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The impact of external debt on economic growth in Sub Saharan Africa: A panel data analysis
(Makerere University, 2009-12)
The effects of external debt on economic growth have been a subject of debate in the
academic and policy circles. The debates arouse from poor economic performance in many developing countries amidst accumulation of ...
Effects of taxation on economic growth: (Uganda’s Experience: 1987-2005)
(Makerere University, 2007-11)
The development of endogenous growth theory has opened an avenue through which the effects of taxation on economic growth can be explored. Explicit modeling of the individual decisions that contribute to growth allows the ...
Economic growth in Uganda: the contribution of factor accumulation and total factor productivity growth
(Makerere University, 2020-11)
This study investigated the determinants of economic growth in Uganda using factor accumulation and growth accounting frameworks for the period 1982-2015. The study used the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model to ...
Export trade and economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2020-09)
The main objective of this study was to establish the effect of export trade on economic growth in Uganda for the period 1983 to 2018. The data obtained from World Bank website (development indicators) were annual secondary ...
The Effect of Public Debt on Economic Growth in Uganda (1985-2016)
(Makerere University, 2018-11-12)
This study empirically investigated the effect of public debt on Uganda’s economic growth. It used time series data (1985-2016) that was obtained from the World Bank Development Indicators. Different tests that included ...
The Impact of Taxation on Economic Growth in Kenya: (1979 - 2015)
(Makerere University, 2017-11-14)
The study was motivated by the worrying trend of sharply increasing public debt in Kenya which has a multiplier effect of draining the economic growth through high debt servicing charges. The study therefore purposed to ...
The Effect of Remittance on Economic Growth of Eastern African Countries
(Makerere University, 2017-11)
This study examined the effect of remittance on economic growth of Eastern African countries. Currently, the flow of workers remittance from developed to developing countries has received great attention among scholars and ...
Determinants of financial accountability in Local Governments in Uganda: a case study of Wakiso District Local Council
(Makerere University, 2018-09)
The purpose of the study was to examine the determinants of financial accountability in Wakiso district local government. This was driven by the fact that Wakiso District Local Government has faced many financial ...
The Effect of Trade Openness on Economic Growth in case of Sub-Saharan Africa countries (SSA): A Panel Data Approach
(Makerere University, 2017-10)
The relationship between trade openness and economic growth has been extensively investigated yielding to mixed and inconclusive results. This paper examines the effect of trade openness on economic growth for Sub Saharan ...
The Impact of External Debt on Uganda’s Economic Growth
(Makerere University, 2019-02-12)
This study examined the impact of external debt on Uganda‟s economic growth over the period 1987-2017 using the Autoregressive Distributed-lagged (ARDL) model estimation techniques after carrying out diagnostic tests on ...