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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.
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This study investigates the impact of improved workplace safety on economic and health outcomes for workers in Uganda’s informal waste sector. In a randomized controlled trial with self-employed waste collectors, I…
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This project explores whether expanding access to credit for refugees can promote self-reliance, improve livelihoods, and support long-term integration into host communities. Although financial institutions often view…
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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.
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This project examines the effects of extreme rainfall events and associated flooding on firms in Uganda, with a focus on Kampala. The primary population of interest is medium- to large-sized firms in the manufacturing,…
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This project investigates how different tax enforcement strategies influence business performance and tax compliance in Uganda.
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Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa faces a problem of low adoption of modern inputs, technologies, and techniques. This has two important consequences.
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Trade Policy | Transport | Industrial Organization | Market Systems Principal Investigators Felix Forster and Dorothy Nakyambadde Project Status Completed
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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…
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This project investigates why small firms in developing countries often remain separate instead of merging or expanding. It examines whether maintaining relational contracts between firms is easier, less risky, and…
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This study investigates the willingness and ability of Ugandan men to pay for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) as a strategy for ensuring the long-term sustainability of HIV prevention in the face of…
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In order to answer to the recent prolonged refugee crises, governments and international institutions are focusing on the creation of economic opportunities (jobs and businesses) for refugees. Yet, refugees, especially…
