The impact of external debt on economic growth in Uganda (1986-2015)

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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.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.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/10418
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
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