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The Effects of Real Exchange Rate Volatility on Uganda’s Export Earnings
(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 ...
Firm-level determinants of employment growth in East Africa
(Makerere University, 2019)
This study examines the firm level determinants of employment growth in East Africa in which they are categorized as firm specific, entrepreneur specific and business environment characteristics. Using a cross-sectional ...
The Influence of Savings Group Membership on Rural Women’s Empowerment: A Case Study of Zombo District, Uganda
(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 ...
Impact of Commercial Banks’ Lending to Agricultural Sector on the Performance of the Sector: 2008:1-2017:4
(Makerere University, 2018-10-23)
Over the past decade, commercial bank credit to agriculture as a percentage of private sector credit has continued to increase. On the contrary, growth in agricultural value added has exhibited ...
Factors affecting Uganda’s economic growth: An autoregressive distributed lag approach
(Makerere University, 2018-10)
This study investigated factors influencing Uganda’s economic growth measured by real gross domestic product (RGDP). These factors included foreign direct investment inflows, foreign direct investment volatility, government ...
Female Retention in HIV/AIDS Care: The Role of SACCOs in Kampala
(Makerere University, 2019-01-01)
Retention in HIV care is key in achieving longevity among HIV positive patients as it guarantees desirable clinical outcomes like suppression of the HIV virus in the body. However, HIV disproportionately affects women and ...
Determinants of non-performing loan facilities in microfinance institutions in Uganda. A case study of Pride Microfinance Limited, City Centre Branch
(Makerere University, 2018-06-18)
The purpose of the study was to assess the determinants of non-performance loan facilities in Pride Microfinance Ltd (MDI) City Centre branch in Uganda. The study was driven by the fact that, credit creation through loan ...
Impact of export performance on economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11-30)
The Ugandan government has attempted to diversify the economy and address macroeconomic challenges but the country‟s export base has not expanded to the required levels as export performance has remained shaky, and the ...
Public investment and its impact on economic growth in Uganda
(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 ...
Determinants of the Duration of Postpartum Abstinence among Women in Uganda
(Makerere Universitty, 2015-02)
This study aimed at investigating the determinants of duration of postpartum abstinence among women in Uganda. The assessment was made using socio-economic, demographic and enabling factors using secondary data sourced ...