Published papers

1. The impact of shock-responsive social cash transfers: evidence from an aggregate shock in Kenya (with Strupat, C  & Arndt Reichert). Journal of Development Studies Early Acces. Previous Working Paper Version: ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy No 316

2. 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. 

3. 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. 

4. 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 

5. 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.)

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. 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)

10. 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 

11. 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

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

13. “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

14. “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

15. “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 

16. “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

17. “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 

18. “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. Health Insurance Premium Changes and Labour Supply: Evidence from a Low-Income Country. (with Schroder, S, Harsicklilar, M & MacKay, A) Under Review: Health Economics 

2. Adoption and Impacts of Agricultural Technologies and Sustainable Natural Resource Management Practices in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings: Review and Meta-analysis. (with Emmanuel Nshakira Rukundo 3 Tabe-Ojong, M; Gebrekidan, B; Agaba, M; Surendran S & Dhehibi, B) IFPRI Discussion Paper No 02199- Revise and Resubmit: Nature: Communications Earth and Environment

3. From Protection to Production: The Productive Impacts of Cash Transfers and Health Insurance in Ghana (with Tabe-Ojong, M P) Under Review: Journal of Development Economics

4. Enabling High-Achieving Entrepreneurs: An Evaluation of a Business Training Program in Uganda (with Rieger, M; Gebrekidan, B & Schroeder, S) 

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

6. Megatrends and the Future of Democracy in Africa: Urbanisation, Digitalisation and the Demographic Change (with Gutheil, L; Hackenesch, C; Heidland, T; Schweickert, R & Tull D) 

7. Willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 in Africa: Evidence from an online survey in seven African countries (with Gebrekidan, B; Tabe-Ojong, M; Nalukwago-Stork, S S; Mussa, E C; Nshakira, N; Rubashembusya, T; Trevenen-Jones, A; Agbaam, C; Cho, M;Boerner, J & Heckelei, T 

8. Electoral Violence and Voter Civic Participation in Uganda: A List Experiment in Southern Uganda 

9. Refugees and Local Welfare in a Low-Income Country: Evidence from Uganda (with Schroder, S; ¨ Tim Schulke & Lluis Quintana Noriega) ¨ 

10. The Long Term Effects of Childhood Work on Earnings in Rural Ethiopia. (with Mussa, E C; Mirzabaev, A; Admassie A & von Braun, J) 

11. Impact of Farm Input E-voucher Subsidies on Farm Productivity and Crop Commercialisation: An Evaluation of the Agricultural Cluster Development Programme E-Voucher Scheme in Uganda (with Adong A; Isoto R & Illukor J) Status: Early draft available 

12. Impact of Farm Input E-voucher Subsidies on Household Food Security and Welfare: An Evaluation of the Agricultural Cluster Development Programme E-Voucher Scheme in Uganda (with Adong A; Isoto R & Illukor J) Status: Early draft available 

13. Determinants of Enrollment in Farm Input Programmes: Evidence from the Agriculture Cluster Development Programme E-voucher Scheme in Uganda (with Adong A; Isoto R & Illukor J) 

14. Willingness to Pay for Climate Risk Insurance in High Risk Regions: A Survey Experiment in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (with Krahnert K, Moggee L & R ¨ ockert J) ¨ 

15. Impact of Farm Input E-voucher Subsidies on Farm Productivity and Crop Commercialization: An Evaluation of the Agricultural Cluster Development Program E-Voucher Scheme in Uganda (with Adong A; Isoto R & Illukor J) Status: Early draft available 

16. Cash Transfers and Farm Investments: A Randomised Controlled Trial with Coffee Farmers in Uganda (with Stein D, Gebrekidan & Laker M)