Browsing CMI Open Research Archive by Subject "Uganda"
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A joint response to corruption in Uganda: Donors beginning to bite?
(U4 Practice Insight 2012:1, Report, 2012-03-12)Given the stagnating trend on corruption in Uganda and the need to consolidate accountability reforms ahead of the inflow of oil revenues, international development partners developed a Joint Response to Corruption in early ... -
Administering Uganda's 2006 Multiparty Elections: The Role of the Electoral Commission
(CMI Working Paper, Working paper, 2008)On 23 February, 2006, Ugandan voters could for the first time since 1980 choose a party of their choice rather than select individual candidates within the Nation Resistance Movement (NRM) system. This paper focuses on the ... -
Autonomy, Incentives and Patronage. A Study of Corruption in the Tanzania and Uganda Revenue Authorities
(Research report, Research report, 2003)The report explores factors that explain the observed patterns of corruption within the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). In particular, the study discusses the key assumptions behind ... -
Corruption in Tax Administration: Lessons from Institutional Reforms in Uganda
(International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Chapter, 2006-01-01)Over the past two decades many developing countries have implemented comprehensive reforms of their tax administrations in order to increase revenue and curb corruption. This chapter examines recent experiences in the fight ... -
Corruption in tax administration: Lessons from institutional reforms in Uganda
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)Over the past two decades many developing countries have implemented comprehensive reforms of their tax administrations in order to increase revenue and curb corruption. This paper examines recent experiences in the fight ... -
Factors affecting tax compliant attitude in Africa: Evidence from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa
(Conference object, 2013-02-28)In this study, we explore factors that determine citizens’ tax compliance behavior in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa using attitude and perception data from the new round 5 of Afrobarometer surveys. The study ... -
Fast-tracking East African Integration. Assessing the Feasibility of a Political Federation by 2010
(Research report, Research report, 2005)This report assesses the feasibility of the time schedule proposed by the socalled fast-track committee towards the establishment of an East African political federation by 2010. The long history of collaboration between ... -
Forward looking review of the regional strategy on scaling up access to modern energy services in the East African community
(Research report, 2013-07-10)The East African Countries (EAC) Secretariat’s Energy Division supports regional knowledge coordination and has become a common forum for exchange of best practices and discussions on joint development, and improved ... -
Grabbing an Election: Abuse of State Resources in the 2011 Elections in Uganda
(Corruption, Grabbing and Development: Real World Challenges, Chapter, 2014-03-01)Elections are an integral part of representative democracies. Well functioning elections contribute to democratic accountability and democratic institutions, which in turn contributes to economic and human development too ... -
Is mutual accountability feasible? A conceptual discussion with policy implications
(U4 Issue 2012:11, Research report, 2012-12-14)Mutual accountability is one of five principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. Yet comparatively little has been written about this principle and how it is operationalised. It remains ill-defined and poorly ... -
Kingship in Uganda. The Role of the Uganda Kingdom in Ugandan Politics
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)This article aims at providing a framework to understand the role of the Buganda kingdom in contemporary Ugandan politics, and more specifically how the Buganda question has influenced political debates in Uganda since its ... -
Living in a material world: Political funding in electoral authoritarian regimes in Sub-saharan Africa
(Master thesis, 2011-12-08)This thesis investigates the role of political funding in two electoral authoritarian regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The issue of political funding has been investigated thoroughly in developed democracies in the West, but ... -
Local government revenue mobilisation in Anglophone Africa
(CMI Working Paper WP 2012:6, Working paper, 2012-10-03)This paper examines opportunities and constraints facing local revenue mobilization in Anglophone Africa with an emphasis on urban settings. Specific revenue instruments and their effects on economic efficiency, income ... -
Macro-Economic Effects of Development Plan Expenditures. A Framework for Analysis, with Special Reference to Uganda
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1993)Development plans are mainly concerned with the financial aspects of development projects, while the economic aspects are often neglected. This paper constructs a methodology for converting the information given in development ... -
Mass Taxation and State-Society Relations in East Africa
(Taxation and State Building in Developing Countries Chapter 5, Chapter, 2008-01-01)Poll (‘head'''') tax has been the most common form of direct mass taxation in many sub-Saharan African countries since colonial times. Until very recently it was a dominant source of revenue for local governments. It has ... -
Perceptions of per diems in the health sector: Evidence and implications
(U4 Issue 2011:6, Research report, 2011-07-01)This study details the perceived benefits, problems, and risks of abuse of per diems and allowances in developing countries. Drawing on 41 interviews with government and nongovernmental officials in Malawi and Uganda the ... -
Political corruption and the role of donors (in Uganda)
(Research report, 2006-01-01)Political leadership and commitment to fight corruption at the highest levels is one of the most important preconditions for success in the fight against corruption. However, in some cases, anti-corruption reform processes ... -
Present without Presence? Gender, Quotas, and Debate Recognition in the Ugandan Parliament
(Representation vol. 50 no. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-01)This article charts a new direction in gender quota research by examining whether female legislators in general, and quota recipients in particular, are accorded respect and authority in plenary debates. We measure this ... -
Prêts pour l'initiative REDD+ ? Quelles leçons tirer des affaires de corruption dans les zones protégées de l'Ouganda
(U4 Brief 2012:7, Report, 2012-07-31)La présente synthèse vise à tirer des leçons de différentes affaires de corruption ayant récemment été mises au jour dans des zones protégées ougandaises. A la lumière d’une affaire qui a impliqué la Banque mondiale et le ... -
Regional Dimensions of Norwegian Country Programmes in East Africa
(Research report, Research report, 2006)This study is an assessment of existing Norwegian aid country programmes in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and how they relate to East African regional ambitions, supplemented by information on other donors’ direct support for ...