Published papers

1. Tax carbon cautiously for sub-Saharan Africa. (with Ankel-Peters, Jörg, Gunther Bensch, Ashwini Dabadge, Anicet Munyehirwe, Julian Rose, Maximiliane Sievert, & Jann Lay) Nature Climate Change (2024): 1-3. 

2. Combining social protection interventions for better food security: Evidence from female-headed households in Amhara region, Ethiopia. (with Mussa, E. C. & Agegnehu, D). Plos one, 19(2), e0283812. 

3. Cash transfers amid shocks: A large, one-time, unconditional cash transfer to refugees in Uganda has multidimensional benefits after 19 months (with Gupta, P; Stein, D; Longman, K; Lanthorn, H; Bergmann, R; Rutto, N; Kahura, C; Kananu, W; Posner, G; Zhao, K & Davis, P) World Development (2024) 173:106339 

4. COVID-19 and Food (In)security in Africa: A Review of Emerging Empirical Evidence (with Tabe-Ojong, MP & Gebrekidan, B) European Review of Agricultural Economics 50(3), 853-878.  (Also, IFPRI Discussion Paper 02121.)

5. Injete, E & Mizabaev, A & Nshakira-Rukundo, E. The Effect of Extreme Weather Events on Child Nutrition and Health Food Security 15 (3) 571 - 596. Previously circulating under the title: Weather shocks and Child Health Outcomes: Evidence from Uganda. ZEF Working Paper 309

6. Nshakira-Rukundo (2022) Envisioning Climate Change Debates and Policies through the Tension Triangle Lens. PLOS Climate 1(12): e0000109. 

7. Cash, COVID-19, and aid cuts: A mixed-method impact evaluation among South Sudanese refugees registered in Kiryandongo, Uganda (with Lanthorn, H; Stein, D; Kimani, E; Bergemann, R & Li Y) BMJ Global Health (2022) 7: e007747

8. COVID-19 in Rural Africa: Food Access Disruptions, Food Insecurity and Coping Strategies in Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania (with Tabe-Ojong, M; Gebrekidan, B; Börner, J & Heckelei, T.) Agricultural Economics (2022) 1-20 (Early View)

9. Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Enrolment in Community-Based Health Insurance Among Female-Headed Households in Amhara region, Ethiopia (with Mussa, EC & Agegnehu, D) Social Science & Medicine - Population Health 17 (March 2022) 101030 

10. Changing perceptions about COVID-19 risk and adherence to preventive strategies in Uganda: Evidence from an online mixed-methods survey. (with Whitehead, A. ) Scientific African 4 (November 2021) e01049

11. "Religiosity and parental educational aspirations for children in Kenya" (with Martin Tabe-Ojong) World Development Perspectives 23 (September 2021), 100349 

12. “Determinants and strategies to improve take-up of agriculture insurance in sub-Saharan Africa: A review.” (with Heike Baumüller & Juliet Wajiku-Kamau). Environment and Development Economics 26 (2021) 605-631

13. “Dropping out of voluntary community-based health insurance in rural Uganda: Evidence from a cross-sectional study in rural south-western Uganda .” ( with Minjung Cho & Essa Mussa) Plos One (2021)  16(7):e0253368

14. “Effect of Community-Based Health Insurance on Utilisation of Preventive Health Services in rural Uganda”. (with Essa Mussa, Nathan Nshakira, Nicolas Gerber & Joachim von Braun) International Journal of Health Economics and Management (2021)  21, 203–227 

15. “Impact of voluntary community-based health insurance on child stunting: Evidence from rural Uganda”. (with Essa Mussa, Nicolas Gerber, & Joachim von Braun) Social Science and Medicine (2020) 245: 112738 . See coverage in the Economist here

16. “Does childhood work impede long term human capital accumulation? Evidence from rural Ethiopia” .(with Essa Mussa, Alisher Mirzabaev, Assefa Admassie & Joachim von Braun). International Journal of Educational Development (2019) 66: 234-246 

17. “Determinants of enrolment in and continued participation in community-based health insurance in rural Uganda”. (Essa Mussa, Nathan Nshakira, Nicolas Gerber & Joachim von Braun.) International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2019) 8: 593–606 

Working Papers

1. The Impact of Social Assistance Programmes in a Pandemic: Evidence from Kenya (with Strupat, C) ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy No 316

2. Africa and the Russia-Ukraine Conflict: A Sentiments Analysis of the African Public on Twitter (with Gebrekidan, B H)

3. Good Policy Gone Bad? Health Insurance, Premium Changes and Labour Supply in Rwanda. (with Schröder, S)

4. The long-term effects of childhood work on earnings in rural Ethiopia. (with Mussa, E C; Mirzabaev, A; Admassie A & von Braun, J) Under Review

5. The relevance of shocks for the formation of aspirations: a rural household level analysis in Kenya, Namibia, Zambia and Tanzania (with Gebrekidan, B. H; Baylis K.; Börner J.; Tabe-Ojong M.; & Heckelei T.) Working paper soon

6. Willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 in Africa: Evidence from an online survey in seven African countries (with multiple authors (lead author)) Working paper soon

Work in Progress

1. How will distance and quality of health services influence future demand for the new national health insurance in Uganda?

2. The relevance of shocks for the formation of aspirations: a rural household level analysis in Kenya, Namibia, Zambia and Tanzania (with Gebrekidan, B. H; Baylis K.; Börner J.; Tabe-Ojong M.; Rukundo E.; Heckelei T. ) 

3.  Willingness to pay for COVID-19 vaccination in developing countries: Evidence from seven African countries (with multiple authors (lead author)) 

4. Misinformation, Trust in Government and Adherence to COVID-19 Prevention: Evidence from World Bank High Frequency Phone Surveys and CRC Phone Surveys in Namibia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya & Uganda. (with Gebrekidan, B. H & Tabe-Ojong M. )