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Rafa, Mickey and Kabandula, Abigail and Bohl, David and Yang, Vivian and Kwasi, Stellah and Hanna, Taylor and Moyer, Jonathan D., Advancing Development in Uganda: Evaluating Policy Choices and Their Long-Term Impact (March 25, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4066838
The policy, programming, and donor communities in Uganda face a range of competing priorities that will shape future patterns of development. Various factors will determine which policies should be prioritized, including long-term patterns of human, social and environmental development. This report is motivated by the desire to better understand the future of development in Uganda to support these decision-makers as they choose among various policy options in a future characterized by uncertainty.
Wang, X., Rafa, M., Moyer, J.D., Li, J., Scheer, J., and Sutton, P. 2019. "Estimation and Mapping of Sub-National GDP in Uganda Using NPP-VIIRS Imagery." Remote Sensing 11(2): 163. doi: 10.3390/rs11020163
Rafa, Mickey, Jonathan Moyer, Xuantong Wang, and Paul Sutton. 2018.
"Using Nightlights for Poverty Analysis in Uganda." Invited Policy Brief for USAID. Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures, Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs, University of Denver. Denver, CO.
Rafa, Mickey, Elizabeth Bremer, and Jonathan Moyer. 2018.
“The Future of Survival through Primary Education in Southwest Uganda”. Invited Policy Brief for USAID. Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures, Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs, University of Denver. Denver, CO.
Rafa, Mickey, Jonathan D. Moyer, Paul Sutton, and Xuantong Wang. 2017.
"Estimating District GDP in Uganda" Invited Research Paper for USAID. Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures, Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs, University of Denver. Denver, CO.
Moyer, Jonathan D., Alex Porter, Shelby Johnson, Jason R. Moyer, and David K. Bohl. 2015.
"Advancing development in Uganda: evaluating policy choices for 2016-21 and selected impacts to 2040." Invited Research Paper for USAID, Uganda Mission. Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures, Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs, University of Denver. Denver, CO.
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