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- About IGREC
Learn how IGREC combines rigorous research, dependable field systems, evaluation and data analysis to support decisions across Uganda and East Africa.
- Careers at IGREC
Explore careers and professional opportunities with IGREC across research, evaluation, field operations, data and programme delivery.
- Contact
Contact IGREC about research, evaluation, data and fieldwork partnerships.
- Projects
Selected IGREC research and evaluation projects.
- Publications
IGREC research findings, evaluation lessons and fieldwork guidance.
- Services
IGREC research, evaluation, data and fieldwork services.
- Team
IGREC research, evaluation and data professionals.
Services
- Baseline, Midline & Endline Surveys
Track programme change through survey rounds.
- Data Cleaning & Management
Create secure, consistent, and analysis-ready research data.
- Data Quality Assurance
Prevent, detect, and resolve research data quality risks.
- Enterprise Surveys
Generate reliable firm-level evidence across Uganda.
- Enumerator Recruitment & Training
Recruit and prepare reliable field researchers.
- Field Supervision
Control fieldwork quality and protocol compliance.
- Focus Group Discussions
Explore shared views through structured groups.
- GIS Mapping
Map research locations, access, exposure, and coverage.
- Household Surveys
Collect reliable household evidence across Uganda.
- Impact Evaluations
Measure programme impact with rigorous evidence.
- Key Informant Interviews
Capture expert and institutional insight through interviews.
- Market Listings
Build verified market and enterprise lists across Uganda.
- Project Management
Manage research scope, teams, timelines, risk, and quality.
- Qualitative Research
Understand behaviour, experience, and context.
- Randomized Controlled Trials
Design and run credible randomized trials across Uganda.
- Research Logistics
Coordinate efficient research operations across Uganda.
- Statistical Analysis
Turn research data into clear statistical evidence.
- SurveyCTO Programming
Build secure, tested SurveyCTO tools for field research.
Projects
- “The nature of the firm” revisited: Documenting Relational Contracts within and between firms in Uganda
This project investigates how informal relationships and relational contracts shape firm growth and business organization among small manufacturing enterprises in Uganda.
- Ability and willingness to pay for voluntary medical male circumcision in Uganda: A mixed-methods study
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.
- An Evaluation of Contract Farming for 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.
- Can Incentives Change Beliefs? Health Decisions of Caregivers of Young Children in Uganda: A Field Experiment in Uganda
This study investigates how financial incentives influence demand for preventive healthcare among caregivers of young children in Uganda.
- Cluster training for SME’s for increased productivity
This project evaluates innovative approaches to improving productivity and growth among small and medium-sized metal fabrication enterprises in Uganda.
- Clustering at the Business Level: Micro-Firm Markets, Competitive Forces, and Innovation
This study examines how competition, market structure, and business experimentation influence the growth of micro-enterprises in Uganda.
- Do Firms in Emerging Sectors Know How to Hire? Interventions to Enhance Hiring of University-Educated Youth in Uganda
This project investigates how recruitment practices influence the quality of employer–employee matches within Uganda's emerging sectors, particularly technology and professional services.
- Empowering Agriculturalists through Structural Experimentations (EASE)
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.
- Firm Dynamics and Worker Resilience to the COVID-19 Shock in Uganda
This project examined the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and workers across Uganda.
- Government Demand and Domestic Firms Growth: Evidence from Uganda
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
This study explores how social beliefs influence health behaviours, with particular emphasis on attitudes toward body weight and obesity in Uganda.
- Health Insurance In Uganda
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.
- How Important are Investment Indivisibilities for Development? Understanding Land Investment and its Long-Run Impacts in Uganda
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.
- How poverty is measured impacts who gets classified as impoverished
This study investigates whether the classification of households into poverty categories is influenced by the poverty measurement approach employed.
- Impact of Urban Flooding on Businesses in Kampala
This project investigates how extreme rainfall and urban flooding affect business operations, supply chains, and economic performance in Kampala, Uganda.
- Improvement of Land Governance in Uganda
This study evaluated the impact of land governance interventions implemented under the GIZ-funded Improvement of Land Governance in Uganda (ILGU) pilot project.
- Improving Refugee Welfare and 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.
- Investment Readiness of High-Growth Firms in Uganda
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.
- Public reporting and property tax compliance: A field experiment in Kampala, Uganda (2020)
This project examines how public recognition and reporting can improve property tax compliance in Kampala.
- Root Capital SACCOs Impact Evaluation – Uganda
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.
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Digital Receipts in the Ugandan Dairy Chain
This project examines how reducing information asymmetries within Uganda's dairy value chain can improve market efficiency, transparency, and farmer welfare.
- 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.
- Testing willingness to pay elicitation mechanisms in the field: Evidence from Uganda
This study evaluates the performance of alternative willingness-to-pay elicitation mechanisms using field experiments conducted in rural Uganda.
- The Economic Impact of Tax Compliance Interventions
This project investigates how different tax enforcement strategies influence business performance and tax compliance in Uganda.
- The health and well-being benefits of transitioning to piped water service: A prospective study in rural Uganda
This study evaluates the impacts of transitioning from unimproved water sources to piped water services in Eastern Uganda.
- The Impact of Microcredit for Refugees and Host Communities
This project examines how access to microcredit can improve the economic wellbeing and psychosocial resilience of refugees and host communities in Uganda.
- The Parallel Pandemic of Domestic Violence against Women in Uganda: is the Lockdown to Blame?
This project examines how changes in household economic conditions during Uganda's COVID-19 lockdown influenced intimate partner violence (IPV).
- Why do firms in Low-Income Countries grow Slowly? An investigation on demand side Mechanisms.
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.
- Working Conditions, Occupational Choices, and Discrimination
This project investigates how working conditions influence productivity, health, and wellbeing among urban waste collectors in Kampala and Wakiso.
Publications
- 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
- Apollo Tumusiime
Learn about Apollo Tumusiime, Field Manager at IGREC, with experience in applied research, livelihoods, refugee integration, agriculture and health projects.
- Asiimwe Hillary
Learn about Asiimwe Hillary, Office Administrator at IGREC, supporting office coordination, documentation, record management and operations.
- Assy Nakyajja
Learn about Assy Nakyajja, Project Coordinator at IGREC, with experience in research operations, monitoring and evaluation, survey design and data quality assurance.
- Diana Kyoyagala
Learn about Diana Kyoyagala, Field Manager at IGREC, with experience in field data management, agricultural studies and team leadership.
- Ian Kusimakwe
Learn about Ian Kusimakwe, Co-Founder at IGREC. Profile information is being reviewed.
- Immaculate Apio Ayado
Learn about Immaculate Apio Ayado, Co-Founder at IGREC, with experience in project management, administration, team building and resource coordination.
- 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.
- Moreen Karungi
Learn about Moreen Karungi, Field Manager at IGREC, with experience in monitoring and evaluation, field operations and data quality assurance.
- Oscar Kidega
Learn about Oscar Kidega, Data and IT Manager at IGREC, with experience in SurveyCTO programming, data management and research automation.
- Sharifah Nantale
Learn about Sharifah Nantale, Field Supervisor at IGREC, with experience in field operations, research coordination and community engagement.
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