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Corporate Tax Effects on Investment Decisions in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-12-11)The study sought to investigate the effects of corporate tax on private domestic investment; examines and presents the basic statistical relationship between corporate tax and private domestic investment using new data on ... -
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 ... -
Determinants of Interest Rate Spreads in Uganda’s Commercial Banking Sector: A Panel Data Analysis
(Makerere University, 2018-12-10)Liberalisation of financial markets is associated with a reduction in interest rate spreads. However, interest rate spreads have persistently remained high in Uganda despite the financial liberalisation that was undertaken ... -
Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Uganda’s Manufacturing Sector
(Makerere University, 2018-11-19)Acknowledging the importance of the manufacturing sector, the paper investigates the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on Uganda’s manufacturing sector. The study used time series data of Uganda from 1990 to 2017, ... -
Determinants of Household Savings in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-11)Uganda like many other developing countries is faced with a large Savings-investment gap to spur and sustain a desirable rate of economic growth. This gap has been due to low level of domestic savings thus forcing the ... -
The Effect of the Quality of Governance on Tax Revenue in East Africa
(Makerere University, 2018-12-05)The East African countries have run budget deficits for over a decade, implying that the amount of domestic resources collected especially from taxes has been so low compared to what is needed/required for the smooth-running ... -
Determinants of Non-Performing Loans in Uganda’s Commercial Banking Industry 2002:1 – 2017:2
(Makerere University, 2018-12)Over the past decade, non-performing loans in Uganda’s commercial banking industry have continued to show a positive trend. The continued increase in NPLs has not only affected credit growth, but has also resulted in the ... -
Impact of Commercial Banks’ Lending to Agricultural Sector on the Performance of the Sector: 2008:1-2017:4
(Makerere University, 2018-10-23)Over the past decade, commercial bank credit to agriculture as a percentage of private sector credit has continued to increase. On the contrary, growth in agricultural value added has exhibited ... -
Determinants Of Gross Domestic Savings In Uganda
(Nagawa Vivian, 2018-12-05)In Uganda’s development aspiration “VISION 2040”, Uganda aspires to transform its society from a peasant to a modern and prosperous middle-income country by 2040, with per capita income of USD 9, 567. It is a commitment ... -
Determinants of Poverty in Central Region among Households in Uganda
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Determinants of Export Growth in Sub – Saharan African Countries
(Makerere University, 2017)The research examines the main determinants factors of export performance of Sub-Saharan Africa countries. Mainly, the study focuses on analyzing the time and country specific fixed effects and relative importance of the ... -
Effect of Devolution on Health Care Delivery in Kenya
(Makerere Univsersity, 2018-12)The introduction of devolution in Kenya after the promulgation of the new constitution in 2010 was touted as the panacea to the social, political and economic problems the country had faced since independence. The objectives ... -
Effect of Exchange Rates on Foreign Direct Investment in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11)Foreign Direct Investment is important in the world economies in terms of output, employment and trade. However, attracting FDI has been a great concern to many countries especially the emerging countries. This has led to ... -
Effect of Liquidity Management on the Performance of Commercial Banks: A Case of Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited
(Makerere University, 2017-12)This study was undertaken to assess the effect of liquidity management on the performance of commercial banks taking a case of Stanbic bank Uganda Limited. It was guided by the following objectives namely; to identify the ... -
Impact of export performance on economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11-30)The Ugandan government has attempted to diversify the economy and address macroeconomic challenges but the country‟s export base has not expanded to the required levels as export performance has remained shaky, and the ... -
Determinants of Trade Balance in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11-27)This work aimed at studying the determinants of balance of trade in Uganda while utilizing data on selected determinants for the period 1986-2016. The research was inspired by the paradox of persistent trade deficit ... -
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 Determinants of Interest Rate Spread in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11-28)This study examined the major determinants of interest rate spread in Uganda using secondary annual time series data for the period 1990-2016. The macroeconomic variables used include GDP growth, real effective exchange ... -
The Effect of External Debt on Economic Growth of Ethiopia
(Makerere University, 2017-11-27)External debt has been in Ethiopia since the time of the emperor and reached its apex US$10billion towards the end of the Dergue (socialist) period a condition that has turned the country into one of the heavily indebted ... -
Determinants of Foreign direct investment (FDI) in East African Countries Using Panel data approach
(Makerere University, 2017-11)This paper examines the determinants of FDI in East African countries. The study employed a penal data to empirically analyze the determinants of FDI in East Africa for the period 2000 to 2015. A Sample of 5 countries from ...
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