Umar Kabanda
| Education | PhD in Governance and Regional Integration |
| STAAARS+ Research | Credit Access, Input Use, and Food Security: Evidence from Uganda |
| CV | PDF File |
| Contact | ukabanda@eprcug.org |
Umar Kabanda is recently a Research Associate at the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) in Uganda. Through the Scientific, Technical and Research Commission of Africa based in Nigeria, Umar was engaged by the African Union Commission on an ad-hoc basis as an Advisory Working Group Member to study the Socio-economic Impact of Covid-19 for Africa. Previously he worked with the European University Institute-Italy, as a Policy Research Fellow and as a coordinating officer for strengthening good governance and human rights in Africa under the African Governance Architecture (AGA III) - Ethiopia. He has also served as a consultant for IGAD, Johnson and Johnson-USA, Oxfam IBISS-Denmark, GRADE Africa and Girls Not Bride-England. He holds a PhD and master’s degree in Governance and Regional Integration from the Pan African University and the University of Yaoundé II in Cameroon, as well as a PGD in Human Rights from the University of Oslo in Norway and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Makerere University in Uganda.
