• Innovation and employment growth: evidence from manufacturing firms in Africa 

  Okumu, Ibrahim Mike; Bbaale, Edward; Guloba, Madina Mwagale (Springer open, 2019-02)

  This paper estimates the association between innovation and employment growth among manufacturing firms in Africa. The paper uses a cross-sectional World Bank Enterprise Survey dataset in which innovation is categorised ...

• Technical and vocational education and training in Uganda: A critical analysis 

  Okumu, Ibrahim Mike; Bbaale, Edward (Wiley, 2018-10)

  This article undertakes a diagnostic study of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) subsector with the rationale of characterizing the subsector and identifying the areas of potential strengths and ...

• Wages and Labour Productivity in African Manufacturing 

  Mawejje, Joseph; Okumu, Ibrahim Mike (Wiley, 2018-12)

  We examine the relationship between labour productivity and wages using a sample of manufacturing firms in 39 African countries. The analysis is based on the World Bank’s enterprise survey data. Controlling for regressor ...

• Imported Inputs and Exporting in the Africa’s Manufacturing Sector 

  Bbaale, Edward; Okumu, Ibrahim Mike; Kavuma, Suzan Namirembe (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019)

  Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate both direct and indirect channels through which imported inputs spur exporting in the African manufacturing sector. Design/methodology/approach – The authors estimated ...

• Public investment and its impact on economic growth in Uganda 

  Tumwiine, Colleen (Makerere University, 2018-12-12)

  The study examined the impact of Public investment on economic growth in Uganda using annual time series data from 1982-2016. The findings showed that Public investment on Infrastructure (Roads) is highly significant and ...

• Effects of Working Conditions on Labour Productivity in Sugar Factories (A Case Study of Kakira Sugar Works Limited) 

  Wotali, Florence (Makerere University, 2018-11-28)

  The study was aimed at finding out the effects of working conditions on labor productivity in Kakira Sugar Works Limited, Jinja district. It was guided by the following objectives; to examine the relationship between working ...

• The determinants of access to antenatal care services in Uganda 

  Bagonza, Moureen (Makerere University, 2018-12-03)

  Access to Antenatal care (ANC) reduces maternal mortality and improves health outcomes. Developing countries like Uganda follow the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendation of four ANC visits within the first four ...

• The impact of oil imports on economic growth: Evidence from Uganda 

  Nyakahuma, Joel (Makerere University, 2019-02-20)

  Production processes for most goods and services of every country depend on energy with oil inclusive. However, for a country like Uganda with few alternative sources of energy, over dependency on oil imports is likely to ...

• Contribution of NAADS programme to rural farmers in Bukedea District 

  Okello, Louis (2018-07-05)

  The National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) Program of Uganda is one of the pillars of Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA) implemented since 2001. This study was undertaken to assess the contribution of ...

• Impact of Remittances on Gross Domestic Savings in Uganda 

  Nkoobe, Musa (Makerere University, 2019-02-25)

  This study examined the impact of remittance inflows on gross domestic savings rate (GDS) in Uganda using secondary quarterly data for the period 1999-2017. The other macroeconomic variables used included; deposit interest ...

• The Impact of External Debt on Uganda’s Economic Growth 

  Turinawe, Obadia (Makerere University, 2019-02-12)

  This study examined the impact of external debt on Uganda‟s economic growth over the period 1987-2017 using the Autoregressive Distributed-lagged (ARDL) model estimation techniques after carrying out diagnostic tests on ...

• The Effect of Micro-Credit on Women Empowerment in Uganda: The Case of BRAC 

  Mbeiza, Lydia (Makerere University, 2018-11-07)

  Women empowerment has continuously become a key concern on the Uganda’s development agenda. This is aimed at improving their status in the society and also to strengthen their self-esteem. Various programs have been ...

• The determinants of Uganda’s coffee exports: 1980-2013 

  Okumu, Bosco Achire (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 ...

• Role of Microfinance in Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Peri-Urban Areas in Uganda: Case Study Pride Microfinance Institution 

  Kulang, Richard John (Makerere University, 2017-12)

  The main objective of the research is to determine the role of Microfinance in the economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs in Kampala District based on the perceptions of Pride Microfinance beneficiaries in peri urban ...

• Factors determining contraceptive use and method choice among women aged 15-49 years in Uganda 

  Nalubanga, Betty (2018)

  In Uganda, the challenges of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are associated to the continued rapid population growth. Most studies on contraceptives focus only on contraceptive use and/or prevalence It ...

• The impact of trade openness on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 

  Ayebale, Immaculate (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 ...

• Macroeconomic determinants of domestic revenue in Uganda for the period 1999 to 2017 

  Kagabo, Stephene (Makerere University, 2018-11)

  This study investigated the macroeconomic determinants of domestic tax revenue in Uganda from 1999 to 2017. It applied Johansen cointegration approach and ECM. The stationary behavior of variables included in the model is ...

• The effect of external debt on economic growth in East African countries 

  Nzarasa, Peter Mazedi Nathan (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 ...

• An empirical analysis of the effect of financial inclusion on poverty reduction in Uganda 

  Nabukeera, Juliet (2018-12-20)

  The main objective of this study was to investigate the impact of financial inclusion on poverty reduction in Uganda focusing on mobile money as a channel for financial inclusion. Interest in mobile money effects on poverty ...

• Tax administration and domestic revenue mobilization in Uganda: A case of Uganda Revenue Authority 

  Okumu, Moses (2017-11-18)

  The study sought to analyze the tax administrative reforms and domestic revenue mobilization in Uganda a case of Uganda Revenue Authority. One of the key objectives of tax reforms in Uganda was to ensure that the tax reforms ...

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