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Assessing the Effect of Idiosyncratic Shocks on Coping Mechanisms among Agricultural Households in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11)
The study sought to analyze the ex-ante and ex-post coping mechanisms to the idiosyncratic shocks affecting agricultural households. The study employed multinomial logit model for analysis on UNPS 2016 dataset.
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Relationship between taxation and macroeconomic indicators in Uganda for the period of 1991-2016: Case study of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)
(Makerere University, 2018-09)
This study analyses the relationship between taxation and other macro-economic conditions in Uganda. The specific objectives of this study were: to examine the relationship between the level of interest rate and taxation, ...
Determinants of Public Expenditure on Infrastructure in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11-22)
This study expanded the line of research in evaluating the determinants of government expenditure on infrastructure with the use of the Engle and Granger (1987) approach using annual time series data from 1991 to 2017 in ...
Determinants of Interest Rate Spreads in Uganda’s Commercial Banking Sector: A Panel Data Analysis
(Makerere University, 2018-12-10)
Liberalisation of financial markets is associated with a reduction in interest rate spreads. However, interest rate spreads have persistently remained high in Uganda despite the financial liberalisation that was undertaken ...
The determinants of access to antenatal care services in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-12-03)
Access to Antenatal care (ANC) reduces maternal mortality and improves health outcomes. Developing countries like Uganda follow the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendation of four ANC visits within the first four ...
The Effect of Public Expenditure on Infrastructure on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A case study of Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-06-07)
The major objective of this study was to examine the impact of government expenditure on infrastructure and economic growth; the data used was sourced from the World Bank data base and the government expenditure components ...
The analysis of effectiveness of bank credit as a funding alternative for SMEs in Kampala
(Makerere University, 2018-01-04)
This research project was carried out to analyze the effectiveness of bank credit as a funding alternative for SMEs in Kampala district. The study set out to establish the current status of access to bank credit by SMEs ...
The effect of real effective exchange rate volatility on Uganda's trade balance
(Makerere University, 2018-09-21)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) volatility on Uganda’s trade balance. Since the adoption of the flexible exchange rate system in 1993, Uganda has experienced ...
Determinants of Capital Formation in Uganda: (1984-2016) Does Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Openness Matter?
(Makerere University, 2018-10)
This research investigates the determinants of Capital formation in Uganda (1984-2016) using the Bounds Approach to Cointegration developed by Persaran and Shin (1999). Since Uganda registered its highest Annual Percentage ...
The Impact of Foreign Aid on Economic Growth in Kenya
(Makerere University, 2018-11-19)
The study undertaken sought to explain the impact of aid on economic growth in Kenya. Cointegration analysis was employed to establish the existence of a long-run relationship between GDP, external loans, grants, technical ...