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How Research Can Assist Policy: The Case of Economic Reforms in Uganda

Authors: Mackinnon J.; Reinikka R.

Source: World Bank Research Observer, Volume 17, Number 2, September 2002 , pp. 267-292(26)

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Abstract:

Research has had a powerful impact on policy in Uganda, affecting the climate of opinion, improving the quality of the policy debate, and helping focus public policy and intervention on poverty reduction. Uganda's successful use of knowledge and research to help set public policy priorities demonstrates that even a poor postconflict country can, in a relatively short period of time, create an effective information base and feedback mechanisms for decisionmaking.

Document Type: Original article

Affiliations: John Mackinnon is a freelance writer and economic consultant who has worked extensively in Uganda, Ethiopia, and Rwanda. Ritva Reinikka is a research manager with the World Bank's Development Research Group.

Publication date: 2002-09-01

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