FISCal behavior, AId and Decentralization in Uganda
Principal Investigator of FISCAID research projet
Timeframe of the project: 01/2025-12/2028
Amount awarded: 211 845 euros
FISCAID aims to provide new empirical insights into the ability of aid to fulfil its core functions in an evolving context. FISCAID proposes using Uganda as a case study to analyze the various mechanisms through which foreign assistance affects the fiscal behavior of the recipient country, focusing on public domestic expenditure and revenues at the national and subnational level. This will inform theory and policy makers on how to implement effective external financing, avoiding the so-called Samaritan Dilemma. We will mobilize administrative data from the Ugandan (MFPED) Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (already collected) with econometric analyses addressing: i) to what extent is aid fungible and how does it impact the fiscal behavior of recipient governments in the context of aid fragmentation and decentralization? ii) do these fiscal effects affect aid effectiveness and more broadly development?
Marin Ferry (ERUDITE, Université Gustave Eiffel)
Antoine Boucher (Göttingen University)
Emilie Caldeira (CERDI, Université Clermont Auvergne)
John Bosco Oryema (Makerere University)
Edward Bbaale (Makerere University)
Lisa Chauvet (CES, Université Paris 1)