I regularly present my research on African political economy, fiscal policy, and development economics at academic conferences and public forums. My work examines the intersection of public finance, institutional governance, and economic development in Africa.
In April 2026, I presented When Education Spending Works: Tax Policy and Human Capital Formation in Africa at the Graduate Students in International Political Economy (GSIPE) Workshop, a virtual seminar series. This paper examines the conditions under which education spending translates into meaningful human capital outcomes across African countries, with a focus on the role of tax policy in shaping fiscal space for social investment.
In March 2026, I presented the Politics of Public Debt Management in Africa at the Public Choice Society Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas. The paper applies public choice theory and modern difference-in-differences methods to explain why African governments repeatedly accumulate unsustainable public debt even after receiving generous international relief, documenting the roles of electoral budget cycles, moral hazard from debt forgiveness, and debt opacity in resource-rich autocracies
My research on fiscal discipline and credibility in Uganda's post-pandemic recovery was recently featured in a December 2025 Faculti interview examining the tension between fiscal rules and crisis response. This interview explores how escape clauses can enable flexible pandemic responses while potentially undermining long-term credibility, offering insights for policymakers navigating the balance between institutional constraints and emergency flexibility. The interview is available at https://doi.org/10.64240/f26bb1bebe.
In October 2025, I presented on the Politics of Public Debt Management in Africa at the Markets and Society Conference in Falls Church, Virginia. This presentation explored how domestic and international political considerations shape debt management strategies across African nations and the implications for fiscal sustainability.
In February 2024, I delivered a lecture titled Can Anything Good Come from the South of the Sahara Desert? during Trinity Term at Boston Trinity Academy in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. This talk challenged prevailing narratives about African development and examined the continent's economic potential through a more nuanced lens.
During the summer of 2023, I presented Uganda's Political Economy at the Foundations of Modern Political Economy Summer Seminar, hosted by the Abigail Adams Institute at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This seminar analyzed the institutional and political factors that have shaped Uganda's economic trajectory over recent decades.
In March 2023, I presented Fiscal Rules: Challenges and Lessons during the COVID-19 Crisis in Uganda at the Centre for the Study of African Economies Conference at St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. This paper examined how fiscal rules were tested and adapted during the pandemic crisis. Watch the recording here.
In November 2021, I presented on the State of Uganda's Economy Before, During and After COVID-19 at a forum organized by the Makerere University Economics Society in partnership with Open Economics Uganda. This presentation provided a comprehensive assessment of how the pandemic affected Uganda's economic performance and the policy responses undertaken. Watch the recording here.
My earlier academic work includes defending my master's thesis on Public Debt Sustainability: Estimating the Fiscal Reaction Function for Uganda (1981/82–2016/17) at Makerere University in November 2019, as well as delivering a guest lecture series on Public Finance Management and Budgeting in Uganda at Makerere University in May 2019.
