Dr. Emmanuel Nshakira Rukundo
Department
Transformation of Economic and Social Systems
Function
Former Researcher
Specialization
Development Economist
Work areas
- African Development
- Governance
- Health
- Agriculture
- Education
- Social Protection
- Impact Evaluation
Vita
| 1/2023-12/2025 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Associate Researcher |
| 3/2021-12/2022 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Researcher, Research programme “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” |
| 5/2018-2/2022 | Institute for Food & Resource Economics, University of Bonn Postdoctoral Researcher & Lecturer |
| 7/2014-10/2018 | Center for Development Research (ZEF), Universität Bonn Junior Researcher & PhD Candidate |
| 3/2014-6/2014 | The World Bank, Uganda Short Term Consultant |
| 1/2012-3/2014 | Development Initiatives Research Analyst |
Refereed Publications
- Strupat, Christoph / Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo / Arndt Reichert (2025)
The impact of shock-responsive social cash transfers: evidence from an aggregate shock in Kenya
in: Journal of Development Studies, first published 28.05.2025 - Gupta, Prankur / Daniel Stein /[...]/Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo et al. (2024)
Cash transfers amid shocks: A large, one-time, unconditional cash transfer to refugees in Uganda has multidimensional benefits after 19 months
in: World Development 173, article 106339 - Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr. / Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo / Bisrat Haile Gebrekidan (2023)
COVID-19 and food insecurity in Africa: a review of the emerging empirical evidence
in: European Review of Agricultural Economics 50 (3), 853-878 - Rukundo, Emmanuel Nshakira (2022)
Envisioning climate change debates and policies through the tension triangle lens
in: PLOS Climate 1 (12), article e0000109 - Tabe-Ojong Martin Paul Jr. / Bisrat Haile Gebrekidan / Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo / Jan Börner / Thomas Heckelei (2022)
COVID-19 in rural Africa: food access disruptions, food insecurity and coping strategies in Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania
in: Agricultural Economics 53 (5), 1-20 - Mussa, Essa Chanie / Dessie Agegnehu / Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo (2022)
Impact of conditional cash transfers on enrolment in community-based health insurance among female-headed households in south Gondar zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia
in: Social Science & Medicine - Population Health 17, article 101030 - Tabe-Ojong Martin Paul Jr. / Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo (2021)
Religiosity and parental aspirations for children: evidence from rural Kenya.
in: World Development Perspectives 23, article 100349 - Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel / Juliet Wanjiku Kamau / Heike Baumüller (2021)
Determinants of and strategies to improve take-up of agriculture insurance in sub-Saharan Africa: a review
in: Environment & Development Economics (26), 605-631 - Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel / Essa Chanie Mussa / Nathan Nshakira / Nicolas Gerber / Joachim von Braun (2021)
Impact of community-based health insurance on utilisation of preventive health services in rural Uganda: a propensity score matching approach
in: International Journal of Health Economics and Management 21, 203-227 - Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel / Essa Chanie Mussa / Min Jung Cho (2021)
Dropping out of voluntary community-based health insurance in rural Uganda: A mixed methods study.
in: PLoS One 16 (7) - Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel / Anne Whitehead (2021)
Changing perceptions about COVID-19 risk and adherence to preventive strategies in Uganda: evidence from an online mixed-methods survey
in: Scientific African 14, e01049 - Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel / Essa Chanie Mussa / Nicolas Gerber / Joachim von Braun (2020)
Impact of voluntary community-based health insurance on child stunting: evidence from rural Uganda
in: Social Science & Medicine 245, article 112738 - Mussa, Essa Chanie / Alisher Mirzabaev / Assefa Admassie / Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo / Joachim von Braun (2019)
Does childhood work impede long term human capital accumulation? Evidence from rural Ethiopia
in: International Journal of Educational Development (66), 234-246 - Nshakira-Rukundo, E. / Essa Chanie Mussa / Nathan Nshakira / Nicholas Gerber / Joachim von Braun (2019)
Determinants of enrolment and renewing of community-based health insurance in households with under-5 children in rural south-western Uganda
in: International Journal of Health Policy & Management 8 (10), 593-606
Non-refereed Publications
- Hackenesch, Christine / Lena Gutheil / Tobias Heidland / Emmanuel Nshakira Rukundo / Rainer Schweickert / Denis M. Tull (2025)
Megatrends and the future of democracy in Africa: how do the youth bulge, urbanization and digitalization shape African politics?
in: Megatrends Afrika Working Paper 16 - Strupat, Christoph / Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo / Arndt Reichert (2024)
The impact of shock-responsive social cash transfers: evidence from an aggregate shock in Kenya
Ruhr Economic Papers 1073, Essen: RWI Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - Rukundo, Emannuel Nshakira (2022)
EP criticizes fossil fuels investments in Uganda and Tanzania: why such resolutions need revisiting
in: Megatrends Spotlight 17 - Strupat, Christoph / Emmanuel Nshakira Rukundo (2022)
The impact of social assistance programmes in a pandemic: evidence from Kenya
in: ZEF Discussion Paper (316)