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Explore IGREC's research, evaluations and field assignments across Uganda and East Africa.
29 research projects
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7 projects found
CompletedGovernance, Land & Public Finance
This project involved a randomised field experiment in Kampala, Uganda, in close collaboration with KCCA, to better understand the determinants of voluntary tax compliance and policy levers to improve this. Public disclosure policies have potential to raise tax compliance where alternative enforcement capacity is limited.
Policy and governance project details
CompletedGovernance, Land & Public Finance
We test whether the classification of households into poverty categories is meaningfully influenced by the poverty measurement approach that is employed. These classification techniques are widely used by governments, non-profit organizations, and development agencies for policy design and implementation.
Policy and governance project details
CompletedGovernance, Land & Public Finance
Researchers frequently use variants of the Becker–DeGroot–Marschak (BDM) mechanism to elicit willingness to pay (WTP). These variants involve numerous incentive-irrelevant design choices, some of which carry advantages for implementation but may deteriorate participant comprehension or trust in the mechanism, which are...
Cross-sector project details
CompletedGovernance, Land & Public Finance
This project investigates how different tax enforcement strategies influence business performance and tax compliance in Uganda.
Public Finance project details
CompletedGovernance, Land & Public Finance
This project examines how participation in public procurement influences the growth, investment decisions, and market behaviour of domestic firms in Uganda.
Public Procurement project details
CompletedGovernance, Land & Public Finance
The project examines how changes in spouses’ relative economic conditions during Uganda’s COVID-19 lockdown influenced Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). It uses the lockdown measures introduced in March 2020 as a natural experiment, where some women continued earning income while their husbands’ work was temporarily...
Cross-sector project details
CompletedGovernance, Land & Public Finance
This study evaluated the impact of land governance interventions implemented under the GIZ-funded Improvement of Land Governance in Uganda (ILGU) pilot project.
Land Governance project detailsWork with IGREC
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