dc.contributor.author | Aduni, Lydia | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-16T10:33:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-16T10:33:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-01-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Aduni, L. (2023). The effect of government spending on economic growth in Uganda. (Unpublished Master's Dissertation). Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10570/11503 | |
dc.description | A research paper submitted to the Directorate of Research and Graduate Training in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Arts in Economic Policy and Planning of Makerere University. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The rapid growth in government spending in Uganda has caused concern among policy makers
on the implication of such growth. Over the three decades, government expenditure in the
country grew at a faster rate than the growth rate of GDP. Given this fiscal scenario, an
explanation of this requires studying the effect of government spending on economic growth.
This study therefore investigates the effect of government spending on economic growth in
Uganda from 1992 to 2021. This is achieved through the simultaneous use of the Autoregressive
Distributed Lag (ARDL) model. The study employs the unit root test, Philips Perron and the cointegration
analysis of the bounds test procedure. The empirical findings reveal that military
expenditure in the long run is positive and significantly related to economic growth implying that
an increase in government expenditure in military increases economic growth. The study
concludes that the composition of government expenditure matter for economic growth and
therefore recommends that government should increase government spending through increased
spending on public investment (in areas such as education, health); operation and maintenance of
investment; public pay and employment; subsidies and public spending on low-cost services to
alleviate poverty | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
dc.subject | Government Spending | en_US |
dc.subject | Economic Growth | en_US |
dc.title | The effect of government spending on economic growth in Uganda | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |