Curriculum Vitae
July 2012
Name Dr Bruno Lule Yawe
Nationality Ugandan
Date of Birth 17th May, 1969 Marital Status Married
Status Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, College of Business and Management Sciences Chair, Department of Economic Theory and Analysis
Coordinator, Master of Arts Gender Analysis in Economics (MAGAE) Program Contact Address College of Business and Management Sciences (COBAMS)
School of Economics
Department of Economic Theory and Analysis Makerere University, Main Campus
Plot 51 Pool Road PO Box 7062 Kampala, UGANDA Telephone (Office): +256-414-530115 Mobile: +256-752-574651/+256-792-574651 Skype bruno.yawe1 Fax: +256-414-532355
E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected] & [email protected]
URLs: http://bams.mak.ac.ug/ http://www.makerere.ac.ug/fema/ http://www.fema.ac.ug http://www.epmmakerere.ac.ug Educational Background
School/College/Institution Year Qualification(s)
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) and the Microsavings and Payments Innovation Initiative (MPII) at Yale University, hosted at the Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya
January 2012
Certificate for taking part in Experimental Designs on Savings and Payments for researchers
Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR)
Novemb er 2011
Certificate for taking part in the Multi-Methods Research Course
Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs) Makerere
University
October 2011
Certificate of attendance of a two-day workshop on Learner-Centered Pedagogy and Student Assessment.
Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs) Makerere
University
October 2011
Certificate of attendance of a two-day workshop on Effective Policy Communication.
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) & United Nations University- World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
June 2011
Certificate of Completion of the Economics of Climate Change Course.
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) & United Nations University- World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
May 2011
Certificate of Completion of the Climate Change Science and Modeling of Biophysical Impacts Course.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Virtual Institute
July 2010
Certificate of attendance of the UNCTAD Virtual Institute Workshop on the Teaching, Research and Policy Design of natural Resources and Economic Development.
National University of Rwanda, World bank Institute, Harmonization for Health in Africa & UNICEF
2010 Certificate of attendance of the Africa Flagship Workshop on Health Systems Strengthening: Financing for Results.
Makerere Institute of Social Research 2010 Certificate in Facilitated Participatory Planning
University of Dar es Salaam 2006 PhD (Economics) with a bias in Health Economics and Financial Economics
PhD Dissertation Title: Technical Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity Growth in Uganda’s District Referral Hospitals University of York, Centre for Health
Economics
2006 Certificate of attendance in Measuring Efficiency in Public Sector Organizations
World Bank Institute 2002 Certificate of Attendance in Knowledge for Development for Africa
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern Africa (OSSREA)
2001 Certificate in Research Methodology
World Bank Institute 2000 Certificate in Protecting the Vulnerable: the Design and Implementation of Effective Safety Nets
Economic Policy Research Centre 1999 Certificate in Advanced Econometrics Course
University of Dar es Salaam 1996 M.A. (Economics)
Makerere University 1994 B.Sc. (Economics)
Old Kampala Senior Secondary School 1990 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education Namiryango College 1987 Uganda Certificate of Education
Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests Areas of Specialization
• Health Economics;
• Managerial Economics;
• Financial Economics;
• Gender and Macroeconomics; and
• Health Services Management. Research Interests
• Education System Performance;
• Labor market Dynamics; • Gender and Macroeconomics; • Health System Performance;
• Mobile Money Technologies; and
• Economics of Climate change. Employment Record
25th June – 07th August 2012
Visiting Lecturer- Health Economics (Semester 1) at the Joint Facility for Electives 2012 for the Collaborative Masters Programme in Economics for Anglophone Africa, except Nigeria, at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi, Kenya.
October 2011- to date Capacity Building Facilitator and Researcher, Uganda Local Governments Association. August-December 2011 Lecturer of Managerial Economics at the Uganda Institute of Banking and Financial Services,
Kampala, Uganda June 27 – 09 August
2011
Visiting Lecturer- Health Economics (Semester 1) at the Joint Facility for Electives 2011 for the Collaborative Masters Programme in Economics for Anglophone Africa, except Nigeria, at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi, Kenya.
June 12-23, 2011 Visiting Lecturer for Advanced Macroeconomics, M.Sc. (Economics) Programme, National University of Rwanda.
May 2012 – to date Chair, Department of Economic Theory and Analysis, School of Economics, College of Business and Management Sciences.
May 2008 – 2010 Acting Head, Department of Economic Theory and Analysis, Faculty of Economics and Management.
May 2009- 2010 Resource Person, Africa Medical Research Foundation (AMREF) – Uganda. March & April 2009 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Economics, American University, Washington DC. 2007 – 2009 External Examiner, Uganda Management Institute.
2002 - 2010 Research Associate, Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR).
1999 - to date Lecturer, Department of Economic Theory and Analysis, Faculty of Economics and Management.
1997-2000 Associate Consultant, Uganda Management Institute. 1997-2000 Associate Consultant, Makerere University Business School. 1995 Teaching Assistant, University of Dar es Salaam.
Teaching Responsibilities
Short Courses Undergraduate Level Graduate Level
•Monitoring and Evaluation
•Project Planning and Management
• Mathematical Economics • Intermediate Microeconomics • Managerial Economics • Intermediate Macroeconomics • Research Methodology • Health Economics • Health Economics • Quantitative Methods I
• Alternative Healthcare Systems • International Healthcare Systems • Managerial Economics
• Macroeconomics for Policy Analysis • Gender-Aware Macroeconomics
Membership to Professional Organizations
• Member - Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa
• Member - African Economic Research Consortium • Member - Uganda Economics Society
• Member - Uganda Health Economics Association • Member - International Association of Health Policy
• Member - The Regional Network on Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa (EQUINET) which is a
network of professionals, civil society members, policy makers, state officials and others within the region who have come together as an equity catalyst, to promote and realize shared values of equity and social justice in health.
• Member - International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs).
• Member - Performance Measurement Association.
• Member - African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA)
Consultancy Work
March – July 2012: Consultant - Survey of Clients Attitudes towards Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) Services, for the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology.
January – July 2012: Lead Consultant - Study on the Harmonisation of VAT Tax Regimes in the East African Community, for the East African Business Council (EABC) with Micah Gaalya and Bashir Kagere.
November 2010 – January 2011: Reviewer for the International Development Research Centre-Think Tank Initiative. November-December 2010: Economic Appraisal of the UN Joint Programme on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Uganda for the Department for International Development (DFID)-Uganda.
May 2010: Lead Consultant with Rwanda Associated Public Accountants and Consultants Ltd (RAPAC) in the execution of the Higher Education Reforms in Rwanda Project.
April & May 2010: Reviewer for the International Development Research Centre-Think Tank Initiative.
March-May 2010: Country Consultant for Uganda in Institutional Mapping for Development Networks & Initiatives in Sub-Saharan African Countries for the African Economic Research Consortium and Rockefeller Foundation.
August 2009: Taught Effectiveness and Efficiency of Monitoring & Evaluation Systems under the FEMA short course on Monitoring and Evaluation.
July 2009: Taught Fundamental Team and Meeting Skills under the FEMA short course on Project Planning and Management.
May 2009: Assessment of a BA Development Economics Programme from the Bishop Stuart University for the National Council for Higher Education.
June 2008: Facilitator in the Health Economics Capacity Building Program (HECBP) for health managers in Uganda for the Ministry of Health.
March – April, 2008: Identification of emerging Issues with the potential to impact on global security for Makerere Institute of Social Research with assistance from Booz Allan Hamilton Inc.
June 2007: EPM Makerere Alumni Tracer Study II. The purpose of this study was to trace the performance of the scholars and alumni of the Master of Arts in Economic Policy Management (EPM) Makerere in terms of the program-stated mission. That is, to produce well-qualified mid career professionals in economic policy management, who are then expected to apply and to disseminate the newly acquired knowledge and skills in promoting the socioeconomic development of their own and other developing countries.
November 2006: Analysis of the Economic Factors (including the computation of the Unit Cost of various faculties & institutes) that Affect Makerere University’s Operations; for the Planning and Development department, Makerere University.
August 2006: Development of Training of Trainers Manual on the use of Research-based Evidence to Influence Policy in East Africa; for Impact Development Management Consultancy - Dar es Salaam.
September – November 2002:The Impact of the African Economic Consortium’s Training Programmes; The Case of Uganda; for the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi.
August 2002: Study on Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Uganda for the East African Capital Markets with Dr J. Ddumba-Ssentamu (Makerere University Institute of Economics). For Deloitte & Touche which was contracted by the Capital Markets and Securities Authority (United Republic of Tanzania).
July 2002: Carried out a Training Needs Assessment for the African Capacity Building Foundation to assess the Training needs for Economic Policy Management - Phase II.
April 2002: Consultant with Makerere Institute of Social Research in the Preparation of the Background Report for the Knowledge for Development Workshop for the World Bank Institute.
January 2001: Consultant with DKW in the updating of the promotional materials of the Uganda Investment Authority. 1999: Consultant in the assessment of the socio-economic impact of privatisation for the NGO Forum – Uganda.
April 1999: Consultant in the Evaluation of the cost effectiveness of the ‘RESCUER’ Pilot Project for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)
June 1997: Consultant in the assessment of the training needs for the Economic Policy Management Program in Uganda for McGill University, Montreal (Canada) and Department of Economics, Makerere University
February - May, 1997: Consultant with DKW Management Consultants in the preparation of the socio-economic profile for Eastern Uganda for the Uganda Investment Authority.
May - August 1996: Research Fellow with the Economic Research Bureau, University of Dar es Salaam in assessing the effects of cost-sharing in government hospitals in the coastal region of Tanzania
May - October 1994: Research Assistant with the Export Analysis and Development Unit (EPADU), Ministry of Finance and Economic Development in the analysis of the performance of Uganda's non-traditional exports namely: vanilla, flowers and fruits
February-April 1994: Research Assistant in the Uganda Breweries Sales Development Research Project. Conferences/Workshops/Seminars Attended
12th June 2012: Presented “Current and Medium-Term Outlook for Uganda’s Economy for the Fiscal Year 2011/12 at
the Norwegian Business Council Meeting Held at the Sheraton Hotel, Kampala.
23-24th April 2012: Workshop of the Training and Mobility Network for the Economic Analysis of Conflict,
Organized by Humboldt University, Economic Policy Research Center, Makerere University and delivered a paper titled: Technical Efficiency of Uganda’s Primary Schools.
06-08th December 2011: Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion, University of California in Irvine, California, USA 2001 Annual Conference and presented a paper titled: Differences between Fee Structure of Mobile Money Technologies and Traditional Banking Systems, Social Psychological Determinants and Service Uptake: A Case Study of Uganda.
02nd August 2011: Stakeholders’ Workshop on Draft Spatial Plan for Nairobi Metropolitan Region, Ministry of
Nairobi Metropolitan Development, Kenya School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi Kenya.
21st July 2011: Presented “The Economics of Climate Change” at the Collaborative Masters Progrmme in Economics
and Collaborative PhD Programme in Economics Weekly Seminar Series 2011 at the Joint Facility for Electives 2011, Kenya School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi, Kenya.
25-29 June 2011: Economics of Climate Change Course organized by African Economic Research Consortium
(AERC) & United Nations University- World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), University of Cape Town, South Africa.
28 July – 01st August 2010: AERC/Collaborative Master of Applied Agricultural Economics (CMAAE) for Eastern,
Central and Southern Africa Core Courses Instructors’ Workshop, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.
11-17 July 2010: Teaching, Research and Policy Design of Natural Resources and Economic Development, organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), City Paradise Hotel, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
20 June – 03rd July 2010: Africa Flagship Workshop on Health System Strengthening: Financing for Results, Hotel des Mille Collines, Kigali, Rwanda.
11th June 2010: Review of the 2009/10 Economic Performance: Successes and Shortcomings and Economic
Implications and Challenges of 2010/11 Government of Uganda Budget, at the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU)’s Budget Breakfast, Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala, Uganda.
25-26 November 2009. Second National Policy (FEMA) Workshop: The Role of Accountability Relationships in Making Public Services Work in Uganda, Fairway Hotel, Kampala-Uganda. Presented a Paper Titled: Accountability in Uganda’s Primary Education.
09-10 November 2009. UNDP/UN-IDEP Expert Workshop on ‘Gender-Responsive Economic Policy Management’, Hotel des Almadies in Dakar, Senegal.
05-06 November 2009. 2nd Annual Research & Innovations Dissemination Conference: “Sustainable Socioeconomic
Development in Uganda; The Contribution of Makerere through Research & Innovations.” Hotel Africana, Kampala-Uganda. Presented Abstract titled: Total Factor Productivity Growth in Uganda’s District Referral Hospitals.
20 July -05 August 2009. US-Canada-Africa Advanced Study Institute and Workshop on Economic Epidemiology
ASI: July 18-31, 2009, Workshop Aug. 3-5, 2009, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
08 July 2009. Dissemination Workshop and Policy Dialogue on the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Uganda’s
Economy, organized by the Economic Policy Research Center held at Golf Course Hotel, Kampala, UGANDA.
9-10 March 2009.Unpaid Work, Time Use And Public Policy Workshop, Mary Graydon Center, Room 200 American
University, Washington DC.
06th August 2008. Experts’ Technical Meeting in Preparation for the Launch of the Master of Arts in Gender Analysis
in Economics Programme at Makerere University, Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda.
25 - 27 June 2008. 2008 Collaborative Masters Programme Subject Specialist Workshop, Naura Springs Hotel, Arusha, Tanzania.
10 – 11 December 2007. National Health Insurance Scheme Orientation Workshop, Ministry of Health - Uganda; Nile Resort Hotel, Jinja, Uganda.
27 - 28 November 2007. Symposium and Workshop on "The Missing 10% Percent- HIV and AIDS and the
Educational Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa." Grand Regency Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.
19 - 23rd November 2007. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Workshop on Trade and
Poverty, Peacock Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
08 - 12 October 2007. Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM)/ Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) Workshop for Proposal Development, Accra, Ghana.
20 - 22 June 2007. 2007 Collaborative Masters Programme Subject Specialist Workshop. Rapporteur for the Managerial Economics Group organized by the African Economic Research Consortium at the Kenya Commercial Bank Management Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.
2 - 7 December 2006. African Economic Research Consortium Biannual Research Workshop, Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.
30 - 31 October 2006. National Policy Conference on Sustaining Growth in Uganda; Kabira Country Club. Discussant
Publications
Yawe, B.L. (2012) Policy Incoherencies and Research Gaps in Uganda’s Primary Education Sub-sector, Forthcoming in the International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD), Volume 3, Issue 1, pages 38-52.
Hisali, E. and B.L. Yawe (2011) Total Factor Productivity Growth in Uganda’s Telecommunications Industry, Telecommunication Policy, Vol. 35 Issue No. 1, pages 12-19.
Yawe, B.L. (2010) Technical Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity Growth in Hospitals: Technical Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity Growth in Uganda’s District Referral Hospitals, VDM Verlag Dr. Muller.
Yawe, B.L. (2010) Hospital Performance Evaluation in Uganda: A Super-Efficiency Data Envelope Analysis Model, Zambia Social Science Journal, Volume 1, Number 1, Pages 79-105.
Yawe, B.L. (2009) Technical Efficiency of District Referral Hospitals in Uganda: A Bootstrapped DEA Model, In AERC’s CPP Graduates Class of 2002: A Selection of Research papers Drawn from Doctoral ThesesChapter 5, pages 101-120 (Nairobi: African Economic Research Consortium).
Yawe, B.L. and Kavuma S.N. (2008) Technical Efficiency in the Presence of Desirable and Undesirable Outputs: A Case Study of Selected District Referral Hospitals in Uganda, Health Policy and Development Journal, Vol. 6, No. 1, Pages 37-53.
Yawe, B.L. (2006) ‘Total Factor Productivity Growth in Uganda’s District Referral Hospitals,’ Tanzanian Economic Trends, TET: A Biannual Review of the Economy, Volume 19, Number 2, Pages 26-42.
Review Work
January 2010: External Reviewer of Mapping a Better Future through Livestock: How Spatial Analysis can Support
More Integrated and Pro-Poor Livestock Strategies in Uganda. (Forthcoming). Research Awards
April 2010 – April 20, 2013. Technical Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity Growth of Uganda’s Primary
Schools, with funding from the African Economic Research Consortium, Grant No. RT09518.
April 01 2011 – March 31 2012. Differences between Fee Structure of Mobile Money Technologies and Traditional
Banking Systems, Social Psychological Determinants and Service Uptake: A Case Study of Uganda, with funding from the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion at the University of California, Irvine, under Subcontract No. 2011-2573 Between the Regents of the University of California and Makerere University (with Tinah Nassali).
15th February 2012 – 30th June 2013. Labor Market Dynamics in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Uganda with
funding from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa (with E. Hisali and J. Ddumba-Ssentamu). Language Proficiency
Language Reading Speaking Writing
English Professional Excellent Excellent
Luganda Excellent Excellent Excellent
Referees
Professor J. Ddumba-Ssentamu School of Economics College of Business and Management Sciences, Makerere
University
PO Box 7062 Kampala, UGANDA Tel:+256-414-530115 Fax: +256-414-532355 Email: [email protected]
Dr Eria Hisali School of Economics
College of Business and Management Sciences, Makerere University PO Box 7062 Kampala, UGANDA
Tel:+256-414-530115 Fax: +256-414-532355 Email: [email protected]
Dr Umar Kakumba School of Business College of Business and Management Sciences, Makerere
University
PO Box 7062 Kampala, UGANDA Tel:+256-414-530115 Fax: +256-414-532355 Email: [email protected]
