• Impact of Total Government Expenditure and Its Break down on Growth in Agricultural Value Added 

  Nabasirye, Racheal (Makerere University, 2019-12-06)

  Agriculture remains the mainstay for the majority of Ugandans and over the past decade, government expenditure to the agricultural sector has been increasing though it is still below the 10% target recommended by the Maputo ...

• The Influence of Savings Group Membership on Rural Women’s Empowerment: A Case Study of Zombo District, Uganda 

  Kirabo, Martha (Makerere University, 2019-12-16)

  Women’s Empowerment has become quite the “buzz term” in the development arena over the last six decades. Microfinance as a tool to increase women’s economic and social empowerment has registered mixed reports of being a ...

• Monetary Policy Framework and Economic Growth in Uganda: Effectiveness of Inflation Targeting Framework 

  Vuningoma, Davis (Makerere University, 2019-10-18)

  In July 2011, bank of Uganda changed its Monetary Policy Framework from targeting monetary aggregates to inflation targeting lite framework. In spite of its ability to stabilize inflation, the impact of the IT regime on ...

• Effect of Exchange Rates on the Value of Motor Vehicle Imports in Uganda (2000–2015) 

  Nsanja, Godfrey (Makerere University, 2019-10-24)

  The study aimed at investigating the effect of exchange rates on the value of motor vehicle imports in Uganda using quarterly data for the period 2000 to 2015. To confirm that variables were stationary, unit root test ...

• Impact of Domestic Savings on Economic Growth in Uganda 

  Nalwanga, Doris (Makerere University, 2017-12-22)

  This study mainly focuses on answering the questions: “Does domestic saving affect economic growth in Uganda? And Does GDP per capita growth Granger cause domestic savings growth in Uganda?” Time series annual data from ...

• Contraceptive Use and Fertility in Uganda 

  Aguta, Danstan (Makerere University, 2019-12-03)

  The main objective of the study was to examine the effects of contraceptive use on fertility rates in Uganda. This paper made use of the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey data set. The data base for the analysis ...

• The Impact of Government Expenditure on Road Infrastructure on Economic Development in Uganda 

  Kamedde, Jesca Irene (Makerere University, 2019-02)

  This study looked at the contribution of an improved transport system to the economic development of a country by analyzing the nexus between government expenditure on road infrastructure and economic development in ...

• Determinants of Inflation in South Sudan (2011-2019) 

  Keah, Stephen Luony Jony (2019-12)

  In the recent past, South Sudan has witnessed a swift rise in general price level which adversely distresses real output, relative prices, the standard of living and the overall macroeconomic system. Perhaps, the investigation ...

• Trade Openness and Economic Growth in Uganda 1980-2016 

  Nawenja, Esther Mwanje (Makerere University, 2017-12)

  It is believed that trade openness will always result into high real GDP growth rates. However, discussions about the relationship between these two macroeconomic variables both in academic and policy arena is not a foregone ...

• The Causal Relationship between Population Growth and Economic Growth in Uganda 

  Nantumbwe, Winnie (Makerere University, 2019-08)

  This study analyzed the causal relationship between population growth and economic growth in Uganda by specifying a multivariate framework and the researcher employed the Johansen cointegration technique and the Vector ...

• External Debt Burden and Economic Growth in Uganda (1985-2017) 

  Mabiriizi, Muhammed (Makerere University, 2019-12-10)

  The main objective of the study was to assess the impact external debt burden on economic growth in Uganda. Different from previous studies, in addition to being country specific, the study also uses a longer time series ...

• The Effects of Real Exchange Rate Volatility on Uganda’s Export Earnings 

  Abaasa, Gersom (Makerere University, 2019-11)

  Since the adoption of floating exchange rate regime in the early 1990’s, Uganda shilling has continued to fluctuate especially against the US dollar. Literature postulate that Exchange rate volatility affects the country’s ...

• Effect of Taxation on Uganda’s Economic Growth 

  Kusiimwa, January (Makerere University, 2019-12)

  This study investigated the effect of taxation on economic growth in Uganda from 1991 to 2017. The objectives of the study were to establish the long and short run relationships between direct domestic taxes and economic ...

• Factors Affecting Coffee Export Earnings in Uganda 

  Nakitende, Pauline (Makerere University, 2019-12)

  Uganda is one of the largest producing and exporting countries of coffee in Africa. Coffee production significantly contributes to both domestic and foreign earnings in the country, besides being a fundamental and primary ...

• Determinants of Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure in Uganda: A Household Level Analysis 

  Bbosa, David Elisa (Makerere University, 2019-12)

  There is vast academic literature on the determinants of out of pocket health care expenditure focusing on developed and low developed countries, however little is known about these factors in Uganda’s perspective and much ...

• The Impact of Exchange Rate on Private Sector Investments in Uganda 

  Natukunda, Florence (Makerere University, 2019-11-25)

  The Ugandan shilling has slowly but surely lost value against the US dollar since liberalization of the foreign exchange market. For example, in 1990 one US dollar was valued at just 428.9 Ugandan shillings, however by ...

• Public Debt Sustainability: Estimating the Fiscal Reaction Function for Uganda (1981/82 – 2016/17) 

  Bulime, Enock Nsubuga Will (Makerere University, 2019-12)

  This study examines the sustainability of Uganda’s public debt from 1981/82 to 2016/17. The study uses the fiscal reaction function approach to find out whether the government’s reaction to the growing debt is responsive ...

• The Relationship between Human Capital and Economic Growth in Sub Saharan Africa 

  Buyinza, Irene Grace (Makerere University, 2019-12-05)

  Studies on economic growth assert that human capital is one of the key drivers of economic growth but these studies do not inevitably conclude about the gender composition of human capital. This study, therefore examined ...

• A Value Chain Analysis of Uganda’s Coffee Industry 

  Nsanzumuhire, Alexander Nsaba (Makerere University, 2019-11)

  Uganda is one of the largest producing and exporting countries of coffee in the world and second in Africa after Ethiopia. Because of the importance of coffee to Uganda as a country, this research report attempts to ...

• Effects of Non-Farm Incomes on Household Welfare: Evidence from Uganda National Panel Survey 2011-2016 

  Mbalule, Derrick (Makerere University, 2019-11)

  Recently, there is a growing recognition that households especially in rural areas that receive their income from diverse portfolio of activities, have higher welfare, yet the evidence on the effects of non-farm incomes ...

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