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The making (and unmaking) of Uganda’s ethnic-based decentralization programmeUganda’s post-colony continues to be haunted by the colonial logic of ethnicity. This logic has mapped the country’s post-colonial political landscape as a terrain on which spirals of ethnic-based conflicts and violence are the norm...
Ethnic inequality Decentralization ColonialismWorking Paper
Does project-level aid for water and sanitation improve child health outcomes?: Evidence from household panel data in UgandaEmpirical studies on the effectiveness of aid to the water, sanitation, and hygiene sector (WASH aid) have focused primarily on access to these services as the benchmark for evaluating the effectiveness of aid in this sector...
Aid effectiveness Public health WaterBlog
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In this blog, the managing editor of the WIDER Angle shares his personal view on some of the most important —and potentially overlooked— work recently released in the WIDER Working Paper Series...
Inequality Macroeconomics IndonesiaSeminar
Launch of the Uganda Revenue Authority secure research lab
Presentation
Jukka Pirttilä on personal income tax reform in UgandaJukka Pirttilä , UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, gives a presentation at the Tax for Development webinar series on 5 April 2022 (CET). The webinar series is hosted by Chr. Michelsen Institute . The topic of Pirttilä's...
Technical Note
The Uganda Revenue Authority firm panelThis technical note describes the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) firm panel, which is constructed from administrative corporate income tax (CIT) returns and firm registration data for the financial years 2013/14–2019/20...
Tax data Corporate income tax UgandaProject workshop
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in UgandaAs part of the Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons based on administrative tax data project, a work-in progress meeting was held online between UNU-WIDER and Uganda Revenue Authority ( URA ). The topics discussed in this...
Working Paper
Pre-colonial centralization and tax compliance norms in contemporary UgandaThe paper examines the legacy of pre-colonial centralization on tax compliance norms of citizens in contemporary Uganda...
Tax compliance Uganda
News
Press Release | New UN study reveals limited impact of tax and social protection policies in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
Africa SOUTHMOD Tax-benefit microsimulation Policy seminar
Assessing Presumptive Tax Policy in UgandaThis online event will be organized to introduce the results of an assessment of presumptive tax policy in Uganda. The seminar will cover effect estimates of Uganda's recent presumptive tax reform and recommendations for amending the tax regime...
Research Brief
Working Paper
The effects of personal income tax reform on employees’ taxable income in UgandaWe evaluate a major personal income tax reform in Uganda that came into effect in 2012–13. The reform increased the tax-free lower threshold, increased tax rates for higher incomes, and introduced an additional highest tax band...
Personal income tax Uganda Administrative dataPresentation
Maria Jouste on Tax for DevelopmentMaria Jouste , UNU-WIDER Research Associate, will give a presentation at the Tax for Development webinar series on 17 November 2020 (CET). The webinar series is hosted by Chr. Michelsen Institute . The topic of Jouste's presentation will be...
Presentation
Maria Jouste at the North East Universities Development ConsortiumMaria Jouste , UNU-WIDER Research Associate, will present a research paper at the North East Universities Development Consortium on 6 November 2020. The virtual conference, hosted by Dartmouth College , will be held 6-7 November (EST). The topic of...