Papers by Isaac Shinyekwa, PhD
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Dec 1, 2013
The Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) is an autonomous not-for-profit organization establish... more The Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) is an autonomous not-for-profit organization established in 1993 with a mission to foster sustainable growth and development in Uganda through advancement of research -based knowledge and policy analysis. Since its inception, the EPRC has made significant contributions to national and regional policy formulation and implementation in the Republic of Uganda and throughout East Africa. The Centre has also contributed to national and international development processes through intellectual policy discourse and capacity strengthening for policy analysis, design and management. The EPRC envisions itself as a Centre of excellence that is capable of maintaining a competitive edge in providing national leadership in intellectual economic policy discourse, through timely research-based contribution to policy processes. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) or its management.
The production of this bibliography was funded by the Remote Rural Areas component of the Chronic... more The production of this bibliography was funded by the Remote Rural Areas component of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (www.chronicpoverty.org). Thanks to a number of organisations in Uganda who provided grey literature and access to their libraries to enable us to complete this work. Thanks also to Kate Bird (ODI), Nambusi Kyegombe (ODI) and Karen Moore (IDPM) for their comments and inputs to an earlier draft.
Modern Supply Chain Research and Applications
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of innovation indicators: Internet u... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of innovation indicators: Internet usage, patent rights, innovation in exporting countries and innovation in the importing country on the export competitiveness of firms in the East African Community (EAC).Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted the structural gravity model and the Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood a nonlinear estimation method that was applied in STATA on balanced panel data from 2007 to 2018. Data were obtained from World Bank International Trade Center and World Bank development indicators.FindingsResults show that innovation in the importing country, innovation in the exporting country and patent rights of exports are positive and significant predictors of export competitiveness in developing countries. While Internet usage is an insignificant predictor in the EAC.Research limitations/implicationsThere is a need to examine the complicated nature of the EAC economy to further this study's findi...
The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2017
Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Jul 31, 2020
Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Nov 30, 2020
Indicators of success/failure and sustainability of selected farming systems in Uganda., 2000
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:8553.3532(no 6) / BLDSC - British ... more SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:8553.3532(no 6) / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo
Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Jul 31, 2020
The Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) is an autonomous not-for-profit organization establish... more The Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) is an autonomous not-for-profit organization established in 1993 with a mission to foster sustainable growth and development in Uganda through advancement of research -based knowledge and policy analysis. Since its inception, the EPRC has made significant contributions to national and regional policy formulation and implementation in the Republic of Uganda and throughout East Africa. The Centre has also contributed to national and international development processes through intellectual policy discourse and capacity strengthening for policy analysis, design and management. The EPRC envisions itself as a Centre of excellence that is capable of maintaining a competitive edge in providing national leadership in intellectual economic policy discourse, through timely research-based contribution to policy processes. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) or its management.
Uganda's government has prioritized enhancing agricultural production and productivity as a p... more Uganda's government has prioritized enhancing agricultural production and productivity as a primary intervention in developing the economy. The advantages of enhancing agricultural production and productivity include improving food security at the household level, increasing income for farmers, reducing food prices for both farmers and non-farmers, and the potential of this reduction for spurring economic growth. Increased productivity is also viewed as a panacea to the challenge of increased pressure on the land, demand for more food and need for employment creation resulting from the high population growth rate. Investment in water for agriculture production (WfAP) infrastructure has been recommended as the best-bet intervention that will break the constraints facing Uganda's agriculture. The provision and adoption of WfAP will have multiple effects on the agriculture sector by reducing risk associated with agricultural production and thereby enhancing the adoption of high...
The production of this bibliography was funded by the Remote Rural Areas component of the Chronic... more The production of this bibliography was funded by the Remote Rural Areas component of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (www.chronicpoverty.org). Thanks to a number of organisations in Uganda who provided grey literature and access to their libraries to enable us to complete this work. Thanks also to Kate Bird (ODI), Nambusi Kyegombe (ODI) and Karen Moore (IDPM) for their comments and inputs to an earlier draft.
Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction Policies, 2004
The study, aimed at establishing whether the protection given to the list of sensitive products s... more The study, aimed at establishing whether the protection given to the list of sensitive products since 2005: has increased the EAC regional capacity to produce, reduced the importation of the same products from the rest of the world, increased intra-EAC trade, and improved welfare. Results suggest that although intra-EAC trade increased since 2005, the imports of the same products from outside the region even increased more creating a huge negative trade balance. This suggests that there is deficiency in regional capacity to produce these products within the bloc, therefore effective protection was not adequately achieved by the high tariffs imposed on the sensitive list of products. November 2012 Issue No. 25 Issue No. 73 August 2016 Towards Sustainable Development
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2003
This paper presents findings from research in rural Uganda based on household survey and village ... more This paper presents findings from research in rural Uganda based on household survey and village level participatory work with in-depth life history interviews. This allowed the exploration of trajectories into and out of poverty and found that the loss of assets and composite shocks have propelled a number of previously non-poor households into severe and long-term poverty. In addition, findings illustrated that those born into chronically poor households found few opportunities for accumulation and escape. Well-being decline was associated with a web of meso-level constraints and shocks which commonly combined negatively with household level shocks and socio-cultural or socio-psychological factors. Chronically poor households seldom faced only a single problem or constraint, and those who reduced the intensity of their poverty generally managed to do so as a result of several serendipitous events or factors combining. Shocks with a long-run impact include the fragmentation of families, following marital breakdown or the death of a parent. The repercussions of this were particularly strong for women and their children who could be affected long into adulthood. Ill health, physical weakness and disability were strongly associated with declines in well-being. 'Non-cooperation within the household', resulting in the theft and sale of stored crops or household assets, was associated with high (male) alcohol consumption, high levels of domestic violence and reduced levels of well-being for the whole household. Inter-ethnic conflict resulting in internal displacement, the loss of productive and household assets and the death of household members caused lifelong trauma and declines into chronic poverty for many households. The complete absence of effective interventions for 'vulnerable groups' has left widows, orphans, the abandoned elderly, the disabled and the long-term sick with no where to turn. Difficulties in accessing markets, particularly in remote rural areas, means that the chronically poor, even the 'non-vulnerable', can rarely accumulate assets through selling their labour. With no surplus to save, low levels of human, social or political capital and few productive assets, the chronically poor's ability to identify and capitalise on escape routes from poverty are profoundly limited. Day to day levels of well-being are extremely low and they have little hope for a brighter future. Targeted social protection measures are clearly necessary to provide longterm welfare to some and opportunities to invest and accumulate for others.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2003
ABSTRACT In this annotated bibliography, resources on poverty and chronic poverty in rural Uganda... more ABSTRACT In this annotated bibliography, resources on poverty and chronic poverty in rural Uganda are organised into the following sections: Education, Health, National debt and poverty, Poverty in policy perspective, Measuring and characterising poverty, Poverty trends in Uganda, Poverty in institutional and governance context, Gender aspects of poverty, Credit, Accessibility, Violence and conflict, Service delivery, Infrastructure, Constraints to rural development, AIDS/HIV experience and policy in Uganda, and Miscellaneous.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
It is common cause that the advent of mobile telecommunications, particularly the mobile phone, h... more It is common cause that the advent of mobile telecommunications, particularly the mobile phone, has been immensely beneficial to developing countries. Not only has it facilitated and improved communication between individuals, but also it has enabled economies to grow faster. This paper explores an additional benefit that derives from having access to a mobile phone. It examines the developmental uses of mobile phones in two East African countries: Kenya and Uganda. It focuses on the relationship between the economic upgrading and the social upgrading or downgrading that result from the developmental uses of mobile phones. It is done by means of case studies. In Kenya, the paper looks at three developmental projects making use of the M-Pesa platform, as well as two hubs in Nairobi where original ideas are incubated. In Uganda, it explores two uses of MTN's mobile money facility and two innovative rural agricultural projects. It finds that all the cases and projects result in economic and social upgrading, although there is also some social downgrading. The study also extends and broadens the conceptualization of economic and social upgrading as formulated by Capturing the Gains thus far. Finally, the paper shows how it differs from most other studies on the developmental uses of mobile phones in Sub-Saharan Africa-by focusing on social entrepreneurship, which, unlike private entrepreneurship, seeks primarily to create social value. With one exception, all the cases studied in this paper enhance the capacity of users of mobile phones to upgrade themselves economically and socially.
Journal of African Development
The paper estimates determinants of Uganda's trade flows and compares the performance of the ... more The paper estimates determinants of Uganda's trade flows and compares the performance of the different trade blocs on Uganda's trade. The empirical question is whether Uganda's trade is getting more integrated in the EAC region or is still dominated by other trading blocs. The augmented gravity model is applied. The panel data are extracted from COMTRADE for the period 2001 – 2009. Uganda's trade flows have conspicuously adjusted to the gravitational forces of the EAC during the progress of the integration. Whereas exports are being integrated more into the EAC and COMESA regions, imports are also integrated into these regions as well as in the Asian and EU trading blocs. To continue consolidating and deepening the trade gains within the EAC, Uganda should implement the frameworks, protocols and provisions of the treaty and seek industrialization as a priority.
Modern Supply Chain Research and Applications
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of export logistics components: ship... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of export logistics components: shipment arrangements, timely delivery, customs quality, trade infrastructure, and tracking and tracing on export competitiveness of firms in the East African Community (EAC).Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted the Structural Gravity Model and the Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood (PPML). PPML a nonlinear estimation method was applied in STATA on a balanced panel data for the period of 2007–2018. Data were obtained from World Bank International Trade Centre (ITC), World Bank Logistics Performance Index (LPI) and World Bank development indicators.FindingsResults show that timely delivery and tracking and tracing of exports are positive and significant predictors of export competitiveness in EAC countries. Conversely, shipment arrangements, customs quality and trade infrastructure have no influence on export competitiveness.Research limitations/implicationsThe results of this study sh...
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Papers by Isaac Shinyekwa, PhD