Open Economics Uganda

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Engaging young people in open discussions on economic issues in Uganda and across Africa. Join our first online discussion of the new monthly series on the 24th this month

Our October event is now on YouTube if you missed you can catch up the elaborate discussion of Uganda's post pandemic economic performance

The Global Economic Crisis & The Post-Pandemic Economic Outlook (Focusing on the Ugandan Economy) Economies all over the world are implementing policies to stimulate growth. However, a number of new challenges like inflation, food shortages, unemployment,...

an interesting perspective (prof Shaikh), interaction of economics and the real world "what happens when economics doesn't reflect the real world"

What Happens When Economics Doesn’t Reflect the Real World? Anwar Shaikh, Professor of Economics at the New School, explores alternatives to economic orthodoxies, and the findings of his book Capitalism: Competition, ...

The Global economic crisis and post pandemic economic outlook (focusingon Uganda)!!!!!

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For any inquiries please reach us on our email: [email protected]

Organised by Open Economics Uganda and Rethinking economics Makerere University

The Global economic crisis and post pandemic economic outlook (focusingon Uganda)!!!!!

Come join us on the 26th of October 2022 as we discuss Uganda's economic performance and what te future holds

We bring you senior economists;

Mr. Wilson Asiimwe - A senior economic modeler with the Ministry of Finance

Mr. Peter Babyenda - Lecturer at Makerere University school of economics

Register via this link https://forms.gle/YcRZ27Wu9V3C3Yas5

For any inquiries please reach us on our email: [email protected]

Organised by Open Economics Uganda and Rethinking economics Makerere University

Mange er opptatt av pengeteori og pengepolitikk om dagen. Den 31. oktober kan du lære mer om en økologisk økonomi-tilnærming til temaet.
https://www.isecoeco.org/ecological-economics-and-the-monetary-system-a-policy-view/

Up coming event
Theme. The global economic crisis and the post pandemic economic outlook (focusing on Uganda) coming soon

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are at the core of the international political agenda to guide the transitions toward a more socially just and ecologically sustainable system. Although crucial, the SDGs are a multi-dimensional construct of economic, social and environmental indicators that are difficult to measure, monitor, prioritize and achieve. Here, we try to shed light on how they are built, their interconnections, and possible inconsistencies by providing examples of specific issues.

Outline:

Sustainable development and future generations: the fairy tale we have been told.
Introduction to Agenda 2030 and its goals.
Agenda 2030: its systemic perspective and the interconnections of the goals with evidence of potential inconsistencies.
Geographical scales: interconnections among SDGs at different scales and examples from the Nexus approach.
Other fairy tales on SDG 8 and 12.

Find out more and register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeikWTZLV9dTATrne0jdT2OrCNY2rZH6t-0LY1IvgP-n3t47Q/viewform

Online Summer Academy 2022 Evening Program – Registration The evening program is an essential component of the Online Summer Academy. It is comprised of five intriguing panels and lectures that are of interest to all participants and the public. Everyone is welcome to attend the events! We will be joined by speakers who are experts on and passionate about....

Everyone is welcome to join the Summer Academy’s supporting program!
Link: https://bit.ly/3OhJ2ZX

Online Summer Academy 2022: Evening Program | Exploring Economics Here you can find a more detailed description of our evening program. All sessions will be recorded and made publicly available.

EPRC on Why Uganda’s transition to lower fiscal deficit and debt levels remains uncertain https://eprcug.org/press-releases/why-ugandas-transition-to-lower-fiscal-deficit-and-debt-levels-remains-uncertain/

Why Uganda’s transition to lower fiscal deficit and debt levels remains uncertain – Economic Policy Research Centre Authored By: Enock Nsubuga Will Bulime and Linda Nakato 27 Jun 2022 Uganda targets to transition from high to lower fiscal deficit and public debt levels by 2025/26 to ensure fiscal and public debt sustainability. However, navigating the fiscal transition to sustainable and favourable public finance...

The, Global Pluralist Economics Training (GPET) was establishe to challenge mainstream economics and add perspectives that are underrepesented.
In 2022 we are aiming at our third round of the GPET (Global Pluralist Economics Training). We are looking for 20 motivated participants from different countries of the Global South. They will attend a number of different trainings as well as additional meetings. Towards the end of the GPET program participants will organize their own online, local or hybrid event. Together with highly qualified facilitators we will have the chance to talk about what "Decolonize, Decolonizing and Decolonization" means, how to question our economics curriculum and how to include a Decolonizing Economics Perspective into the Pluralist Economics Movement. Our participants will also attend our Summer Academy for Pluralist Economics, which will take place from July 29 until August 5, 2022 . https://www.exploring-economics.org/en/global-pluralist-economics-training/2022

Applications are open! Register for the third edition of the Global Pluralist Economics Training (GPET) program usiging the link below https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7v5tqNNkY_DS8FDi0dJjpl-Sl2QYNGLu5I36sr_XvEiIBog/viewform and be apart of a global movement of critical thinking economists.

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THE STATE OF UGANDA ’s ECONOMY !!!!!

Come join us on the 11th of November 2021 as we discuss the state of the economy of Uganda as viewed through the lense of Young Economists.

We bring you two young economists;

Mr. Ddamulira Hannington - A Policy Analyst with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Enoch Will Nsubuga Bulime - A Researcher with the Economic Policy Research Center at Makerere

Please Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqc-CtrTwqE9wuzc2LufrIeXQcqPZVa1pK

For any inquiries please reach us on our email: [email protected]

Organised by Open Economics Uganda and Makerere University Students Society

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THE STATE OF UGANDA ’s ECONOMY !!!!!

Come join us on the 11th of November 2021 as we discuss the state of the economy of Uganda as viewed through the lense of Young Economists.

We bring you two young economists;

Mr. Ddamulira Hannington - A Policy Analyst with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Enoch Will Nsubuga Bulime - A Researcher with the Economic Policy Research Center at Makerere

Please Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqc-CtrTwqE9wuzc2LufrIeXQcqPZVa1pK

For any inquiries please reach us on our email: [email protected]

Organised by Open Economics Uganda and Makerere University Students Society

Summer academy for pluralistic economics has planned intriguing panels and lectures that are of interest to all participants and the public. We will be joined by speakers who are experts on and passionate about the questions at hand. They will share their views with us and are looking forward to discussing with the Summer Academy's participants. The lectures and panel discussions will be made publicly available so that participants from all time zones can benefit from them. Sign up using the link below to join these interactive discussions tinyurl.com/summereconomics

Evening Program | Exploring Economics Here you can find a more detailed description of our evening program. All sessions will be recorded and made publicly available.

This weeks interview is focused on disruptive tech in China!
Jeffrey Ding (Oxford), Matt Sheehan (MacroPolo), Helen Toner (CSET), and
Graham Webster (Stanford) discuss Chinese innovation-policies and how they
relate back to the US. They also talk about the difficulty of answering questions
related to AI in regards to national advantage.
Link in bio to check it out!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW59DaI80_Q

Disruptive Technologies and China – Jeffrey Ding, Matt Sheehan, Helen Toner, & Graham Webster #008 This week we are joined by Jeffrey Ding (University of Oxford), Matt Sheehan (MacroPolo), Helen Toner (CSET at Georgetown University), and Graham Webster (St...

Disruptive tech in China

Join us in (Liberating Economics), our Independence Day Special Webinar on June 12, 2021 (Saturday) at 6:00 PM. 🇵🇭

The program aims to showcase the big events that shaped our economic history and how we can promote an inclusive economics education that is reflective of our collective experience as a nation. ✨

✍️ Register via http://tinyurl.com/EkonseptoIDSWebinar

See you there! 👋🏼

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𝗠𝗿. 𝗟𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗯𝘂𝗲𝗴 is an Assistant Professor at the UPLB College of Economics and Management where he also obtained his Bachelor of Science (BS) in Economics (cum laude). He finished his Master of Arts (MA) in Economics from the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) and since then had worked in various research and training capacities in previous local and international research organizations such as the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, World Bank Manila Office, International Labour Organisation Manila Office. His research interests cover mathematical economics, economic statistics, economic history, and gender economics.

𝗗𝗿. 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗔𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 is a Joan Robinson Research Fellow in Heterodox Economics at Girton College at the University of Cambridge where she is also a College Teaching Officer in Economics. She graduated from São Paulo State University in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in economics, and then the Universidade Estadual de Campinas with a Masters’s in Sociology in 2007. Alves earned her Ph.D. in Economics from SOAS University of London in 2017. She is also a co-founder of Diversifying and Decolonising Economics (aka D-Econ), a "network of economists that aim to promote inclusiveness in economics” and co-editor of the Developing Economics blog, which takes a critical approach to creating discussion and reflection in the field of developing economics.

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Ekonsepto is a non-profit organization aiming to expand economics literacy. Ekonsepto is a member of Rethinking Economics, an international network of students, academics and professionals building a better economics in society and the classroom.

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Hi all, a new round of the Global Pluralist Economics Training (GPET) programme is being launched! Students and young academics from countries of the global south are invited to apply on the website https://www.exploring-economics.org/en/global-pluralist-economics-training/2021.

The GPET aims at capacity building and empowering young economists around the world to promote pluralism in economics in their countries. Please help spreading the word about the programme! It would be great to get a very diverse group together again.

And as a sneak preview: This year's Summer Academy for Pluralist Economics will take place online from Jul 30-Aug 6. More information to be shared soon!

Global Pluralist Economics Training 2021 | Exploring Economics In order to be able to learn from and debate with each other on an equal footing, we are striving to further internationalize this movement. We want to diversify the discourse on a sustainable and just global economy. Therefore, more educational events on these topics shall take place online and loc...

Episode 6
The sixth interview of the series features Martin Ford (Futurist and Author), Carl Benedikt Frey (University of Oxford), & Joshua Gans (University of Toronto Toronto), who will discuss how technological progress has historically and is currently affecting our economy, especially focusing on the labour-market. Will this be different for the currently disruptive technologies, especially AI and robotics, and if so, how? How should we interpret predictions about future progress in AI, such as when we’ll have self-driving cars? What can we learn about history and models from how AI and robotics will change our economy and labour-market? What should we change in our economics education related to this topic?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1OS2b0SB3gThis interview was recorded on 10th of September 2020. All dates referring to “next year” refer to 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1OS2b0SB3g

Joshua Gans, Martin Ford, & Carl Benedikt Frey – Socioeconomics of Disruptive Tech #006 The sixth interview of the series features Martin Ford (Futurist and Author), Carl Benedikt Frey (University of Oxford), & Joshua Gans (University of Toronto...

How does our social environment shape technology?
If this is a question you have asked yourself, the third episode of the new interview series is just for you!
Diane Coyle (University of Cambridge), Andrea Renda (CEPS and College of Europe) and Charlotte Stix (TU Eindhoven and University of Cambridge) discuss how digital economy is unique and how disruptive technologies are affected by policies and regulations. How does this affect economics education?

Checkout the Full Video on the Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IzZvTeaDMc

Diane Coyle, Andrea Renda, & Charlotte Stix – Socioeconomics of Disruptive Tech #003 For this third interview in this series we are joined by Diane Coyle (University of Cambridge), Andrea Renda (CEPS and College of Europe) and Charlotte Stix ...

Could the current low rates of borrowing lead to unsustainable debt in future? Many countries are experiencing a combination of high public debt and low interest rates. This was already the case in advanced economies even prior to the pandemic but has become even starker in i…

What are the impacts of disruptive technology on social inequalities? What should economists know about disruptive tech?
The 2nd episode of focuses on the impact of disruptive technologies on society. Andrew McAfee (MIT) and César A. Hidalgo (University of Toulouse) discuss how economics relates to other disciplines.
https://youtu.be/2pQyXxB1Eis

César Hidalgo & Andrew McAfee – Socioeconomics of Disruptive Tech #002 In this second interview for the series we will be speaking with Andrew McAfee (Co-Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy) and César A. Hidalg...