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Effect of Taxation on Uganda’s Economic Growth
(Makerere University, 2019-12)
This study investigated the effect of taxation on economic growth in Uganda from 1991 to 2017. The objectives of the study were to establish the long and short run relationships between direct domestic taxes and economic ...
Contraceptive Use and Fertility in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-12-03)
The main objective of the study was to examine the effects of contraceptive use on fertility rates in Uganda.
This paper made use of the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey data set. The data base for the analysis ...
Public debt sustainability : estimating the fiscal reaction function for Uganda (1981/82 – 2016/17)
(Makerere University, 2019-12)
This study examines the sustainability of Uganda’s public debt from 1981/82 to 2016/17. The study uses the fiscal reaction function approach to find out whether the government’s reaction to the growing debt is responsive ...
Socio-economic, demographic and environmental determinants of under-five child mortality in Uganda: Analysis of trends and patterns (1995-2011)
(2015-12)
This study was aimed at identifying and documenting key factors that may be responsible for mortality amongst Ugandan children under five years using data from the Ugandan Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) (UBOS and ICF ...
Does Size Matter? Scale, Corruption and Uncertainty
(2012)
We study the role of the size of the economy in mitigating the impact of public sector corruption on economic development. The analysis is based on a dynamic general equilibrium model in which growth occurs endogenously ...
Imported Inputs and Exporting in the Africa’s Manufacturing Sector
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate both direct and indirect channels through which imported inputs spur exporting in the African manufacturing sector.
Design/methodology/approach – The authors estimated ...
Determinants of coffee export in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-06)
The study set out to investigate the determinants of Uganda’s coffee export. The study applied co-integration technique and error collection modeling to Ugandan annual data starting from 1990 to 2019. The results indicate ...
Economic growth and investment in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-12)
World over, economic growth is the major goal of each government; therefore, the major objective of the present study is to establish the impact of investments on economic growth in Uganda from 1985 to 2016. To achieve ...
Fiscal policy and public debt sustainability in Uganda
(Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), 2019-06)
The level of Uganda’s public debt has created doubts regarding the government’s sustained ability to repay. This is because of both the rapidly increasing debt accumulation as well as share of interest payments in the ...
The augmented Solow growth model, total factor productivity growth and the cross-country income growth disparities in Africa.
(Makerere University, 2019-02)
Cross‐country differences in the rates and patterns of economic growth continue to attract scholarly debate. This study contributes to this debate by examining the role and the relative contribution of Factor Accumulation ...