All Outputs (3)

‘I Know My Rights, but Am I Better Off?’: Institutions and Disability in Uganda (2015)
Journal Article
Owens, T., & Torrance, S. (2016). ‘I Know My Rights, but Am I Better Off?’: Institutions and Disability in Uganda. Journal of Development Studies, 52(1), 22-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2015.1081174

Uganda is internationally recognised for both its legal and constitutional provisions for people with disabilities, and the presence of disabled persons’ organisations that provide informal advocacy and support. Using a unique dataset of 579 Ugandans... Read More about ‘I Know My Rights, but Am I Better Off?’: Institutions and Disability in Uganda.

A model of nongovernmental organization regulation with an application to Uganda (2015)
Journal Article

We develop a model of regulation of service-delivery nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), where future grants are conditional on prior spending of some minimal proportion of current revenue on direct project-related expenses. Such regulation induces... Read More about A model of nongovernmental organization regulation with an application to Uganda.

Why pay NGOs to involve the community? (2015)
Journal Article

We examine the case for donors providing financial incentives to, i.e. subsidizing, NGOs to increase community participation. We show that the introduction of such a ‘participation subsidy’ may reduce beneficiary welfare. Thus, eliminating community... Read More about Why pay NGOs to involve the community?.