I am the Lead Academic for IGC Uganda

Recent policy outputs on the economic impacts of COVID-19

Recovery from the COVID-19 Shock and the Informal Labor Market in Urban Uganda [IGC Policy Brief, July 2022]

COVID-19 and Ugandan SMEs: Impacts and Speed of Recovery [PEDL C-19 Note, October 2021]

The Resilience of Informal Labor Markets [IGC Project Report, March 2021] [IGC Blog Post, May 2021]

The Impact of COVID-19 on Ugandan Firms [IGC Policy Brief, April 2021, mentioned in the 2021/22 UG Government Budget Speech]

The Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown on SMEs and Employment Relationships in Uganda [IGC Policy Brief, March 2021]

Vocational Training, On-the-job Training and Resilience to the COVID-19 Shock [IGC Project Report, March 2021]

Other policy briefs and reports

Quantifying the Impact of Industrial Parks in Uganda [IGC Policy Brief, April 2023]

Exposure to Air Pollution for Small Firms in African Cities [IGC Policy Brief, December 2022]

Understanding Productivity Dispersion: Evidence from a New Survey of Manufacturing Firms in Uganda [IGC Report, August 2019] [IGC Policy Brief, November 2019]

The Labor Market Impacts of Soft Skills Certificates [GLM-LIC Policy Brief, April 2018]

Policy workshops

I have co-organized the following dissemination workshops with policymakers, local and international academics, and practitioners in Uganda:

Uganda Climate Change Workshop (Kampala, June 2024) [Press coverage: AfNews24, The UG Post]

Exploring Key Challenges to Firm Success in Uganda (Kampala, December 2018) [Video]

Enhancing Youth Employment and Small Firms Growth (Kampala, July 2017)