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Implication of external financing on economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-02-11)
The need to balance the savings-investment gap and offset fiscal deficits in developing countries over the years has continued to propel and compel their governments to source for external finance outside of domestic ...
Intertemporal approach to the current account balance, a case study of Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-02)
Uganda’s current account balance has persisted on the deficit side since the early 2000s. Recent trends have shown that the size of this deficit has increased, making it a call for concern to policy makers. This study ...
Effect of Manufactured exports on economic growth in Uganda (1994Q1-2018Q4)
(Makerere University, 2022-05)
The importance of exports in stimulating economic growth is well acknowledged in both past and recent literature. Results are however mixed and therefore inconclusive on the composition of exports that contribute to economic ...
The effect of mothers’ education on prevalence of childhood anemia in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-04)
The main objective of this study was to examine the effect of mothers’ education and other socioeconomic and community factors on the prevalence of child anemia in Uganda. The study employed data from the Uganda Demographic ...
Effect of the tobacco control act on the tobacco value chain in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-01)
This report seeks to understand the tobacco value chain in Uganda with emphasis on the key stakeholders for every phase in tandem with a study on how the enactment and implementation of the Tobacco Control Act, 2015 has ...
Educational attainment, household education expenditure and learning outcomes in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-12)
Uganda has implemented several education policies and programmes such as the Universal Primary and Universal Secondary Education policies to ensure completion of the seven years of primary education and ultimately 11 years ...
The impact of gross domestic saving on economic growth of Uganda (1985 – 2015)
(Makerere University, 2022-11)
This paper used data from 1985 to 2015 to find the impact of gross domestic savings (GDS) on
economic growth in Uganda; the study used the vector error correction technique to model GDP.
It as well applied time series ...
An analysis of financial inclusion in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-12)
Although Uganda has made remarkable progress in improving access to financial services, there remains a lot to do to attain meaningful financial inclusion associated with reduced gender differences. This study examines the ...
Agricultural exports and economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-05-10)
Agriculture is the backbone of the Uganda’s economy as it contributes 24 percent of the country’s GDP, employs over 72 percent of the population and accounts for 31 percent of Uganda’s exports. As such, the agricultural ...
Impact of public expenditure on economic growth in Uganda for the period of 1990 – 2020
(Makerere University, 2022-03)
This study investigates the impact of public expenditure (disaggregated into capital and recurrent) on economic growth in Uganda using time series data for the period 1990-2020. The paper employs the Autoregressive Distributed ...