| dc.contributor.author | Opaman, Micaiah Joshua | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-28T08:13:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-04-28T08:13:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-08 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/10418 | |
| dc.description | A Research Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Statistics | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The study investigated the impact of external debt on economic growth in Uganda for the period
1986-2015.
Time series data on external debt stock and external debt service was used to capture external debt
burden.
The study set out to test for both a long run and causal relationship between external debt and
economic growth in Uganda.
An empirical investigation was conducted using time series data on Gross Domestic Product,
External Debt Stock, External Debt Payments and Exchange Rate from 1986-2015.
The techniques of Estimation employed in the study include Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) test,
Johansen Co-integration, Vector Auto Regression Approach and Granger Causality Test.
The results show No long run relationship and an independent relationship between external debt
and economic growth in Uganda. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.subject | External debt | en_US |
| dc.subject | Economic growth | en_US |
| dc.subject | External debt burden. | en_US |
| dc.title | The impact of external debt on economic growth in Uganda (1986-2015) | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | The impact of external debt on economic growth in Uganda (1986-2015) | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
