The politics of building effective water utilities in the Global South: A case of NWSC Uganda
Working paper 152 Download pdf Badru Bukenya Although most public water utilities in developing countries perform poorly, some have achieved
NEW OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL ARTICLE: The politics of promoting social cash transfers in Uganda: The potential and pitfalls of 'thinking and working politically'
16 March 2020 Sam Hickey and Badru Bukenya have published on their research into the
Political settlements and the implementation of maternal health policy in the developing world: A comparative case study of Rwanda, Ghana, Uganda and Bangladesh
Working paper 137 Download pdf Tim Kelsall Maternal health, and in particular the issue of reducing maternal mortality, has been
On Uganda’s 'long march' to first oil and the missing billions in the oil fund
10 March 2020 Angelo Izama Recently a government minister, Hon. David Bahati, claimed that money in early
Gender equitable change and the place of informal networks in Uganda’s legislative policy reforms
Working paper 134 Download pdf Josephine Ahikire and Amon A. Mwiine Uganda has had an uneven history and experience around
The politics of governing oil after ‘best-practice’ reforms: Can ‘pockets of effectiveness’ survive within Uganda’s political settlement?
Working paper 128 Download pdf Sam Hickey Angelo Izama Uganda is frequently lauded for adopting a rules-based approach to oil
The shifting fortunes of the economic technocracy in Uganda: Caught between state-building and regime survival?
Working paper 121 Download pdf Badru Bukenya and Sam Hickey Uganda’s impressive levels of economic growth over most of the
The politics of gender equity in the Global South
8 March 2019 Professor of Politics and expert on gender and institutions, Georgina Waylen, is a contributor to the forthcoming ESID
Professor Anne Mette Kjær
Role Anne Mette Kjær is a Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark. She is currently coordinating

Prof Sam Hickey on The UN Global Dispatches Podcast – How countries can avoid the resource curse
12 February 2018 Our Research Director, Professor Sam Hickey, is this week featured on The UN Global Dispatches Podcast. He talks

Political settlements and the delivery of maternal health services in rural Uganda
Working paper 113 Download pdf Badru Bukenya and Frederick Golooba-Mutebi Technical questions, such as systems development and management; governance, the
State-movement partnership in Uganda: Co-producing an enabling environment for urban poverty reduction?
Working paper 98 Download pdf Sophie King and Peter Kasaija An increasing body of knowledge is emerging about the ways in
Varieties of state-building in Africa: Elites, ideas and the politics of public sector reform
Working paper 89 Download pdf Pablo Yanguas Why do some states in Africa seem to be stuck in a spiral
The politics of core public sector reform in Uganda: Behind the façade
Working paper 85 Download pdf Badru Bukenya and William Muhumuza The Ugandan state presents an interesting puzzle for the advocates of
FINDINGS: How Uganda's political settlement is impeding PSRs
The Ugandan state presents an interesting puzzle for advocates of public sector reforms (PSRs). Though it has been subjected to
Spotlight on an ESID expert – Research Associate Eleni Sifaki
2 February 2017 Eleni Sifaki recently joined ESID as a Research Associate and is currently focusing on our women's
WATCH: Sarah Nandudu on the factors behind TSUPU's success
Sarah Nandudu, Vice President at National Slum Dwellers Federation, Uganda, identifies key factors behind the success of ESID's Transforming Settlements
ESID academics co-producing knowledge with informal settlement residents
By Diana Mitlin 12 January 2017 In December a team from ESID visited Uganda to share the outcomes of research
Promoting urban poverty reduction in Uganda: Lessons for Slum-Dweller Federations
Briefing No. 26 The Transforming Settlements for the Urban Poor (TSUPU) Programme was formed in 2010 as a partnership between
Promoting urban poverty reduction in Uganda: Lessons from TSUPU municipalities
Briefing No. 25 The Transforming Settlements for the Urban Poor (TSUPU) Programme sought to align national, municipal and community urban
Promoting urban poverty reduction: Lessons from Uganda
Briefing No. 24 Uganda has one of the highest urban growth rates in the world. An estimated 60 percent of
The politics of promoting social cash transfers in Uganda
Working paper 69 Download pdf Sam Hickey and Badru Bukenya In 2015 the Government of Uganda agreed to start rolling