The debate on the effect of democracy on economic development or growth has been comprehensively growing since the 1980s in theoretical and empirical literature. The key Questions have been: ‘’Does democracy promote economic development/ growth? What is the effect of regime type on economic...

Descriptive and correlational research designs guided by both quantitative and qualitative data collection approaches were used. The study had a sample size of 143 (86% response rate) small scale business operator respondents who answered a questionnaire. Objective one findings revealed a...

In the past two decades, there have been significant changes in national and international policies of foreign direct investment (FDI). These changes have been both cause and effect in the ongoing integration of the world economy and the changing role of FDI in it. They have found expression in...

Sovereignty is a key matter in international law. Due to new problems and demands, the density of international institutions has risen in the new world order bringing in new international norms that are intrusive on each other. This study focused on international law and its relationship to...

Structural Change is seen by development economics theorists as a driver of sustained and sustainable growth. African countries that have understood this prioritize structural change policies in their national development programs in order to reduce poverty and promote employment through...

Fundamentally, industrialization requires a strong development oriented state with a long-term vision of structural transformation, a highly committed political leadership, and effective transformative institutions. In Uganda, Vision 2040 emphasizes the manufacture of consumer, investment and...

The purpose of this book is to introduce students to the exciting and challenging subject of development economics, which draws on several branches of economics in order to elucidate and understand the development difficulties facing the economies of the world’s poor countries. This does not...

The study focuses on the related issues of the new institutional economics and political economy research: the evolution of formal economic and political institutions overtime; the causality between political institutions and economic institutions, and that between institutions and economic...