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
Does higher pay attract better applicants? Evidence from a Ugandan NGO Financial incentives to community health promoters attract more applicants at the expense of crowding out pro-social preferences... Public Economics Erika Deserranno Published 24.09.18
Going to the movies can help you at school Watching Queen of Katwe, a movie featuring an inspiring role model, improved Ugandan secondary school students’ national exam scores... Education Emma Riley Published 03.09.18
Tackling youth unemployment: Vocational training versus apprenticeships While both vocational training and apprenticeships raise employment of poor Ugandan youth and are cost-effective in the long run, vocational training has larger impacts... Labour Markets Oriana Bandiera Vittorio Bassi Robin Burgess Imran Rasul Munshi Sulaiman Anna Vitali Published 13.02.18