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Working Papers

2023

1. Weather Shocks, Child Mortality, and Adaptation: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2020

2. An Analysis of Clinical Knowledge, Absenteeism, and Availability of Resources for Maternal and Child Health: A Cross-Sectional Quality of Care Study in 10 African Countries
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2020) View citations (4)

2019

3. The Lost Human Capital: Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Africa
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)

2018

4. The Lost Human Capital: Teacher Knowledge and Student Learning in Africa
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)

2017

5. What do teachers know and do ? does it matter ? evidence from primary schools in Africa
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (22)

2016

6. Effect of a micro entrepreneur-based community health delivery program on under-five mortality in Uganda: a cluster-randomized
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
7. Effect of a micro entrepreneur-based community health delivery program on under-five mortality in Uganda: a cluster-randomized controlled trial
   Working Papers of LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance
8. Incentivizing Safer Sexual Behavior: Evidence from a Lottery Experiment on HIV Prevention
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Incentivizing Safer Sexual Behavior: Evidence from a Lottery Experiment on HIV Prevention, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2018) View citations (13) (2018)

2015

9. Low Quality, Low Returns, Low Adoption: Evidence from the Market for Fertilizer and Hybrid Seed in Uganda
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (19)
   Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2015) View citations (20)
10. Using lotteries to incentivize safer sexual behavior: evidence from a randomized controlled trial on HIV prevention
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (10)

2014

11. Information is power: experimental evidence on the long-run impact of community based monitoring
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)

2012

12. Can Good Products Drive Out Bad? Evidence from Local Markets for (Fake?) Antimalarial Medicine in Uganda
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (10)

2010

13. Delivering service indicators in education and health in Africa: a proposal
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)

2007

14. Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment of a Community-Based Monitoring Project in Uganda
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (15)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) View citations (12)
15. The Returns from Reducing Corruption: Evidence from Education in Uganda
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
16. 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

17. Bribes, Lobbying and Development
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Bribes, Lobbying, and Development, American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press (2011) View citations (64) (2011)
18. Local Accountability
    Seminar Papers, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies View citations (3)

2004

19. The power of information: evidence from a newspaper campaign to reduce capture
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (99)
20. Working for God?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (37)

2003

21. Survey techniques to measure and explain corruption
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (22)
22. 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

23. Conditional Political Budget Cycles
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (72)
24. Explaining Leakage of Public Funds
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
    Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2001) View citations (27)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2001) View citations (27)
25. Who Must Pay Bribes and How Much?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (7)
26. Who Must Pay Bribes and How Much? Evidence from a cross-section of firms
    Seminar Papers, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies View citations (12)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2000) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Who Must Pay Bribes and How Much? Evidence from a Cross Section of Firms, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2003) View citations (552) (2003)

2000

27. Are corruption and taxation really harmful to growth? - firm-level evidence
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Are corruption and taxation really harmful to growth? Firm level evidence, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (693) (2007)

1999

28. Confronting competition - investment response and constraints in Uganda
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (17)
29. How inadequate provision of public infrastructure and services affects private investment
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (39)

1998

30. Foreign aid and rent-seeking
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
    See also Chapter Foreign aid and rent-seeking, Springer Books, Springer (2000) (2000)
    Journal Article Foreign aid and rent-seeking, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2000) View citations (376) (2000)
31. What explains the success or failure of structural adjustment programs?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article What Explains the Success or Failure of Structural Adjustment Programmes?, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2000) View citations (130) (2000)

1997

32. Collusion Among Interest Grops: Foreign Aid and Rent Dissipation
    Seminar Papers, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies
    Also in Working Papers, Stockholm - International Economic Studies (1996) View citations (3)
33. When is Foreign Aid Policy Credible? - Aid Dependence and Conditionality
    Seminar Papers, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies View citations (5)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (1997) View citations (5)
    Working Papers, Stockholm - International Economic Studies (1995) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article When is foreign aid policy credible? Aid dependence and conditionality, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2000) View citations (194) (2000)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Can Good Products Drive Out Bad? A Randomized Intervention in the Antimalarial Medicine Market in Uganda
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20, (3), 957-1000 View citations (3)
2. HIV, risk, and time preferences: Evidence from a general population sample in Lesotho
   Health Economics, 2022, 31, (5), 904-911 View citations (2)
3. Market Access and Quality Upgrading: Evidence from Four Field Experiments
   American Economic Review, 2022, 112, (8), 2518-52 View citations (12)

2021

4. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries
   EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2021, 27, - View citations (20)

2019

5. Reducing Child Mortality in the Last Mile: Experimental Evidence on Community Health Promoters in Uganda
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11, (3), 155-92 View citations (20)

2018

6. Incentivizing Safer Sexual Behavior: Evidence from a Lottery Experiment on HIV Prevention
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10, (3), 287-314 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Incentivizing Safer Sexual Behavior: Evidence from a Lottery Experiment on HIV Prevention, CEPR Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (2) (2016)

2017

7. Enrollment without Learning: Teacher Effort, Knowledge, and Skill in Primary Schools in Africa
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2017, 31, (4), 185-204 View citations (74)
8. Experimental Evidence on the Long-Run Impact of Community-Based Monitoring
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017, 9, (1), 33-69 View citations (28)
9. Lemon Technologies and Adoption: Measurement, Theory and Evidence from Agricultural Markets in Uganda
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2017, 132, (3), 1055-1100 View citations (105)

2013

10. Policies and Institutions for Effective Service Delivery: The Need of a Microeconomic and Micropolitical Approach
    Journal of African Economies, 2013, 22, (suppl_2), -ii38 View citations (2)

2011

11. Bribes, Lobbying, and Development
    American Political Science Review, 2011, 105, (1), 46-63 View citations (64)
    See also Working Paper Bribes, Lobbying and Development, CEPR Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (12) (2006)
12. The power of information in public services: Evidence from education in Uganda
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7-8), 956-966 View citations (72)
    Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7), 956-966 (2011) View citations (81)

2010

13. When Is Community-Based Monitoring Effective? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Primary Health in Uganda
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8, (2-3), 571-581 View citations (29)
14. 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)

2009

15. Getting Prices Right: The Impact of the Market Information Service in Uganda
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7, (2-3), 435-445 View citations (78)
16. Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment on Community-Based Monitoring in Uganda
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124, (2), 735-769 View citations (275)

2007

17. Are corruption and taxation really harmful to growth? Firm level evidence
    Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 83, (1), 63-75 View citations (693)
    See also Working Paper Are corruption and taxation really harmful to growth? - firm-level evidence, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2000) View citations (14) (2000)

2006

18. Capacité d'absorption et contraintes de décaissement
    Revue d’économie du développement, 2006, 14, (2), 43-68
19. Osiem pytań na temat korupcji
    Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics, 2006, (9), 77-106
20. Political budget cycles: Do they differ across countries and why?
    Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (8-9), 1367-1389 View citations (525)
21. Using Micro-Surveys to Measure and Explain Corruption
    World Development, 2006, 34, (2), 359-370 View citations (82)

2005

22. Eight Questions about Corruption
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2005, 19, (3), 19-42 View citations (738)
23. 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 (312)

2004

24. Local Capture: Evidence from a Central Government Transfer Program in Uganda
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2004, 119, (2), 679-705 View citations (485)

2003

25. Political Budget Cycles: A Review of Recent Developments
    Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 2003, 29, 67-76 View citations (63)
26. Political instability, corruption and policy formation: the case of environmental policy
    Journal of Public Economics, 2003, 87, (7-8), 1383-1405 View citations (259)
27. Who Must Pay Bribes and How Much? Evidence from a Cross Section of Firms
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2003, 118, (1), 207-230 View citations (552)
    See also Working Paper Who Must Pay Bribes and How Much? Evidence from a cross-section of firms, Seminar Papers (2002) View citations (12) (2002)
28. Why conditional aid does not work and what can be done about it?
    Journal of Development Economics, 2003, 70, (2), 381-402 View citations (191)

2002

29. Coping with poor public capital
    Journal of Development Economics, 2002, 69, (1), 51-69 View citations (139)

2000

30. Foreign aid and rent-seeking
    Journal of International Economics, 2000, 51, (2), 437-461 View citations (376)
    See also Chapter Foreign aid and rent-seeking, Springer Books, 2000, 165-189 (2000) (2000)
    Working Paper Foreign aid and rent-seeking, Policy Research Working Paper Series (1998) View citations (8) (1998)
31. Is the bad news principle for real?
    Economics Letters, 2000, 66, (3), 327-331 View citations (7)
32. What Explains the Success or Failure of Structural Adjustment Programmes?
    Economic Journal, 2000, 110, (466), 894-917 View citations (130)
    See also Working Paper What explains the success or failure of structural adjustment programs?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (1998) View citations (30) (1998)
33. When is foreign aid policy credible? Aid dependence and conditionality
    Journal of Development Economics, 2000, 61, (1), 61-84 View citations (194)
    See also Working Paper When is Foreign Aid Policy Credible? - Aid Dependence and Conditionality, Seminar Papers (1997) View citations (5) (1997)

1999

34. Aid, Growth and Democracy
    Economics and Politics, 1999, 11, (3), 275-297 View citations (165)

1998

35. Investment, property rights and political instability: Theory and evidence
    European Economic Review, 1998, 42, (7), 1317-1341 View citations (240)

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)

2000

2. Foreign aid and rent-seeking
   Springer
   See also Working Paper Foreign aid and rent-seeking, The World Bank (1998) View citations (8) (1998)
   Journal Article Foreign aid and rent-seeking, Elsevier (2000) View citations (376) (2000)