Ramathan Ggoobi

Ramathan Ggoobi

Why GDP is your everyday life

Many people, especially non-economists, often wonder why economists emphasise GDP more than any other economic concept....

Ramathan Ggoobi

Economic Recovery and Resilience in a Post Covid-19 World: The Legacy of Prof Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile

The following is the Keynote Address by Uganda’s Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary and Secretary to...

Columnists

The impact of COVID-19 on Uganda’s economy

Here’s how the authorities can flatten the economic recession curve The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has...

Editor

Why 2019 has been a good year

Mr. President, you made 2019 a year of commissioning new factories; but where is the plan?...

Business

Ugandans are more indebted than Uganda

So, why are we more worried about Uganda’s debt yet private debt is rising even faster,...

Editor

Uganda’s public debt will soon begin to bite

If I were the Secretary to the Treasury or the Minister of Finance, I would do...

Editor

Nsibambi and his heir choice

Economists have empirically found that societies that allow ‘creative destruction’ grow more productive and richer Almost...

Columnists

Why Ugandan women have many children

Every Ugandan woman on average produces 6 children. This is one of the highest fertility rates...

Columnists

How to make the 2019/20 budget benefit the people

MPs re-allocate the funds going to be spent wastefully to wealth creation and service delivery As...

Opinions

Here is how to make 2019/20 budget transformative

MPs reallocate the funds going to be spent wastefully to wealth creation and service delivery. As...