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Does Investment in Human Capital Offset Oil Dependence? Unveiling the Drivers of Unemployment in Uganda
(Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 2024)This study explored the impact of human capital development on unemployment in Uganda. Employing a Vector Auto Regression (VAR) model informed by the Neoclassical growth theory, the research analyzed the relationship between ... -
Factor Input Prices and Unemployment in Uganda
(Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 2024)Examining the impact of input costs on unemployment in Uganda, this study employed an ARDL model based on the Efficiency Wage Theory. Analyzing annual data from 1987 to 2019 and controlling for economic size and currency ... -
Human Capital Development and Unemployment in Uganda: The Keynesian Theory of Unemployment in Perspective
(Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 2024)This study delves into the dynamic relationship between human capital development and unemployment in Uganda, employing a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) to analyze time series data on education and health expenditures ... -
Productivity Factors and the Growth of the Manufacturing Sector among the East African Community Members States: Testing the Adequacy of the Endogenous Growth Hypothesis
(American Journal of Economics, 2023)Purpose: It is well documented that the manufacturing industry plays a vital role in a country's economic growth and progress. This study benchmarks the endogenous growth paradigm in order to assess the productivity drivers ... -
Mobile Money Usage and Growth of Customers‟ Deposits in Commercial Banks in Kakoba Division, Mbarara Municipality
(International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) |Volume III, Issue IX, September 2019|ISSN 2454-6186, 2023)The study established the effect of Mobile money usage on growth of customers’ deposits in commercial banks. The study was guided by four objectives; establishing the mobile money operating cycle, whether mobile money ... -
Promotions, Information Asymmetry and Usage of Traditional Medicine in Central Uganda: A Qualitative Perspective
(Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care, 2023)Background: While extant literature highlights several motivations for Traditional Medicine (TM) usage; few studies have examined how promotions and information asymmetries influence traditional medicine usage behaviors. ... -
Relevance of interactive marketing practices for enhancing market performance: the case of soft drink manufacturing enterprises in Kigali city
(American Journal of Communication, 2022)Purpose: The digital environment today has presented a great challenge for companies, locally and internationally on how they can leverage interactive marketing practices to maintain a warm relationship with their clients. ... -
Human Capital Elements and their Influence on Performance: Evidence from Uganda’s Manufacturing Firms
(Global Journals Inc. (USA), 2014)Purpose- The purpose of this paper is to establish the elements of human capital that are influential in steering the performance of medium and large manufacturing firms (MLMC). Design/methodology /approach: A valid ... -
No Sources of Fuelwood, All Vegetation Cover is Done:Women Livelihoods and Oil-induced Displacement in Albertine Graben, Uganda
(Journal of Internal Displacement, 2021-08-24)Previous studies have treated oil-induced displacement, women’s livelihood, and the environment at separatee issue. No major study has paid full attention to the relationship between oil-induced displacement, the ... -
Causes of Small Business Failure in Uganda: A Case Study from Bushenyi and Mbarara Towns
(African Studies Quarterly, 2006)The privatization drive and the Civil and Public Service reforms that began in the early 1990s in Uganda laid a foundation for an increased number of small business enterprises. By 2002, small scale enterprises were ...