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The impact of public debt on Uganda's economic growth
(Makerere University, 2018-08)
The objective of the study was to establish the impact of public debt on economic growth in
Uganda by analysing the short run and long run relationships. The study employed
secondary quarterly time series for the period ...
The Effect of Commercial Bank Lending Rates on Economic Growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11-21)
The study set to investigate the effect of commercial bank lending rates on economic growth in Uganda. Employing a time series analysis using the Johansen methodology, the study identified one cointegrating relationship ...
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 trade openness on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Makerere University, 2018-11)
In spite of the wave of liberalization and trade reforms undertaken during the last two decades, the debate, among economists, assessing the impact of trade openness on economic growth is still open. Some economists argue ...
Impact of Government Expenditure on Economic Growth in Uganda Q1 2008 - Q4 2017
(Makerere University, 2018-11-20)
This study set out to examine the impact of government expenditure on economic growth in Uganda by disaggregating government expenditure into two components, that is; development expenditure and recurrent expenditure. The ...
The determinants of Uganda’s coffee exports: 1980-2013
(Makerere University, 2018-06)
Uganda has continued to depend on primary commodities such as coffee, tea, banana, and others as its valuable exports despite price shocks in the world markets. This study therefore intend to empirically examine the ...
The Impact of Foreign Aid on Economic Growth in Kenya
(Makerere University, 2018-11-19)
The study undertaken sought to explain the impact of aid on economic growth in Kenya. Cointegration analysis was employed to establish the existence of a long-run relationship between GDP, external loans, grants, technical ...
The Effect of Corruption on Economic Growth in Uganda (2005-2016)
(Makerere University, 2018-01)
This paper investigates “The Impact of Corruption on Economic Growth in Uganda” as an academic oriented study. The main objective is to examine the extent to which corruption indicators influence the GDP growth position ...
Impact of Public Debt on Investment and Economic Growth: A Case Study of Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-12)
The study empirically analysed the impact of public debt on investment and economic growth in Uganda for a period of 1980-2016. Two decades ago, Uganda’s debt had peaked to unsustainable levels such that the economy did ...
Factors affecting Uganda’s economic growth: An autoregressive distributed lag approach
(Makerere University, 2018-10)
This study investigated factors influencing Uganda’s economic growth measured by real gross domestic product (RGDP). These factors included foreign direct investment inflows, foreign direct investment volatility, government ...