Dr. Rukundo

Nshakira-Rukundo, E; Mussa, E C; Gerber, N & von Braun, J (2020) “Impact of Voluntary Community-Based Health Insurance on Child Stunting: Evidence from Rural Uganda” Social Science & Medicine, 245: 112738
Mussa, E C; Mirzabaev, A; Admassie A; Nshakira-Rukundo, E & von Braun, J)“The long term effects of childhood work on earnings in rural Ethiopia”. Accepted Manuscript: International Labour Review.
Nshakira-Rukundo, E; Mussa, E C; Gerber, N; Nshakira, N & von Braun, J (2019) “Deter- minants of Enrolment and Renewing of Community-Based Health Insurance in Households With Under-5 Children in Rural South-Western Uganda” International Journal of Health Policy & Management (2019) 8:10, 593-606
4. Mussa, E C; Mirzabaev, A; Admassie A; Nshakira-Rukundo, E & von Braun, J (2019) “Does childhood work impede long term human capital accumulation? Evidence from rural Ethiopia” International Journal of Educational Development 66: 234-246
Nshakira-Rukundo, E & Baumüller, H “Determinants and Strategies to Improve Uptake of Agriculture Insurance in sub-Saharan Africa. A Narrative Review” R& R: Environment & De- velopment Economics.
Nshakira-Rukundo, E; Mussa, E C; Gerber, N; Nshakira, N & von Braun, J “Impact of Community-Based Health Insurance on Utilisation of Preventive Health Services: An Inverse Probability Weighting Approach” R&R: International Journal of Health Economics and Man- agement
Mussa, E C; Mirzabaev, A; Admassie A; Nshakira-Rukundo, E & von Braun, J “The effects of childhood work on out-migration decision in rural Ethiopia”.Under review
Nshakira-Rukundo, E; Mussa, E C & Cho, M “Dropping out of voluntary community-based health insurance in rural Uganda: A mixed methods study.” Under review

Teaching Experience

Health Financing in Developing Countries, Bsc Global Health, Leiden University, The Hague (Visiting Lecture; Winter Term 2017/18)

Other Trainings

August 2017
Health Inequalities and Health Econometrics - CINCH Essen Summer School in Health Economics

March 2017
Causal Inference with Observational Data - GESIS-Leibniz Institute for Social Research, Cologne, Spring School 2017

June 2016
Organizational Leadership - ZEF, University of Bonn

Various periods (MOOCs)
(1) Foundations of Development Policy. (2) Evaluating Social Programs. (3) Measuring Health Outcomes in Developing Countries (MIT-JPAL). (4) Healthcare for All through Primary Health Care (Johns Hopkins).

Conferences & Invited Presentations

2019
PEGNET (Bonn); RGS Doctoral Conference (Essen); CSAE (Ox- ford); Royal Economic Society (Warwick); AHEPA (Accra)

2018
RGS Doctoral Conference (Essen); CSAE (Oxford); Royal Eco- nomic Society, Sussex (Brighton); Globalisation and Development (G¨ottingen); ZEF (Bonn); EuHEA (Maastricht); IDS, Sussex (Brighton); International Health Conference (Oxford).

2017
NORDIC Development Economics (Gothenburg); ZEF (Bonn, x3); CINCH Essen Health Economics Workshop (Essen); C4ED (Mannheim) Center for Health Economics (York); ISPOR Europe Congress (Glasgow); African Economic Conference (Addis Ababa).

Other Work Experience

Sept 2019 - Dec 2019
Consultant, Economix Research & Consulting, Munich (on behalf of the ILO): Technological Change Induced by the Digital Transformation in Economic Sectors and Changing Demand for Skills
- Uganda Country Report

Nov 2016 - Feb 2017
Short Term Consultant - The World Bank, Uganda: Update of the Atlas for Social Protection Indicators for Resilience and Equity (ASPIRE) database

Oct 2015 - May 2016
Consultant - World Vision Ireland (with FARST Africa Ltd, Uganda): End of Project evaluation of Access Infant and Maternal Health(AIM Health) in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Sierra Leone & Mauritania

Feb 2014 - Jun 2014
Short Term Consultant - The World Bank, Uganda: Social Protection Sector Review & ASPIRE database

Jan 2012 - Mar 2014
Research Analyst, Development Initiatives, Africa Hub, Nairobi/Kampala: Budget & aid analysis, social protection sec- tor research and aid transparency

Sep 2011 - Mar 2012
Consultant, World Vision Uganda (with FARST Africa Ltd, Uganda): Status of government financing for maternal and child health in Uganda

Oct 2011 - Mar 2012
Researcher, Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic De- velopment: Regional team leader of Uganda Participatory Poverty Assessment Project study

Nov 2010 - Jun 2011
Research Assistant, IDS, Sussex (RA to Dr Keetie Roelen & Dr Marjoke Oosterom): Child sensitive social protection in East and Southern Africa

Jan 2008 - Aug 2010
Research Assistant & Officer - FARST Africa (Kampala, Uganda): Research assistance on various short term consultancy assignments

May 2007 - Sep 2007
Intern, Northern Uganda Social Action Fund

Grants and Scholarships

Argelander Program Starter Kit Grant, 2020-2022 (e 23,000)
DAAD Doctoral Scholarship, 2014-2017
Dr. Hermann Eiselen Ph.D. Research Grant, 2014-2017 (e 17,000)
Population Reference Bureau - Travel Grant, 2017 (US$1,000)
Commonwealth- University of Sussex Shared Scholarship, 2010-2011
Government of Uganda Undergraduate Scholarship, 2005-2008

Other Professional Activities

Referee: African Development Review, Sustainability
Organiser, ZEF Research Colloquiums (2016-18)

Last updated: Tuesday, February 11, 2020