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Ibrahim Mike Okumu

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13 December 2021

Uganda and COVID-19: Macroeconomic Policy Responses to the Pandemic

To contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Uganda implemented a cocktail of macroeconomic policy responses addressing the contraction of activities in the real and financial sector, and the impact on Ugandans’ livelihoods. Specif …

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20 September 2021

Macro-Economic Effects of COVID-19 on the EAC Economies – Working Paper

This paper undertook an exploratory study of the effects of COVID-19 on the economies of the East African Community (EAC) Partner States, and the respective policy choices undertaken by each Partner State. The rationale of the study was to identify the …

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20 September 2021

Efficacy of COVID-19 Macro-economic Policy Responses in Uganda

COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented economic and health shock in Uganda, as has been the case globally. After the World Health Organization announcement that COVID-19 was a global pandemic, the government of Uganda undertook decisive measures to abate …

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17 September 2021

Macro-Economic Effects of COVID-19 on the EAC Economies

There is no doubt that COVID-19 induced headwinds have rattled the EAC Partner States, the effects of which are: sluggish economic growth; weak private sector credit growth in spite of record low lending rates; weakened external sector and weakened fin …

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30 April 2020

La Performance des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises en Ouganda: Le Rôle de l’Innovation / Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Uganda: The Role of Innovation

Using the 2013 World Bank Enterprise Survey data for Uganda, this paper employs the quintile estimation technique to explain the relationship between innovation and firm performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Innovation involves the …

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30 January 2020

Performance of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Uganda: The Role of Innovation

Using the 2013 World Bank Enterprise Survey data for Uganda, this paper employs the quintile estimation technique to explain the relationship between innovation and firm performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Innovation involves the …

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19 November 2019

Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Uganda: The Role of Innovation

Using the 2013 World Bank Enterprise Survey data for Uganda, this paper employs the quintile estimation technique to explain the relationship between innovation and firm performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Innovation involves the …

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