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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 ...
Supporting youths targeted agriculture programmes to address youths unemployment : the case of the coffee value chain in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2020)
Creation of better youth employment opportunities is a key policy challenge across the globe leading to high rate unemployment and this affects youths’ welfare, economic performance and social stability. In Uganda, it was ...
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 ...
Determinants of youth unemployment in Uganda: Binomial Logit Model Approach
(Makerere University, 2020-11)
The main objective of this study was to determine the factors responsible for the youth unemployment in Uganda. The data for this study was obtained from the Uganda National Household Survey 2016/17 collected by Uganda ...
Tax elasticity and buoyancy of major taxes in Uganda: 1998 - 2019
(Makerere University, 2020-02)
This paper aimed at estimating the tax elasticity and buoyancy of tax revenue and its major components in Uganda. Tax revenues are a major source of government revenues in Uganda and continue to play a major role in funding ...
Determinants of hotel room rates in Uganda : a case study of Kampala district
(Makerere University, 2020-12)
The study aims to investigate the determinants of hotel room rates in Kampala Uganda. The specific objective was to explore the relationship between hotel room rates and the hotel room attributes. The study was carried out ...
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 ...
Determinants of Tax Revenue in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
The study was about the analysis of the determinants of Tax Revenue in Uganda. Emphasis was put on how Trade ratio of GDP, Annual Inflation rate, Share of agriculture to GDP, Per Capita Income and Foreign ...
The impact of tax policy reforms on domestic revenue mobilization in Uganda (2008/9 - 2016/17)
(Makerere University, 2021)
The main objective of this study was to examine the impact of tax reforms on the mobilization of domestic revenue in Uganda. The study applied the concept of elasticity and tax buoyancy to measure the responsiveness of ...