Economics Research Papers/Topics

Exchange Rate and Capital Flight: An Empirical Analysis

Exchange rate volatility and declining capital inflow are important policy issues that inform macroeconomic policies and strategies of developing countries. Most developing economies have small potential resource base, faces foreign exchange volatility and limited market of agricultural products, thus investigating the role of capital flight is significant for these states. Cognizant of this, the study will try to answer the paradox of capital outflow and exchange uncertainty. The research wi...

External Debt and Capital Flight in East Africa

Capital flight remains significant for public officials in East Africa member states, especially since the emergenceof the foreign debt crisis and the associated drastic decline in capital inflows from developed nations and BrettonWoods institutions. Given their smaller resource base, debt accumulation and budget deficit, the problem of capitalflight in developing nations requires examination. The study examined the effect of accumulating external debt oncapital flight in East African countri...

Inflation and Saving: A Puzzle

In the wake of the steep fall in the national savings due to economic shocks, among them the COVID-19 pandemic macroeconomic consequences, this study examines to what extent inflation explains the variation in the saving behavior in developing countries. Most past empirical studies investigated the role of inflation on savings only in advanced nations. The current study will investigate the effect of inflation on savings culture in Kenya. To determine how inflation explains saving, the study ...

Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Uganda (1990-2016)

ABSTRACT  This study examined the impact of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on economic growth in Uganda using time series data from 1990-2016.The specific objectives of the study were: to examine the effect of FDI on Agricultural sector growth, Manufacturing sector growth, Industrial sector growth and Service sector growth in Uganda using Seemingly Unrelated Regression analysis (SUR). This method of analysis allows modeling of the sector growth rates on same set of FDI, Human capital, l...

The Relationship between Remittance and Human Development in Mogadishu Somalia (2000-2009)

ABSTRACT  The study investigated the relationship between remittance and Human Development in Somalia with the objectives of establishing the relationship between remittance and Social Development in Mogadishu and establishes the relationship between remittance and Household Poverty levels in Mogadishu. The study used a nonexperimental case study design using quantitative and qualitative approaches on a sample size of 399 respondents who receive and do not receive remittance in Mogadishu cap...

Activity Planning and Success of Community Projects in Selected Organizations in Maroodijeex Region, Somaliland

Abstract Community development Project failure is standing issue that is common in ;omaliland which inhibits the improvement of socio-economic development of the ountry. The government of Somaliland attached great importance for all evelopmental projects as a developing edge of the country. The purpose of this study to determine and describe the impact of activity planning on success of community rojects of selected organizations in Maroodijeex region of Somaliland. This study is iming at kno...

Trade Openness and Government Size in Uganda (1986-2017)

ABSTRACT One of the major issues that have dominated policy making in countries all over the world is the need to remove restrictions to trade and cross border financial transactions and there is high possibility for these countries to be exposed to high external risk caused by turbulence in international market, therefore, this study investigated the relationship between trade openness and government size in Uganda From 1986-2017. The following objectives guided the study: i) to determine th...

Technical Efficiency and Profitability of Chicken Production in Kaduna State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT  Achieving profitability in production is a great challenge facing chicken producers which is constrained by inefficiency and other challenges facing the chicken production industry. Technical efficiency in chicken was a strategy in mitigating the profitability problem. The study was based on technical efficiency of input on output, profitability, employment of labor in chicken production and optimal productivity of labor employed relative to cost and revenue in chicken production i...

Economic Growth and Unemployment in Uganda (1991-2014).

Abstract  This post-graduate thesis presents a regression analysis of the accumulated empirical evidence on the relationship between economic growth and unemployment in Uganda. Okun’s law emphasis the relationship between economic growth and unemployment stating that there is inverse relationship among economic growth and unemployment. Even so, sometimes both variables move towards same direction meaning an increase of economic growth leads to a rise of unemployment. The researcher employe...

Inflation and Economic Growth in Uganda 1980-2010

ABSTRACT  The study was carried out to determine the relationship between the level of inflation and the level of economic growth (growth rate) in Uganda between 1980-2010. The study used the expostfacto research design and descriptive co relational survey design. The researcher also used annual statistical records about inflation rate as measured by consumer price index (CPI) and growth rate. The researcher used purposive sampling strategy in the process of data collection and used record s...

Public Expenditure and Economic Growth in Uganda From 1995-2014

ABSTRACT  The main purpose of this study was to establish the influence of public expenditure on economic growth in Uganda from 1995-2014. It was driven by three major objectives; To determine the trend of public expenditure from 1995 -2014; To determine the trend of economic growth from 1995-2014; To establish if there is significant relationship between public expenditure and economic growth from 1995-2014. Using time series data from the world bank and Uganda bureau of statistics, both co...

Economic Growth and Unemployment in Uganda (1991 2014)

Abstract  This post-graduate thesis presents a regression analysis of the accumulated empirical evidence on the relationship between economic growth and unemployment in Uganda. Okun’s law emphasis the relationship between economic growth and unemployment stating that there is inverse relationship among economic growth and unemployment. Even so, sometimes both variables move towards same direction meaning an increase of economic growth leads to a rise of unemployment. The researcher employe...

Remittances and Economic Growth in Uganda (1993-2017)

ABSTRACT  A booming interest in the topic of Diaspora remittances has developed over the past few years on the part of academics, donors, international financial institutions, commercial banks, money transfer operators, microfinance institutions, and policy makers. The surge of remittances to countries of origin in the last two decades, exceeding aid and foreign direct investment (FDI) to developing countries, has reignited debate on their development potential in receiving countries. Alongs...

Trade Policy and Performance of Export Manufacturing Industries in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT  This study examines the impact of trade policy and performance of export manufacturing industries in Nigeria. It adopts time series data on a number of policy variables to determine their impacts on the manufacture exports as well as their significance or otherwise in stimulating export in Nigeria. In specific term, it also (a) identify the major determinants of manufacture exports in Nigeria, (b) determine the causal relationship existing between manufacture exports and trade poli...

Remittances and Economic Growth in Uganda (1993 - 2017)

ABSTRACT A booming interest on the topic of Diaspora remittances has developed over the past few years on the part ofacademics, donors, international financial institutions, commercial banks, money transfer operators, microfinance institutions, andpolicy makers, The surge of remittances to countries of origin in the last two decades, exceeding aid and foreiqn direct investment (FDI) to developing countries, has reignited debate on their development potential in receiving countries. Alongside...


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