# IGREC

> IGREC is the International Growth Research & Evaluation Center, an international research, evaluation and data organisation with deep field experience across Uganda and East Africa.

## Key URLs
- [About IGREC](https://igrec-ug.org/about): Learn how IGREC combines rigorous research, dependable field systems, evaluation and data analysis to support decisions across Uganda and East Africa.
- [Services](https://igrec-ug.org/services): IGREC research, evaluation, data and fieldwork services.
- [Projects](https://igrec-ug.org/projects): Selected IGREC research and evaluation projects.
- [Publications](https://igrec-ug.org/blog): IGREC research findings, evaluation lessons and fieldwork guidance.
- [Team](https://igrec-ug.org/team): IGREC research, evaluation and data professionals.
- [Contact](https://igrec-ug.org/contact): Contact IGREC about research, evaluation, data and fieldwork partnerships.
- [Home](https://igrec-ug.org/): International Growth Research & Evaluation Center
- [Protecting research quality when field conditions change](https://igrec-ug.org/blog/protecting-research-quality-when-field-conditions-change): Learn how research teams protect data quality, sampling, ethics and study integrity when field conditions change in Uganda and East Africa.
- [Careers at IGREC](https://igrec-ug.org/careers): Explore careers and professional opportunities with IGREC across research, evaluation, field operations, data and programme delivery.
- [Clustering at the Business Level: Micro-Firm Markets, Competitive Forces, and Innovation](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/business-clusters-innovation): This study examines how competition, market structure, and business experimentation influence the growth of micro-enterprises in Uganda.
- [Can Incentives Change Beliefs? Health Decisions of Caregivers of Young Children in Uganda: A Field Experiment in Uganda](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/caregiver-health-incentives): This study investigates how financial incentives influence demand for preventive healthcare among caregivers of young children in Uganda.

## Services
- [Baseline, Midline & Endline Surveys](https://igrec-ug.org/services/baseline-midline-endline-surveys): Track programme change through survey rounds.
- [Data Cleaning & Management](https://igrec-ug.org/services/data-cleaning-management): Create secure, consistent, and analysis-ready research data.
- [Data Quality Assurance](https://igrec-ug.org/services/data-quality-assurance): Prevent, detect, and resolve research data quality risks.
- [Enterprise Surveys](https://igrec-ug.org/services/enterprise-surveys): Generate reliable firm-level evidence across Uganda.
- [Enumerator Recruitment & Training](https://igrec-ug.org/services/enumerator-recruitment-training): Recruit and prepare reliable field researchers.
- [Field Supervision](https://igrec-ug.org/services/field-supervision-services): Control fieldwork quality and protocol compliance.
- [Focus Group Discussions](https://igrec-ug.org/services/focus-group-discussions): Explore shared views through structured groups.
- [GIS Mapping](https://igrec-ug.org/services/gis-mapping-services): Map research locations, access, exposure, and coverage.
- [Household Surveys](https://igrec-ug.org/services/household-surveys): Collect reliable household evidence across Uganda.
- [Impact Evaluations](https://igrec-ug.org/services/impact-evaluations): Measure programme impact with rigorous evidence.
- [Key Informant Interviews](https://igrec-ug.org/services/key-informant-interviews): Capture expert and institutional insight through interviews.
- [Market Listings](https://igrec-ug.org/services/market-listing-services): Build verified market and enterprise lists across Uganda.
- [Qualitative Research](https://igrec-ug.org/services/qualitative-research): Understand behaviour, experience, and context.
- [Randomized Controlled Trials](https://igrec-ug.org/services/randomized-controlled-trials): Design and run credible randomized trials across Uganda.
- [Research Logistics](https://igrec-ug.org/services/research-logistics): Coordinate efficient research operations across Uganda.
- [Project Management](https://igrec-ug.org/services/research-project-management): Manage research scope, teams, timelines, risk, and quality.
- [Statistical Analysis](https://igrec-ug.org/services/statistical-analysis-services): Turn research data into clear statistical evidence.
- [SurveyCTO Programming](https://igrec-ug.org/services/surveycto-programming): Build secure, tested SurveyCTO tools for field research.

## Projects
- [Clustering at the Business Level: Micro-Firm Markets, Competitive Forces, and Innovation](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/business-clusters-innovation): This study examines how competition, market structure, and business experimentation influence the growth of micro-enterprises in Uganda.
- [Can Incentives Change Beliefs? Health Decisions of Caregivers of Young Children in Uganda: A Field Experiment in Uganda](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/caregiver-health-incentives): This study investigates how financial incentives influence demand for preventive healthcare among caregivers of young children in Uganda.
- [An Evaluation of Contract Farming for Biofortified Crops](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/contract-farming-biofortified-crops): This project evaluates the effectiveness of combining contract farming with the adoption of biofortified iron-rich bean varieties among smallholder farmers in Uganda and Rwanda.
- [Firm Dynamics and Worker Resilience to the COVID-19 Shock in Uganda](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/covid-firm-worker-resilience): This project examined the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and workers across Uganda.
- [Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Digital Receipts in the Ugandan Dairy Chain](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/digital-receipts-dairy-chain): This project examines how reducing information asymmetries within Uganda's dairy value chain can improve market efficiency, transparency, and farmer welfare.
- [Empowering Agriculturalists through Structural Experimentations (EASE)](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/ease-agriculture-study): The Empowering Agriculturalists through Structured Experimentation (EASE) project seeks to improve agricultural productivity and climate resilience among smallholder farmers in Eastern Uganda by addressing one of the major barriers to technology adoption—the lack of locally relevant knowledge about effective farming practices.
- [Government Demand and Domestic Firms Growth: Evidence from Uganda](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/government-demand-domestic-firms): This project examines how participation in public procurement influences the growth, investment decisions, and market behaviour of domestic firms in Uganda.
- [Health Cost vs. Social Gains: Perceptions of Misaligned Incentives in Health](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/health-cost-social-gains): This study explores how social beliefs influence health behaviours, with particular emphasis on attitudes toward body weight and obesity in Uganda.
- [How Important are Investment Indivisibilities for Development?  Understanding Land Investment and its Long-Run Impacts in Uganda](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/how-important-are-investment-indivisibilities-for-development): The study generates important evidence on the long-term effects of financial interventions and the role of land markets in reducing poverty and promoting economic growth.
- [Impact of Urban Flooding on Businesses in Kampala](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/kampala-flooding-businesses): This project investigates how extreme rainfall and urban flooding affect business operations, supply chains, and economic performance in Kampala, Uganda.
- [Public reporting and property tax compliance: A field experiment in Kampala, Uganda (2020)](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/kampala-property-tax): This project examines how public recognition and reporting can improve property tax compliance in Kampala.
- [Improvement of Land Governance in Uganda](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/land-governance-uganda): This study evaluated the impact of land governance interventions implemented under the GIZ-funded Improvement of Land Governance in Uganda (ILGU) pilot project.
- [The Parallel Pandemic of Domestic Violence against Women in Uganda: is the Lockdown to Blame?](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/lockdown-domestic-violence): This project examines how changes in household economic conditions during Uganda's COVID-19 lockdown influenced intimate partner violence (IPV).
- [Ability and willingness to pay for voluntary medical male circumcision in Uganda: A mixed-methods study](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/male-circumcision-demand): This project examines the long-term sustainability of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) as an HIV prevention strategy in Uganda by assessing clients' willingness and ability to pay for the service.
- [The health and well-being benefits of transitioning to piped water service: A prospective study in rural Uganda](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/piped-water-rural-uganda): This study evaluates the impacts of transitioning from unimproved water sources to piped water services in Eastern Uganda.
- [How poverty is measured impacts who gets classified as impoverished](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/poverty-measurement): This study investigates whether the classification of households into poverty categories is influenced by the poverty measurement approach employed.
- [The Impact of Microcredit for Refugees and Host Communities](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/refugee-microcredit): This project examines how access to microcredit can improve the economic wellbeing and psychosocial resilience of refugees and host communities in Uganda.
- [Improving Refugee Welfare and Integration](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/refugee-welfare-integration): This study examines the factors influencing refugee welfare, economic self-reliance, and integration in Uganda, where the majority of displaced populations reside in either rural settlements or urban communities.
- [“The nature of the firm” revisited: Documenting Relational Contracts within and between firms in Uganda](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/relational-contracts-uganda): This project investigates how informal relationships and relational contracts shape firm growth and business organization among small manufacturing enterprises in Uganda.
- [Root Capital SACCOs Impact Evaluation – Uganda](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/root-capital-saccos): This study evaluates the short- and medium-term impacts of the Root Capital SACCO programme in Uganda, with particular emphasis on financial inclusion and gender outcomes.
- [Why do firms in Low-Income Countries grow Slowly? An investigation on demand side Mechanisms.](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/slow-firm-growth): This study examines how information gaps and weak market institutions affect the ability of firms in Uganda's manufacturing sector to attract customers and achieve sustained growth.
- [Cluster training for SME’s for increased productivity](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/sme-cluster-training): This project evaluates innovative approaches to improving productivity and growth among small and medium-sized metal fabrication enterprises in Uganda.
- [Strains on Trade: Frictions and Policy in the Ugandan Vehicle Sector](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/strains-on-trade-frictions-and-policy-in-the-ugandan-vehicle-sector): The study provides important evidence on how trade policies, market frictions, and spare parts availability influence vehicle demand, market competition, and environmental outcomes in Uganda.
- [The Economic Impact of Tax Compliance Interventions](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/tax-compliance-interventions): This project investigates how different tax enforcement strategies influence business performance and tax compliance in Uganda.
- [Health Insurance In Uganda](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/uganda-health-insurance): This study examines how copayment levels influence the benefits and costs of health insurance in low-income settings through a field experiment evaluating hospital-based outpatient insurance in rural Uganda.
- [Investment Readiness of High-Growth Firms in Uganda](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/uganda-investment-readiness): This project examines how accounting and financial management practices influence access to finance, investment readiness, and business growth among small and growing businesses (SGBs) in Uganda.
- [Testing willingness to pay elicitation mechanisms in the field: Evidence from Uganda](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/willingness-to-pay-uganda): This study evaluates the performance of alternative willingness-to-pay elicitation mechanisms using field experiments conducted in rural Uganda.
- [Working Conditions, Occupational Choices, and Discrimination](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/workplace-conditions-discrimination): This project investigates how working conditions influence productivity, health, and wellbeing among urban waste collectors in Kampala and Wakiso.
- [Do Firms in Emerging Sectors Know How to Hire? Interventions to Enhance Hiring of University-Educated Youth in Uganda](https://igrec-ug.org/projects/youth-hiring-uganda): This project investigates how recruitment practices influence the quality of employer–employee matches within Uganda's emerging sectors, particularly technology and professional services.

## Publications
- [Protecting research quality when field conditions change](https://igrec-ug.org/blog/protecting-research-quality-when-field-conditions-change): Learn how research teams protect data quality, sampling, ethics and study integrity when field conditions change in Uganda and East Africa.

## Team
- [Ian Kusimakwe](https://igrec-ug.org/team/co-founder-ian-kusimakwe): Learn about Ian Kusimakwe, Co-Founder at IGREC. Profile information is being reviewed.
- [Lenny Gichia](https://igrec-ug.org/team/co-founder-lenny-gichia): Learn about Lenny Gichia, Co-Founder and Research Manager at IGREC, with experience in impact evaluation, field research, data systems and research quality assurance.
- [Oscar Kidega](https://igrec-ug.org/team/data-and-it-manager-oscar-kidega): Learn about Oscar Kidega, Data and IT Manager at IGREC, with experience in SurveyCTO programming, data management and research automation.
- [Apollo Tumusiime](https://igrec-ug.org/team/field-manager-apollo-tumusiime): Learn about Apollo Tumusiime, Field Manager at IGREC, with experience in applied research, livelihoods, refugee integration, agriculture and health projects.
- [Diana Kyoyagala](https://igrec-ug.org/team/field-manager-diana-kyoyagala): Learn about Diana Kyoyagala, Field Manager at IGREC, with experience in field data management, agricultural studies and team leadership.
- [Moreen Karungi](https://igrec-ug.org/team/field-manager-moreen-karungi): Learn about Moreen Karungi, Field Manager at IGREC, with experience in monitoring and evaluation, field operations and data quality assurance.
- [Sharifah Nantale](https://igrec-ug.org/team/field-supervisor-sharifah-nantale): Learn about Sharifah Nantale, Field Supervisor at IGREC, with experience in field operations, research coordination and community engagement.
- [Immaculate Apio Ayado](https://igrec-ug.org/team/hr-and-administration-immaculate-apio-ayado): Learn about Immaculate Apio Ayado, Co-Founder at IGREC, with experience in project management, administration, team building and resource coordination.
- [Asiimwe Hillary](https://igrec-ug.org/team/office-administrator-asiimwe-hillary): Learn about Asiimwe Hillary, Office Administrator at IGREC, supporting office coordination, documentation, record management and operations.
- [Assy Nakyajja](https://igrec-ug.org/team/project-coordinator-assy-nakyajja): Learn about Assy Nakyajja, Project Coordinator at IGREC, with experience in research operations, monitoring and evaluation, survey design and data quality assurance.

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