Lastunen, JesseWaiswa, RonaldAyo, Joseph OkelloKaidu, TinaKavuma, Suzan2025-04-152025-04-152021-04-15Lastunen, J., Wright, G., Noble, M., Waiswa, R., Ayo, J. O., Nalukwago, M. I., ... & Kavuma, S. (2021). Distributional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda. WIDER Policy Brief, 5.5/21https://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/10722In 2020, the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic caused an economic crisis that disrupted the Ugandan labour market. How large were the associated income losses across different industries and population groups? To what extent did the general tax-benefit system mitigate the adverse effects of the crisis? UGAMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda, helps to answer these questions.enWorking Paper