the theme: Accelerating the inclusive and green recovery from multiple crises and the integrated and full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development […]

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03/14/2023

Transforming the informal economy: Social protection and inclusive growth

This presentation explores the link between social security and inclusive growth in the context of Kenya’s informal sector. The expansion of Kenya’s informal economy since the 1990s presents growing challenges for policy makers concerned to ensure that Kenya’s growth is both robust and inclusive. Chronic underinvestment at the lower end of the economy has resulted in declining job opportunities, stagnant […]

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03/14/2023

How women stabilise and grow economies in Africa

Women’s contributions to economic output and baseline economic welfare tend to be underestimated due to the double injustice of unpaid care work and unpaid work. This double injustice denies women of the compensation, reward, recognition and upward income mobility that come with performing economic tasks – even when the output of those tasks is counted in official calculations. Most often, unpaid care […]

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08/22/2022

Validation of a Report, an Assessment of the Microinsurance Needs of Uganda’s Informal Traders

Kampala, Uganda: The Uganda Insurers Association (UIA) and the Makerere University Business School (MUBS) will today, during a validation workshop share findings from research that assessed the microinsurance needs of Uganda’s informal traders to inform microinsurance product development. This follows feedback from traditional insurance providers that suggests a lack of knowledge and data necessary to develop microinsurance products that meet […]

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07/18/2022

Making a Culture out of Saving Money

By Carolyne Ariokot and Brenda Banura In a country whose citizens’ saving culture is in its adolescence, with only 54% of Ugandan adults saving an average of UShs6,000 (2018 Finscope Report respectively), commemorating the World Savings Day provides a great opportunity to highlight why saving money is essential. Saving money enables you invest, put your money to work so that […]

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