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dc.contributor.authorAdeke, Juliet
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-08T08:59:44Z
dc.date.available2014-01-08T08:59:44Z
dc.date.issued2010-09
dc.identifier.citationAdeke, J. (2010). The determinants of foreign direct investment in Uganda. Unpublished master's thesis, Makerere University, Ugandaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/2149
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment for the award of Master Science (Accounting and Finance) Degree of Makerere University.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe study investigated the determinants of FDI inflows to Uganda for the period 1985 -2005. Specifically, the study sought to examine the trend of FDI inflows to Uganda, capture the sensitivity of the determinants to FDI to the level of inflows and to generate an appropriate FDI function in Uganda. A generic FDI model was estimated using econometric techniques. Estimation results reveal that market size, exchange rate and political climate are important determinants of FDI inflows in Uganda. Sectoral analysis also indicates the wholesale trade, communication and financial sectors as the major recipients of FDI to Uganda. The emergence of the above sectors as dominant recipients of FDI suggests that FDI to Uganda is no longer resource seeking, that is, targeting the traditional agricultural sector but rather suggest the possibility of a shift in FDI motives from natural resource and market seeking FDI to more efficiency seeking FDI. These findings imply that Uganda’s FDI policy should target the efficiency seeking FDI if FDI inflows are to be maximized.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere Universityen_US
dc.subjectForeign investmenten_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleThe determinants of foreign direct investment in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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