School of Economics (SE) Collections: Recent submissions
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Determinants of maize grain export from Uganda (2011-2021)
(Makerere University, 2023-11)This study investigates the determinants of maize grain exports from Uganda to its major six (6) East Africa trading partners using annual panel data for between 2011 and 2021. The study is premised on the theoretical ... -
Relationship between unemployment and economic growth in Uganda (1991-2022)
(Makerere University, 2023-10)Uganda is one of the fastest growing economies in the world with an average growth of 6% per annum yet it is still faced with high level of unemployment which has been erratic over the past years (UBOS, 2017). This study ... -
The effect of electricity consumption on Uganda's economic growth
(Makerere University, 2023-11)This study empirically investigates the complex relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth in Uganda over the period spanning from 1991 to 2021. Through a comprehensive analysis of annual time series ... -
The effect of tax revenue on economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-11)Despite the many reforms by government to improve domestic revenue mobilization for example formulation of the tax body - URA, introduction of Value Added Tax, wider definition of income tax base etc. The tax revenue ... -
Determinants of domestic private investment in east Africa: A panel data analysis
(Makerere University, 2023-10)This study examines the determinants of domestic private investment in East Africa using panel data obtained from World Development Indicators and World Governance Indicators over the period 1996 to 2020. Panel Autoregressive ... -
The impact of personal remittances inflow on inflation: Evidence from South Africa
(Makerere University, 2023-11)Personal remittances inflow constitutes one of the most important sources of external finance for many developing countries. Although it shows a decreasing trend in recent years, South Africa after 1970s with her regular ... -
The effect of trade openness on carbon emissions in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-11)The effect of trade openness on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is a controversial subject matter in the existing empirical literature. Whereas some studies found the effect to be positive, others revealed a negative or ... -
Impact of agricultural value addition on economic growth in Uganda (1983 - 2018)
(Makerere University, 2019-12)The agricultural sector is a key in promoting economic growth and development in Uganda. The sector contributes 24.5 percent of the total GDP, employs over 71.9 percent of the total labor force and contributes over 80% of ... -
Determinants of savings in Uganda 1990-2019
(Makerere University, 2022-04)This study examined the major determinants of savings in Uganda using secondary annual time series data for the period 1990-2019. The macroeconomic variables used include GDP, deposit interest rate, M2, Inflation, gross ... -
Determinants of youth unemployment in Wakiso District
(Makerere University, 2023-10)Youth unemployment is a persistent challenge in Uganda, adversely affecting economic growth and social stability. The main objective of the study was to examine the determinants of youth unemployment in Wakiso District. ... -
Effect of financial inclusion on economic growth: Evidence from East Africa
(Makerere University, 2023-09)The role of financial inclusion in the economic growth process of countries has received significant attention in the economics literature. In East Africa, there is scanty evidence on the effect of financial inclusion on ... -
Factors influencing access to agricultural credit among farmers in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-09)Improving access to appropriate financial services by resource-poor people has been increasingly recognized as one means of breaking the vicious circle of poverty they are trapped in (Orok, A. B., & Ayim, S.,2017). Despite ... -
Public investment in infrastructure and its impact on economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-01)Public investment in infrastructure remains critical in Uganda‘s development trajectory as population and urbanisation expand. A vast stock of infrastructure is believed to fuel economic growth by reducing the cost of ... -
The effect of coffee exports on economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-09)The study investigates the effect of coffee exports on economic growth in Uganda. The study employed time series data for the period 1987-2021 with Auto-regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) using data from Uganda Coffee ... -
Cryptocurrencies Adoption in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-09)The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived trustworthiness, and Cryptocurrencies adoption. A self- administered survey questionnaire was employed ... -
Impact of macroeconomic factors on economic growth in Uganda (2001-2021)
(Makerere University, 2023-03)The purpose of the study was to examine innate bearing of changes in the macroeconomic factors on the economic growth in Uganda between 2001 to 2021. It examined the bearing of two macroeconomic factors including; foreign ... -
Government expenditure and economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-01)This study investigates the effect of Government expenditure (disaggregated into capital and recurrent) on economic growth in Uganda using secondary data time series for the period 1985-2020. The data was obtained from ... -
Tax policy and performance of the service sector among SMES in Uganda : a case study of Nakawa division.
(Makerere University, 2023-07)Using a sample of 229 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nakawa division, this study analyzed the effect of tax policy on the performance of the service sector among SMEs in Uganda. The study used a quantitative approach ... -
Nandago, M.G. (2022). Effect of education on the performance of internal migrants' business in Uganda: a study on small and medium enterprises.
(Makerere University, 2022-12-30)The study analyses the impact of education on the performance of internal migrants business in Uganda using secondary data by Center for Basic Research with funding from IDCR for the period October to November 2018 and was ... -
Trade openness and economic growth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-04)This study examines the impact of trade openness on economic growth in Uganda using annual time series data obtained from the World Development Indicators of the World Bank for a period between 1984 and 2019. The Johansen ...