Browsing by Subject "Foreign direct investment"
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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 electricity consumption on industrial output in Tanzania (2005-2020)
(Makerere University, 2022)This study investigated the effects of electricity consumption on industrial output in Tanzania from the period of 2005 to 2020, using quarterly data from the National Bureau of Statistics, Bank of Tanzania and Tanzania ... -
Effect of foreign direct investment on manufacturing output in Rwanda (2000-2021)
(Makerere University, 2023-11)This study examined the effect of foreign direct investment on manufacturing output in Rwanda for the period from 2000 to 2021.The analysis of the study used secondary quarterly data from National institute of statistics ... -
The effect of foreign direct investment on tax revenue in Uganda (1990-2021)
(Makerere University, 2023-08)The objective of this research paper is to analyze the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on tax revenue in Uganda. Inward foreign direct investment, outward foreign direct investment, Gross Domestic Product, ... -
The effect of foreign direct investment on youth unemployment in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2024-12)This study investigates the role of FDI in mitigating youth unemployment. Using annual time series data for Uganda spanning the period 1991-2023, the study looked at youth unemployment as a dependent variable and FDI as ... -
Effect of foreign direct investment volatility on economic growth in Uganda (1986-2016)
(Makerere University, 2022-04)The objective of this study was to determine the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) volatility on economic growth in Uganda for the period 1986-2016. Quarterly data with 124 data points was used for analysis. ... -
The effect of foreign direct investments on economic growth in Uganda between 1989 and 2018
(Makerere University, 2021-03)Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) are one of the most essential drivers of economic growth in developing countries, and over the past two decades, many developing countries especially those in the Sub-Saharan Africa have ... -
Effect of foreign direct investments on export performance in Uganda
(2011-02)The Ugandan economy is a mixed economy and private sector plays a dominant role in terms of development potential (World Bank, 1991). Uganda has implemented an ambitious programme of economic liberalization (IMF, 2003) ... -
Effect of regime change on foreign direct investment inflows in Uganda (1970-2009).
(Makerere University, 2012-10)The objective of this study was to examine the effect of regime change on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Inflows in Uganda for the period 1970 to 2009. It reviews the theoretical and empirical evidence to assess how GDP ... -
Effects of foreign direct investment and domestic savings on economic growth in Uganda (2006-2019)
(Makerere University, 2021-09-21)The main objective of this study was to examine the effects of foreign direct investment and domestic savings on economic growth in Uganda. Secondary quarterly data was obtained from World Bank development indicators for ... -
Factors affecting foreign direct investment in Uganda (1985-2019)
(Makerere University, 2020-09)Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plays a crucial role in speeding up the development and economic growth of Uganda. Many developing countries rely on FDI to promote their economy as they face capital shortage for their ... -
Foreign direct investment and economic growth: the case of Uganda (1970-2007)
(2011-02)Most countries strive to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) because of its acknowledged advantages as a tool of economic development. Africa and Uganda in particular joined the rest of the world in seeking FDI as ... -
Foreign direct investment, productivity spill-overs and technology transfer on welfare of employees in selected service and manufacturing sectors in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-10)The researcher undertook to carry out a study about the relationship between foreign direct investments and welfare. A conceptual framework was developed relating to FDI, productivity spillovers, technology transfer and ... -
The impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth in Kenya (1980-2022)
(Makerere University, 2024-11)This major aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on economic growth in Kenya from 1980 to 2022, using an endogenous growth model. The study employs an Autoregressive Distributed Lag ... -
Impact of foreign direct investment on Uganda’s manufacturing sector
(Makerere University, 2023-11)This study examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on Uganda’s manufacturing sector output growth using the ARDL bounds testing approach over the period 1983-2020. Study findings show that FDI has a positive ... -
Impact of Public Debt on Private Investment in East Africa: Do Institutions Matter?
(Makerere University, 2018-09-27)The East African countries have ambitious development strategies to transform their economies to high income levels. In order to realize these high economic growth levels, governments have put in place development strategies ... -
The impact of public debt on Uganda's economic growth
(Makerere University, 2018-08)The objective of the study was to establish the impact of public debt on economic growth in Uganda by analysing the short run and long run relationships. The study employed secondary quarterly time series for the period ... -
Impact of selected macroeconomic variables on Uganda’s economic growth (1980-2017)
(Makerere University, 2021-04-09)The study investigated the impact of selected macroeconomic variables on Uganda’s economic growth. It specifically analyzed the effect of variables; initial Gross Domestic Product (GDP), gross capital formation (GCF), ... -
Inflation and economic growth; An empirical analysis of Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-11)In this paper, an examination of the relationship between and economic growth in Uganda over the period of 1990-2015 by using time series data is performed. The study employed the vector error correction model (VECM) and ... -
An investigation of the impact of private sector credit and foreign direct investment on domestic private investment in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-03)This study empirically evaluates the impact of foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Private Sector Credit (PSC) on Domestic Private Investment (DPI) in Uganda over the 1987-2018 periods. Specifically, the study aims at ...