Marvin H Kalema

Marvin H Kalema

Marvin H Kalema is a lawyer and research fellow at the Development Watch Centre

5 articles Joined February 2025
Belt and Road Initiative

Belt & Road Initiative at 10: International Relations Through the Lens of Economic Development

Often times, many people’s answers to a question on the purpose or importance of International Relations in the global scene would be primarily along the lines of maintenance of global peace by fostering mutual respect and goodwill among global states. This despite being somewhat an incomplete answer is not wrong at all upon a perusal […]

Marvin H Kalema  •  Oct 11, 2023  •  6 min read
Foreign Policy Analysis

China’s Global Development Initiative can revert IMF’s 2023 grimy global outlook

On Tuesday this week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its 2023 global growth forecast in which it painted a grimy picture stressing that the world’s three largest economies will “continue to stall”, and warned “the worst is yet to come, and for many people 2023 will feel like a recession.” Stressing that conditions could […]

Marvin H Kalema  •  Oct 18, 2022  •  7 min read
Foreign Policy Analysis

60 years of Diplomatic Relations: Uganda should learn from China’s rapid industrialisation story

Time and again, perhaps more frequently in the last 10 years, the Ugandan President has been on record talking about the need to industrialize or revamp at that, Uganda’s largely agro-based economy. The gospel of industrialisation and manufacturing has been so enthusiastically preached that various industrial parks have sprouted up in various regions in East […]

Marvin H Kalema  •  Oct 9, 2022  •  6 min read
Development Assistance

Sino-Uganda Relations: The Upside Story From a Liberal Perspective

Overtime, it’s increasingly evident that International Relations can be used for more than preserving world peace through amicable settlement of disputes or stopping international conflicts, but to also foster economic development between global states. Various states are realizing socio-economic development amongst themselves as far as trade, infrastructure is concerned by capitalizing on the favorable relations […]

Marvin H Kalema  •  Jul 11, 2022  •  6 min read