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Working Papers

2025

1. What shapes parents' attitudes towards bilingual education?: Evidence from Mozambique
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2023

2. Language and student learning: Evidence from an ethnographic study in Mozambique
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2007

3. The Returns from Reducing Corruption: Evidence from Education in Uganda
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
4. Working for God? Evidence form a Change in Financing of not-for-profit Health Care Providers in Uganda
   Seminar Papers, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies View citations (4)

2006

5. Local Accountability
   Seminar Papers, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies View citations (3)

2004

6. The power of information: evidence from a newspaper campaign to reduce capture
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (100)
7. Working for God?
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (37)

2003

8. Survey techniques to measure and explain corruption
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (22)
9. Working for God? evualuating service delivery of religious not-for-profit health care providers in Uganda
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)

2002

10. Explaining Leakage of Public Funds
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2001) View citations (28)
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2001) View citations (28)

2001

11. A Quest for Revenue and Tax Incidence in Uganda
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (21)
12. Shifting tax burdens through exemptions and evasion - an empirical investigation of Uganda
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article Shifting Tax Burdens through Exemptions and Evasion: an Empirical Investigation of Uganda, Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (2006) View citations (27) (2006)

2000

13. Lessons from Uganda on strategies to fight poverty
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)

1999

14. Confronting competition - investment response and constraints in Uganda
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (17)
15. How inadequate provision of public infrastructure and services affects private investment
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (39)
16. Uganda - Using Surveys for Public Sector Reform
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
17. Using Surveys for Public Sector Reform
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (3)

1998

18. Do budgets really matter? - evidence from public spending on education and health in Uganda
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (47)

1994

19. How to identify trade liberalization episodes: an empirical study on Kenya
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (3)
20. The welfare cost of speculation during Kenyan trade reforms
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2011

1. The power of information in public services: Evidence from education in Uganda
   Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7-8), 956-966 View citations (74)
   Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7), 956-966 (2011) View citations (87)

2010

2. Working for God? Evidence from a Change in Financing of Nonprofit Health Care Providers in Uganda
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8, (6), 1159-1178 View citations (21)

2006

3. Shifting Tax Burdens through Exemptions and Evasion: an Empirical Investigation of Uganda
   Journal of African Economies, 2006, 15, (3), 373-398 View citations (27)
   See also Working Paper Shifting tax burdens through exemptions and evasion - an empirical investigation of Uganda, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2001) View citations (22) (2001)
4. Using Micro-Surveys to Measure and Explain Corruption
   World Development, 2006, 34, (2), 359-370 View citations (84)

2005

5. Fighting Corruption to Improve Schooling: Evidence from a Newspaper Campaign in Uganda
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3, (2-3), 259-267 View citations (326)

2004

6. Local Capture: Evidence from a Central Government Transfer Program in Uganda
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2004, 119, (2), 679-705 View citations (493)
7. Making Services Work for Poor People
   Journal of African Economies, 2004, 13, (1), i142-i166 View citations (23)

2002

8. Coping with poor public capital
   Journal of Development Economics, 2002, 69, (1), 51-69 View citations (143)
9. How Research Can Assist Policy: The Case of Economic Reforms in Uganda
   The World Bank Research Observer, 2002, 17, (2), 267-292 View citations (7)

1996

10. The Credibility Problem in Trade Liberalisation: Empirical Evidence form Kenya
    Journal of African Economies, 1996, 5, (3), 444-68 View citations (7)

Books

2001

1. Uganda's Recovery: The Role of Farms, Firms, and Government
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (84)

Chapters

2006

1. How Corruption Affects Service Delivery and What Can Be Done About It
   Chapter 15 in International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, 2006 View citations (1)