School of Economics (SE): Recent submissions
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The effect of trade openness on carbon emissions in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-11)The effect of trade openness on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is a controversial subject matter in the existing empirical literature. Whereas some studies found the effect to be positive, others revealed a negative or ... -
Impact of agricultural value addition on economic growth in Uganda (1983 - 2018)
(Makerere University, 2019-12)The agricultural sector is a key in promoting economic growth and development in Uganda. The sector contributes 24.5 percent of the total GDP, employs over 71.9 percent of the total labor force and contributes over 80% of ... -
Determinants of savings in Uganda 1990-2019
(Makerere University, 2022-04)This study examined the major determinants of savings in Uganda using secondary annual time series data for the period 1990-2019. The macroeconomic variables used include GDP, deposit interest rate, M2, Inflation, gross ... -
Determinants of youth unemployment in Wakiso District
(Makerere University, 2023-10)Youth unemployment is a persistent challenge in Uganda, adversely affecting economic growth and social stability. The main objective of the study was to examine the determinants of youth unemployment in Wakiso District. ... -
Effect of financial inclusion on economic growth: Evidence from East Africa
(Makerere University, 2023-09)The role of financial inclusion in the economic growth process of countries has received significant attention in the economics literature. In East Africa, there is scanty evidence on the effect of financial inclusion on ... -
Factors influencing access to agricultural credit among farmers in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-09)Improving access to appropriate financial services by resource-poor people has been increasingly recognized as one means of breaking the vicious circle of poverty they are trapped in (Orok, A. B., & Ayim, S.,2017). Despite ... -
Public investment in infrastructure and its impact on economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-01)Public investment in infrastructure remains critical in Uganda‘s development trajectory as population and urbanisation expand. A vast stock of infrastructure is believed to fuel economic growth by reducing the cost of ... -
The effect of coffee exports on economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-09)The study investigates the effect of coffee exports on economic growth in Uganda. The study employed time series data for the period 1987-2021 with Auto-regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) using data from Uganda Coffee ... -
Cryptocurrencies Adoption in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-09)The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived trustworthiness, and Cryptocurrencies adoption. A self- administered survey questionnaire was employed ... -
Impact of macroeconomic factors on economic growth in Uganda (2001-2021)
(Makerere University, 2023-03)The purpose of the study was to examine innate bearing of changes in the macroeconomic factors on the economic growth in Uganda between 2001 to 2021. It examined the bearing of two macroeconomic factors including; foreign ... -
Government expenditure and economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-01)This study investigates the effect of Government expenditure (disaggregated into capital and recurrent) on economic growth in Uganda using secondary data time series for the period 1985-2020. The data was obtained from ... -
Tax policy and performance of the service sector among SMES in Uganda : a case study of Nakawa division.
(Makerere University, 2023-07)Using a sample of 229 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nakawa division, this study analyzed the effect of tax policy on the performance of the service sector among SMEs in Uganda. The study used a quantitative approach ... -
Nandago, M.G. (2022). Effect of education on the performance of internal migrants' business in Uganda: a study on small and medium enterprises.
(Makerere University, 2022-12-30)The study analyses the impact of education on the performance of internal migrants business in Uganda using secondary data by Center for Basic Research with funding from IDCR for the period October to November 2018 and was ... -
Trade openness and economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-04)This study examines the impact of trade openness on economic growth in Uganda using annual time series data obtained from the World Development Indicators of the World Bank for a period between 1984 and 2019. The Johansen ... -
A case for regulatory impact assessment of the rural water supply and management in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-11)The study aimed at examining influence of the National Water Policy, 1999 on the rural water supply and management. The Uganda's water supply and management is regulated by the National Water Policy, 1999 and The Water ... -
Fiscal policy and public debt sustainability in Uganda
(Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), 2019-06)The level of Uganda’s public debt has created doubts regarding the government’s sustained ability to repay. This is because of both the rapidly increasing debt accumulation as well as share of interest payments in the ... -
The effect of fertility rate on economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-01)The relationship between fertility rate and economic growth is an important subject that has remained contentious due to the divergence of results regarding the effect of fertility rate on economic growth. This study ... -
Impact of inflation threshold on economic growth in East African countries
(Makerere University, 2020-12)The study examined the impact of inflation threshold on economic growth in five East African Countries: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. The study specifically sought to examine the relationship between inflation ... -
The augmented Solow growth model, total factor productivity growth and the cross-country income growth disparities in Africa.
(Makerere University, 2019-02)Cross‐country differences in the rates and patterns of economic growth continue to attract scholarly debate. This study contributes to this debate by examining the role and the relative contribution of Factor Accumulation ... -
Economic growth and investment in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-12)World over, economic growth is the major goal of each government; therefore, the major objective of the present study is to establish the impact of investments on economic growth in Uganda from 1985 to 2016. To achieve ...