).>;> ABSTRACT This study set out to investigate the impact of agricultural credit on farm productivity for export in Bichi Local Government, Kano State, Nigeria. The study was guided by the following objectives: i) to determine the level of farm productivity in Bichi local government, Kano State, Nigeria, ii) to find out the common challenges faced by the local farmers in accessing agricultural credit from commercial banks in Bichi local government, and iii) to assess the effect of agricult...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of exchange rate on gross domestic product in Uganda from 1990 to 2010. The factors investigated upon included; to establish the trend and growth rate of exchange rates in Uganda 1990-2010.To examine the trend and growth rate of GDP in Uganda between 1990-2010.To find out the relationship between changes in the exchange rate and Uganda’s GDP between 1990-2010, The researcher used regression analysis to determine the relati...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the determinants of poverty in the Urban West region of Zanzibar. It sought to find out the poverty levels and its average whether it is high, low or very low and finally the government initiatives and programmes in poverty eradication. The researcher used primary and secondary sources of literature in his review. These were books, journals, magazines, reports and first hand from experts which were relating to poverty. The research report adopted a descriptive l...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to establish the influence of exchange rate volatility on export of coffee in Uganda from 1992-2016. It was driven by five major objectives, to examine the significant influence of exchange rate volatility on export of coffee in Uganda, To examine the effect of inflation rates on export of Coffee (1992-2016), To establish the effect of interest rates on export of Coffee To examine the effect of foreign direct investments on export of Coffee, To exam...
Abstract The Nigerian economy is at crossroads manifested through rising unemployment rates and low GDP growth rates as well as low investment cum savings rates. Hence the study sought to determine the effects of some macroeconomic variables on domestic savings, private investment and the economic growth of Nigeria during the period of 1981-2015. To achieve the stated objectives of the study, domestic savings, private investment and economic growth models were formulated on the basis of funct...
ABSTRACT Study used multivariate vector autoregressive model (VAR) to investigate the impact of foreign Direct investment (FDI) on economic growth, and assess the determinants of FDI inflows in Uganda for the periods between 1986 and 2016. Interpretations of results are based on Granger causality and innovation accounting (variance decomposition and impulse response functions). The study finds that international capital flows are of great importance in stimulating economic growth in Uganda. R...
ABSTRACT This study determined the relationship between communication infrastructure and economic empowerment of people Rukara Sector in Kayonza District in Rwanda. To achieve this main purpose of the study, three research objectives were set and these included: to determine the level of communication infrastructure; to determine the level of economic empowerment of people; and to establish whether there is significant relationship between communication infrastructure and economic empowerment...
Using an empirical model linking public debt to public investment, this study uses annual data from 1970-2010 and employs panel fixed-effects approach to estimate the effect of external and public debt, as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), on public investment in East Africa Community (EAC). Levin-Lin-Chu test (LLC) and Engle-Granger approach were used to investigate the properties of the data with respect to Unit roots and Cointegration respectively. The Hausman specification test was...
The goal of this research was to investigate empirically how government expenditurecontributes to economic growth in East Africa from 1980-2010. Using balanced panel fixedeffect model, government expenditure was disaggregated to scrutinize its effect of growth.The study tested for panel unit root and found that only two variables, that is, GDP andinvestment expenditure are stationary at level. The finding confirms the conventional viewthat relative investment expenditure promotes economic gro...
Over the period of thirty four years, between 1981 and 2015, the East African Community economies have witnessed inconsistent and downward trend on the level of private investments as percentage of GDP. Several studies have been done regarding the determinants of private investment at country level while others have focused on budget/fiscal deficit, regional integration and economic growth but the findings are inconsistent. However, from the empirical literature review, most of the studies ig...
This paper empirically explores the effect of domestic debt, as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), on economic growth in the East Africa Community (EAC) over the period 1990-2010. This study was based on the Solow growth model augmented for debt. Levin-Lin-Chu test (LLC) was used to investigate the properties of the data with respect to Unit roots. The Hausman specification test was used to select the panel fixed-effects model, which was corrected for heteroscedasticity. The results sho...
The rationale of this study was to examine empirically how components of public sector size relates to GDP growth in East Africa from 1985-2015. Using balanced panel fixed or random effect model, public sector expenditure was disaggregated to scrutinize its effect of growth. The research tested for panel unit root and found that only two variables, that is, real GDP growth and capital spending - are stationary at level. The finding confirms the conventional view that relative capital spending...
This research scrutinizes economic expansion, CO2 emissions and energy utilization relationship in Kenya by using FMOLS estimate. This study considers the causality matters among oil (Non renewable), electricity (Renewable) use, CO2 emissions, and GDP growth in Kenya by employing time series techniques and annual data for the period 1980–2017. The obtained empirical results from this study indicate that CO2 emissions and electricity effect negatively economic expansion while oil consumption...
The paper investigated the interactive effect of agricultural capital and labour input and research and development on agricultural sector expansion in East African Community between the period 2000 and 2014. According to the endogenous growth theory, research and development leads to increase in the stock of knowledge which in turn has got spillover effects hence leads to economic growth. However, empirical studies on the interactive effect on the agricultural sector are minimal in the EAC h...
his study empirically examined the effect of research and development on agricultural sector growthin East African Community from the year 2000-2014. According to the endogenous growth theory,research and development leads to increase in the stock of knowledge which in turn has got spill overeffects hence leads to economic growth. However, little is known on the effect of R&D on theagricultural sector in the EAC hence the study sought to bridge this knowledge gap. The objective ofthis study w...