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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the extent at which oil revenue management impacts on people’s socio-economic status in Unity State, South Sudan. In fulfilling this purpose, the following research objectives were set and these included: to establish effectiveness of oil revenue management; to examine socio-economic status of people in Unity State; and to establish relationship between oil revenue management and people’s socio-economic status in Unity State. Descriptive...
ABSTRACT This study set out to investigate the relationship between food production, arable land and population growth. The objectives of this study were; to examine the relationship between Food Production, Arable Land Size and population growth in Uganda, determine the level of food production in Uganda from 1990 to 2010, determine the level of arable land size in Uganda from 1990 to 2010, and the level of population growth in Uganda from 1990 to 2010. The study employed a cross-sectional s...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out in Kampala district. It covered employment in the formal private sector organizations in various sectors ranging from educational, health to constructional services. Th~ major objectives of this study was to examine the private sector development and its implication in determining the employment conditions under which the employees in the formal private sector organizations worked, the existing laws and regulations governing the working conditions in privat...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of foreign direct investment on unemployment rate in Uganda from 1991 -2017. It was driven by two major objectives, which are to investigate if there is casual relationship between foreign direct investment and unemployment rate in Uganda and to examine the effect of foreign direct investment on unemployment rate in Uganda. The study used time series data in between 1991 to 2017 from the World Bank and Uganda Bureau of stat...
ABSTRACT The overall objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between exchange rate and economic growth of Uganda (1984 -2015). The objectives included to determine the relationship between interest rate and economic growth of Uganda, to establish the relationship between private sector investments and economic growth of Uganda and to establish if there is a significant relationship between exchange rate and economic growth in Uganda in the years (1984-2015). The study was c...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out mainly to analyze the influence that the Regional Economic Integration has on the economic development of Rwanda since joining EAC and then investigating the extent of economic integration in Rwanda, and determining the level of economic development in Rwanda. Although there is integration in EAC, the economic development and well-being of the society in Rwanda have not been reached to a sustainable development. Regional economic integration of EAC is facing...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the Civil Society Organizations Contributions (CSO5) on different programs and projects planned and executed and Concern Borama in the wellbeing of the beneficiaries in particular and the contribution they made to the poverty reduction efforts of the District. In light of this, Primary data collected from Field and data collected through questionnaire were used to make the paper sound. Simple random sampling design was employe...
ABSTRACT The research aimed at assessing the impacts of private sector on economic development of Somalia, beledwein district, hiran region as a case study. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques were used .The qualitative techniques was presented by use of tables and converted to percentages according to the themes, the data collection method used include questionnaires, observation and the data was descriptive in nature. The objective of the study was to examine the major effects of p...
ABSTRACT Ghana has been a recipient of several trade preferences fashioned to increase its export earnings and diversify its exports. Among these trade preferences are the notable EUACP and AGOA adopted by the EU and US respectively. The study draws motivation from the relative sparcity of literature that seeks to investigate the effect of these preferences on individual developing countries and the inconclusiveness of existing studies. The main objective of the study is to find out if the E...
ABSTRACT Global demand for easy mobility is increasing and the environmental impact of transport has become an important concern in transportation network planning and decision-making. As a result suitable methods are required to assess fuel consumption and emissions reduction strategies that seek to improve energy efficiency and decarbonisation. This thesis looks at the contribution of toll plazas to transport CO2 emissions as it is at these specific locations that bottlenecks and congestio...