Economics

Volume 4, Issue 5, October 2015

  • Economic Valuation of Forest Ecosystems Service’s Role in Maintaining and Improving Water Quality

    Bamlaku Ayenew, Yemiryu Tesfay

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 5, October 2015
    Pages: 71-80
    Received: 9 July 2015
    Accepted: 15 August 2015
    Published: 26 August 2015
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    Abstract: The objective of this paper was to review the economic value of forest ecosystem services especially in maintaining and improving water quality and also to highlight the commonly applied techniques that are applied in the valuation of these economic values. The importance of natural forest ecosystems to human well-being cannot be overstated. What t... Show More
  • Foreign Direct Investment an Engine for Development: Factors Determining Its Inflow to the Sudan

    Emmanuel Pitia Zacharia Lado

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 5, October 2015
    Pages: 81-89
    Received: 19 August 2015
    Accepted: 1 September 2015
    Published: 14 September 2015
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    Abstract: The study was carried out to establish the possible factors that determine the inflow of Foreign Direct Investment into the Sudan. Using OLS and annual time series data for the period 1980 to 2011, the study established that variables that determine inflow of FDI both in the long-run and short-run for the Sudan are the market size and the level of ... Show More
  • Uganda’s Lint Export Performance Prior and Subsequent to Trade Liberalization

    Tomson Odongo

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 5, October 2015
    Pages: 90-97
    Received: 17 July 2015
    Accepted: 20 August 2015
    Published: 17 September 2015
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    Abstract: This study uses trend of available data to explain Uganda’s lint export performance in the periods prior and subsequent to Trade Liberalization. The study discovered that average growth rate of lint export from Uganda increased significantly in the period prior to trade liberalization but fell sharply in the period subsequent to Trade Liberalizatio... Show More