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Impact of Inflation on Kenya’s Economic Growth
(Makerere University, 2017-11-21)
This study investigated the impact of inflation on economic growth of Kenya. It was motivated by the constant rise in inflation which is also accompanied by a decline in economic growth of Kenya. Using time series data for ...
Public debt and economic growth in East African Community : the role of corruption
(Makerere University, 2019-09)
Having observed a number of research findings indicating that public debt negatively affects economic growth, this study set out to examine whether the impact of public debt is mediated by the level of corruption in the ...
The impact of governance on economic growth in selected East African countries for the period 1996 to 2016
(Makerere University, 2019-12-30)
Different empirical studies show that not all countries that have good governance have performed well in economic growth. Some with bad quality governance like corruption, poor democracy have actually shown good economic ...
Government expenditure and economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
The paper observes that rising government expenditure has not translated to meaningful development as Uganda still ranks among world’s poorest countries. In an attempt to investigate the effect of government expenditure ...
The effect of foreign direct investments on economic growth in Uganda between 1989 and 2018
(Makerere University, 2021-03)
Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) are one of the most essential drivers of economic growth in developing countries, and over the past two decades, many developing countries especially those in the Sub-Saharan Africa have ...
External debt and economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-11)
The broad objective of this study was to ascertain the relationship between external debt and economic growth in Uganda. The variables in the study were specified in a multivariate framework and the researcher employed ...
The effect of external debt on economic growth in East African countries
(Makerere University, 2017-12)
The study analyzed the effect of external debt on economic growth in East African countries. It used quarterly panel data where gross domestic product was endogenous variable measuring economic growth as a function of ...
Effect of foreign aid on economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-04)
This study investigated the effect of foreign aid on economic growth in Uganda using annual time series data for the period 1983 to 2017. The main approach used was the ordinary least squares. Presence of long run equilibrium ...
The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth in Kenya: (1995-2015)
(Makerere University, 2017-11-30)
FDI forms part of capital inflows to the host country and therefore a main contributor to economic growth in developing nations. This is because in addition to it contributing to the level of capital stock increment, it ...
The Impact of Public Debt on Economic Growth in Kenya
(Makerere University, 2017-12)
Over the years, public borrowing has been employed by governments to meet their financial deficits. Kenya’s public debt has been on a continuous rise, with sharp increases being experienced in the last 7 years. Domestic ...