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The determinants of Uganda’s coffee exports: 1980-2013
(Makerere University, 2018-06)
Uganda has continued to depend on primary commodities such as coffee, tea, banana, and others as its valuable exports despite price shocks in the world markets. This study therefore intend to empirically examine the ...
The Effect of Micro-Credit on Women Empowerment in Uganda: The Case of BRAC
(Makerere University, 2018-11-07)
Women empowerment has continuously become a key concern on the Uganda’s development agenda. This is aimed at improving their status in the society and also to strengthen their self-esteem. Various programs have been ...
Innovation and employment growth: evidence from manufacturing firms in Africa
(Springer open, 2019-02)
This paper estimates the association between innovation and employment growth among manufacturing firms in Africa. The paper uses a cross-sectional World Bank Enterprise Survey dataset in which innovation is categorised ...
The impact of oil imports on economic growth: Evidence from Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-02-20)
Production processes for most goods and services of every country depend on energy with oil inclusive. However, for a country like Uganda with few alternative sources of energy, over dependency on oil imports is likely to ...
Covariant shocks and their marginal effects on household coping strategies in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017)
This study analyzed covariant shocks and their marginal effects on household coping strategies in Uganda. Household level data contained in the Uganda National Household Survey (2005/2006) by Uganda Bureau of Statistics ...
Corruption and firm-level productivity: greasing or sanding effect?
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018)
Purpose:
Corruption was ranked among the top five biggest obstacles affecting the operation of enterprises in Africa and was rated as a severe obstacle by close to 40 percent of firms in the sample. Consequently, the ...
HIV/AIDS prevalence information and individual protective sexual behaviours in Uganda: An empirical examination
(Makerere University, 2018-09-07)
The responsiveness of individual sexual behaviour to HIV/AIDS prevalence knowledge and information greatly determines the spread of the epidemic and the future prevalence rates among a given society. Understanding the ...
The Determinants of Private Sector Demand for Loans in Uganda for the Period 1980-2015
(Makerere University, 2018-10-23)
This study aimed at examining the determinants of loan demand by the private sector in the Uganda using annual time series data for the period 1980-2015 Employing a time series analysis using the Johansen methodology, the ...
Determinants of Foreign direct investment (FDI) in East African Countries Using Panel data approach
(Makerere University, 2017-11)
This paper examines the determinants of FDI in East African countries. The study employed a penal data to empirically analyze the determinants of FDI in East Africa for the period 2000 to 2015. A Sample of 5 countries from ...
Effect of Exchange Rates on Foreign Direct Investment in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11)
Foreign Direct Investment is important in the world economies in terms of output, employment and trade. However, attracting FDI has been a great concern to many countries especially the emerging countries. This has led to ...