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As it transitions to an oil-producing country, Uganda's investments in infrastructure and physical capital will … the construction sector in Uganda and identifies possible policy remedies to relieve them. A secondary point of emphasis … in the paper's analysis is the interaction between government and construction firms through public procurement, and the …
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institutional and regulatory reforms as well as procurement and local content. …
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Where does the money come from to buy votes? We argue that an important source of funds for vote-buying comes from 'contract clientelism', or the provision of public contracts to private firms in exchange for campaign donations. Using quantitative data on Colombian infrastructure contracts, we...
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Using big data from the Brazilian public procurement system, this research aims to investigate what factors are …
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dynamic economy-wide models for Ethiopia and Uganda that capture both traditional aspects of the debate (growth linkages and …
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We exploit a spatial discontinuity in the coverage of an agricultural extension program in Uganda to causally identify …
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evaluate rural investments in Uganda. Agricultural research and extension services are found to be much more effective at …
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also going into Uganda and South Africa while South Africa is the darling of Western donors. Chinese funded projects are …
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This paper seeks to (i) establish the areas in which aid from the major donors is concentrated; (ii) examine how aid has been allocated to the environmental sectors, and (iii) review the factors behind the success of environmental projects. Using data from the Aiddata.org database, the...
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The paper looks at the evolution of industry in Uganda examining drivers and constraints since the pre-colonial period … policy to industrialization has not been adequate to propel industrial development in Uganda. State withdrawal from direct …
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