Enock W.N. Bulime

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• Master of Arts in Economics
• Graduate Teaching Assistant at Kansas State University

Our study examines school institutional drivers of pupil retention schools in Uganda over the period 2008-2014. We use longitudinal data from a sample of 7824 government and privately-owned primary schools. Using the fixed effects regression model, we estimate the association between institutional factors and retention. Our study finds that only th...

Despite impressive growth over the past two decades, Uganda has not attained its anticipated middle-income status and lags behind in key development indicators. The Government of Uganda aims to invest public funds through its National Development Plan III, 2020/21–2024/25 and the Agriculture Sector Strategic Plan 2020/21–2024/25 and attract private...

Uganda has experienced modest progress in transforming agriculture during 1987-2020. The country's agricultural growth rate fluctuated over time; the contribution to GDP declined significantly; production increased even when yields declined; exports increased in absolute value; contributing to a rise in incomes and a decline in poverty, although in...

Despite commendable efforts to improve the standards infrastructure and equipment in Uganda, several challenges still exist that need to be addressed to achieve this goal. In the current state, manufacturers have limited access to accredited laboratories; accredited laboratories have minimal capacity to carry out product testing; re-calibrating and...

Although the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has established processes for operations, assessment, and enforcement of standards to improve product quality, this study established that manufacturers have mixed views on the effectiveness of standards enforcement processes. Perceptions regarding the approaches to enforce standardisation wer...

As coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) and other restrictions intensified, individuals, businesses and governments turned to mobile digital platforms to reduce the financial costs and mitigate the risk of spreading the virus within the population. Drawing on lessons from Kenya and Uganda, our study examines the drivers of digital financial inclusio...

This study assesses Uganda’s legal, regulatory and institutional standards framework in pursuit of the third National Development Plan’s import replacement/export promotion strategies. Using the National Standards Capability Assessment Framework, the study conducts a mini-survey of the manufacturing sector and key informant interviews to establish...

This policy note investigates the recent spike in laundry soap and cooking oil prices in Uganda between June 2021 and March 2022. The upsurge primarily explained the price increase in the price of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) −the key raw material for making soap and cooking oil. Evidence reveals that between July 2021 and February 2022, the contribution o...

This policy note examines fuel price movement in the domestic, regional, and international fuel markets and analyses how local price increases are synchronous with regional and international prices. The global surge in oil prices continued through the first half of 2021 and peaked in October and November 2021. Because of the lifting of COVID-relate...

The study identifies the potential sectors and products for export intensification and diversification using the Hausmann Atlas of Economic Complexity and the International Trade Centre’s Export Potential Assessment approaches. Overall, the results suggest that Uganda has a comparative advantage for export intensification and diversification in the...

This study examines the sustainability of Uganda's public debt from 1981/82 to 2016/17. The study adopts the fiscal reaction function approach to find out whether the government's reaction to the growing debt is responsive and systematic. The study uses annual time series data obtained from the World Bank Database for World Development Indicators o...

Due to the increasing concern regarding the unemployment problem in the East African Community (EAC), this study examines the macroeconomic determinants of unemployment using panel data approaches. The study used annual data for the period 1996 to 2017, which was obtained from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Bank database...

The paper estimates the likely effects of the AfCFTA on the east african community(EAC) countries. The paper adopts two approaches. First, a trend analysis of the EAC exports and imports to and from the rest of Africa and the world at large using data from the Trade Map database. Second, we use the WITS‐SMART analytical framework. It is established...

The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will affect EAC countries in terms of tax revenues, trade volumes and poverty. Estimates paint a mixed picture among specific EAC economies regarding the increase in demand following the reduction in tariffs, also known as trade effect. Burundi has the most considerable total tr...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was launched in 2018 and ratified in 2019. This study examines the likely effects of implementing the AfCFTA on the East African Community (EAC). Specifically, the study estimates the revenue, trade and welfare effects of trade liberalization under the AfCFTA and also identifies the sectors within th...

Executive Statement The level of Uganda's public debt has created doubts regarding the government's sustained ability to repay. This is because of both the rapidly increasing debt accumulation as well as the share of interest payments in the national budget. The brief examines the sustainability of Uganda's public debt during the period 1981/82 to...