Hunger and malnourishment can adversely affect students' performance by lowering their effort and cognition during school hours. We conduct a lab-in-the field experiment, leveraging the extension of India's school meal program from primary to middle grades, to study the effects of school-based supplementary nutrition on students' cognitive effort in the classroom.
Dr. Farzana Afridi has joined the panel for the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). The panel will focus on the study of poverty and inequality.
In February, 2020, another policy tour was conducted in Mukono district where the EfD-Mak researchers interacted with local government officials on issues of governance and Natural resources. Over 80…
In January 2020, Centre Director Assoc. Prof. Edward Bbaale attended all EfD Directors’ meeting convened by the EfD Secretariate in Gothenburg Sweden. The Directors worked on the EfD proposal to Sida…
In January, 2020, Environmentalist and economists from EfD- Mak Centre set out to Wakiso district headquarters to discuss with councillors how to sustainably use the environment while upholding the…
This policy brief titled,´’Household nutrition effects of crop commercialization in Uganda” was written by Nicholas Kilimani, Research Fellow, Environment for Development (EfD-Mak) Centre-Makerere…
In November 7, 2019 the centre hosted its first policy dialogue on Governance and Natural Resources at Makerere University.The objective was to share research findings the university had come up with…
On 27th September, 2019, EfD-Mak Centre held a one-day training on Environmental Valuation, Evaluation and Accounting. The Lead Instructor was Peter Babyenda – an environmental economist at the School…
In September, 2019. Dr. Nicholas Kilimani travelled to South Africa to participate at the Economic Society of South Africa Annual Conference. The Discussion Paper titled, “ Household nutrition effects…
In August 2019 the EfD-Mak Centre was launched. The ceremony brought together representatives from the Swedish Embassy, EfD Kenya, Uganda Government Ministries and agencies, development partners…