Browsing School of Economics (SE) Collections by Author "Bbaale, Edward"
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Corruption and firm-level productivity: greasing or sanding effect?
Bbaale, Edward; Okumu, Ibrahim Mike (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018)Purpose: Corruption was ranked among the top five biggest obstacles affecting the operation of enterprises in Africa and was rated as a severe obstacle by close to 40 percent of firms in the sample. Consequently, the ... -
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 ... -
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 ...