Are there micro solutions to poverty? Evidence from a long-term follow-up of the Youth Opportunities Programme in Uganda Long-term results from a cash grant programme in Uganda suggests that poverty may be bigger than the issues these types of programmes can address Macroeconomics & Growth Nathan Fiala Published 13.04.20
Selecting better community leaders: Experimental evidence from Uganda Should we select our community leaders through public discussion or secret ballot? Does it even matter which method we chose? Institutions & Political Economy Miri Stryjan Published 18.12.19
Solving sub-Saharan Africa’s demographic challenge: Matching firms and workers Evidence from Uganda shows both vocational training and within-firm training help workers find better-paid jobs, but with crucial differences Labour Markets Oriana Bandiera Published 27.11.19
Does bottom-up accountability work? Evidence from Uganda Whilst bottom-up pressure from citizens can improve healthcare service delivery, there is a ceiling to the positive effects it generates Health Pia Raffler Daniel N. Posner Doug Parkerson Published 22.07.19
Do apprenticeships work? Evidence from Uganda suggests that vocational training is more effective in tackling youth unemployment than apprenticeships Labour Markets Imran Rasul Published 16.07.19
The labour market impacts of soft skills certificates Soft skills certificates improve the allocation of workers to jobs, and raise earnings conditional on employment Labour Markets Vittorio Bassi Aisha Nansamba Published 10.06.19
What happens when you incentivise primary education in Uganda Incentives that hold teachers accountable for achievement can increase education attainment when paired with adequate instructional resources Education Daniel Gilligan Naureen Karachiwalla Ibrahim Kasirye Adrienne Lucas Derek Neal Published 12.08.19
The role of drug packaging in malaria medication adherence in Uganda Short messages encouraging drug adherence can increase treatment completion. This approach is low cost and scalable. Health Jessica Cohen Indrani Saran Published 04.01.19
Reducing child mortality in the last mile: Experimental evidence on community health promoters in Uganda An innovative community health programme providing financial incentives to health workers led to a 27% reduction in child mortality in rural Uganda Health Martina Björkman-Nyqvist Andrea Guariso Jakob Svensson David Yanagizawa-Drott Published 30.11.18
