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Publication - Working Paper
Estimating the fiscal impact of tariff reform in Uganda using TRIST
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Publication - Policy Brief
Policy brief: Coronavirus response policy needs and opportunities
This policy brief discusses essential medical, implementation, economic and social, and political considerations for the Government of Myanmar (GoM), civil society organisations (CSOs), and religious leaders in collaboratively responding to the challenges posed by coronavirus to Myanmar. The issues explored here are explained in more detail in an accompanying full-length...
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Publication - Miscellaneous
Policy report: Coronavirus policy response needs and options for Myanmar
Coronavirus is now confirmed to be present in Myanmar, and the actual number of infections is likely to be considerably higher than just the small number of cases (five as of March 27th, 2020) confirmed so far. Within hours of the presence of coronavirus being confirmed in Myanmar, some residents in Yangon were engaging in panic-buying, a small indication of some of the...
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Publication - Miscellaneous
Creating opportunity from crisis: Raising worker productivity during the pandemic
Rwanda’s coronavirus “lockdown”, which began on Sunday 22nd March 2020, requires that a large number of people suddenly work from home. This has become increasingly common globally: across the EU, around 17% of employees work from outside their employer’s physical premises using ICT tools; however, working from home (WFH) is a much newer phenomenon among...
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Publication - Project Report
Electricity is not an entitlement: How social norms constrain access to electricity
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Publication - Project Report
Analysis of effective tax rates for CIT and PIT in Myanmar
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Publication - Policy Brief
Civil service reform and performance management in Ghana and Zambia since 1990
Both Zambia and Ghana have tried repeatedly since 1990 to link civil servants’ performance to incentives by introducing performance management systems. Despite these efforts, there have been no cases in either country where individual performance has been successfully and sustainably linked to rewards or sanctions. To understand patterns of individual performance,...
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Publication - Policy Brief
The determinants of interest rate spreads in the Uganda banking system: Results from a new analysis of banking system data
There have long been concerns about high-interest rates charged by banks in Uganda and wide spreads between deposit and lending rates. This makes it difficult for firms to borrow for the productive investment that is required to achieve high rates of economic growth. This study investigates the determinants of interest rate spreads in the Uganda banking system, using...
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Publication - Policy note
Property taxes in Kampala: Some background information
Property rates, as collected by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), are taxes on the rental or business income of property in the city of Kampala, Uganda that can be applied to commercial, institutional, and rented residential properties across the five urban divisions of the city. Property rates make up a substantial proportion of the KCCAs own source...
Publication - Growth Brief
Information and electoral accountability
Do more informed voters elect more qualified candidates? Numerous studies of varying scale and context reveal mixed evidence. Evidence appears stronger for structural interventions and mass communication than for more targeted interventions. Democracy is said to give citizens agency, as elections make it possible for them to remove poorly performing politicians....