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The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth in Kenya: (1995-2015)
(Makerere University, 2017-11-30)
FDI forms part of capital inflows to the host country and therefore a main contributor to economic growth in developing nations. This is because in addition to it contributing to the level of capital stock increment, it ...
The Impact of Public Debt on Economic Growth in Kenya
(Makerere University, 2017-12)
Over the years, public borrowing has been employed by governments to meet their financial deficits. Kenya’s public debt has been on a continuous rise, with sharp increases being experienced in the last 7 years. Domestic ...
Determinants of Uganda’s export competitiveness in the East African Community, 2000-2015
(Makerere University, 2017-11)
The main primary concern of policy makers and macroeconomic analysts is what factors promote or inhibit the flow of Uganda’s exports. Therefore, this study was prompted by the need to understand these factors and to what ...
The Determinants of Uganda’s Coffee Exports, 2005-2016
(Makerere University, 2017-11-23)
The main objective of the study was to investigate the key determinants of coffee export in Uganda for the period 2005-2016. The hypotheses tested were that; there is a positive effect of domestic coffee production, Gross ...
The Effect of External Debt on Economic Growth of Ethiopia
(Makerere University, 2017-11-27)
External debt has been in Ethiopia since the time of the emperor and reached its apex US$10billion towards the end of the Dergue (socialist) period a condition that has turned the country into one of the heavily indebted ...
An Analysis of the Determinants of Export Performance of Developing Economies within the Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of SADC Member Countries (2001-2015)
(Makerere University, 2017-11-28)
This paper analyzed determinants of export performance in Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) sub-region over the period 2001 to 2015 covering all 15 member countries namely: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic ...
Determinants of Tax Revenue in East African Countries: An Application of Multivariate Panel Data Cointegration Analysis
(Makerere University, 2017-10-20)
Domestic revenue mobilization has received growing attention in recent years. For Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries in general and for East Africa countries in particular domestic resource mobilization has crucial national ...
Indirect Tax Revenue and its Impact on Economic Growth In Uganda: (1991-2015)
(Makerere University, 2017-12-06)
This study examined the impact of indirect tax revenue on economic growth in Uganda from 1991-2015. The indirect taxes considered in this study were Value Added Tax, Excise duty and Taxes on International trade while other ...
The impact of Riba on economic growth
(Makerere University, 2017-11)
The Nigerian economy faced numerous challenges which impacted the overall economic activity and has witnessed crises with devastating consequences on the world commodity prices as a result of global economics. This ...
The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on agriculture sector growth of Ethiopia: Time series empirical analysis (1985-2016)
(Makerere University, 2017-11)
Ethiopian government has been paying special attention on attracting FDIs in order to enhance agricultural and rural development. Besides the increasing trend of FDI inflow, the performance of the agricultural sector has ...