Enock W.N. Bulime

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I am a Ph.D. student in Economics at Kansas State University, where I focus on economic research that informs evidence-based policymaking. My academic training includes a Master of Arts in Economics (2020) and a Bachelor of Arts in Development Economics (2017), both from Makerere University in Uganda.

Before beginning my doctoral studies, I worked with the Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda's premier economic think tank, where I contributed to policy-oriented research on critical development challenges. My research expertise centers on public economics, macroeconomics, and trade policy, with additional interests spanning regional integration, political economy, and development economics. Within the development field, I am particularly engaged with questions related to labor markets, health economics, digital financial inclusion, and food security.

My research has been published in outlets including the International Monetary Fund, the Economic Policy Research Centre, the African Development Review, the International Journal of Educational Development, and Renewable Energy, among others. This work reflects my commitment to producing scholarship that bridges academic rigor with practical policy applications, particularly for emerging economies in Sub-Saharan Africa.

I am an active member of the American Economic Association, the American Political Science Association, the International Studies Association, and the Ugandan Economic Association. I welcome opportunities to collaborate with economists, sociologists, political scientists, and other scholars working on economics-related issues that advance knowledge and improve people's lives.

Email: bulimeenock1@gmail.com || bulimeenock@ksu.edu

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Previous Engagements.

Speaking Engagements

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, with a particular focus on Uganda and East Africa.

Most recently, in October 2025, I presented on the Politics of 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.