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Effect of balance of trade on economic growth in Uganda (1985 -2016)
(Makerere University, 2017-12)
The major objective of this study was to establish the impact of balance of trade on economic growth in Uganda from 1985 to 2016. The data used was annual secondary time series obtained from World Bank (2016). The study ...
Mobile money services and financial inclusion in rural areas of Uganda: A case study of Bukomansimbi
(Makerere University, 2017-10)
The purpose of the study was to establish the level of usage of mobile money services for financial inclusion with a view of identifying challenges and strategies for enhancing financial inclusion among rural communities ...
Macroeconomic determinants of domestic revenue in Uganda for the period 1999 to 2017
(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 ...
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 ...
Financial inclusion in Uganda: determinants of outreach, access to and use of financial services
(Makerere University, 2017-02)
Worldwide, 38% of adults do not use formal financial services, and 73% poor people are unbanked. The 2009 Finscope study revealed that only 28% of the adult population above 16 years of age was served by formal financial ...
Tax evasion and the business environment in Uganda
(Economic Policy Research Centre, 2014)
We provide some empirical evidence of how a poor business environment may incentivise tax evasion. In particular, we examine the roles that specific components of the business environment that include: bribery, efficiency ...
Factors affecting mobile money adoption in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-04)
The objective of this study was to assess factors associated with mobile money adoption in Uganda. Secondary data was sourced from the 2013 Uganda FinScope data that comprised of 3401 individual records aged 16 years and ...
Determinants of tax revenue efforts in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11-12)
The objective of this study is to examine the determinants of tax revenue efforts in Uganda. Specifically, it aimed at drawing conclusion on some of the macroeconomic variables that affect the tax revenue effort. The study ...
Econometric Analysis of Linkages between Sector Output Growth, Human Development and Public Spending in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-12)
Uganda pursues a long-term policy objective of transforming the country’s society from the state peasantry to modernity and prosperity and increasing per-capita income to middle-income economy levels, government committed ...