Survey Acknowledgements                                       Back to Fieldwork page

The data was collected under the supervision of the late George Baisi, Henry Lugakingira and Elizabeth Massawe. Without the interviewers and their work and effort, the project would not have been possible. I would like to thank: Matovu Davis Aissa Issa Hamida Issa Hamza Issa Adelaida Josephat Wilson Kabito Sibomana Leonard Jason Kabulemu D. R. Kamugisha Benjamin Kamukulu David Mugizi George J. Musikula Alieth Mutungi Irene Ng’wananogu Spridion Njunwa Adestuta Rugaibula   The data was entered into the computer by Erwin Bigirwamungu George K. Gabriel Agonza Lwakatare Anneth Lwakatare Sakibu K. Mohamed Samuel Muganyizi Fredrick Ododa in Bukoba, and Sandisiwe Mnkandla Alexandra Galin G. Christopher Borrero at Yale University. John Gonza designed the templates for the inheritance case studies. I thank EDI-Africa for their hospitality while preparing the field research, in particular Dr. Joachim De Weerdt, Respicius D Miti and Mujobo Mojo. Working with them as a data entry supervisor on the Kagera Health and Development Survey (conducted by EDI for the World Bank) prepared me for my own field work. I am grateful to Kathleen Beegle, Christopher Udry, Paul Schultz, Richard Akresh, Tavneet Suri and Harsha Thirumurthy for help with funding applications and/or comments on the questionnaires. The data collection was funded by the Social Science Research Council through an International Dissertation Research Fellowship and a Risk and Development Grant, the National Science Foundation (Grant No. SES 0418096), the Yale Center for International and Area Studies and the Yale Economic Growth Center.