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Financial Development and Economic Growth in Uganda: A Multivariate Causal Linkage

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  • Nicholas M. Odhiambo
  • Sheilla Nyasha

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In this study, we have explored the dynamic causal relationship between financial development and economic growth in Uganda during the period from 1980 to 2015. Although the finance-growth nexus debate has been raging for decades, Uganda, similar to many other low-income sub-Saharan African countries, has not yet received adequate coverage on the subject. To eliminate the variable omission bias associated with some previous studies, two intermittent variables, namely savings and inflation, have been included alongside financial development and economic growth in a multivariate Granger-causality setting. In addition, five proxies of financial sector development have been used in the current study, namely money supply to GDP, deposit money bank assets as a percentage of bank assets, liquid liabilities to GDP, private credit by deposit money banks to GDP, and bank deposits to GDP. Using the ARDL approach, the findings of the study reveal that the direction of causality between financial development and economic growth in Uganda is not clear-cut. It varies from one model to the other, depending on the proxy used for financial development. When financial development is proxied by liquid liabilities to GDP and bank deposits to GDP, a unidirectional causal flow from financial development to economic growth is found to prevail. When deposit money bank assets to bank assets ratio is considered a proxy of financial development, astrong bi-directional causal relationship between financial development and economic growth is found to predominate. However, when money supply to GDP and private credit by deposit money banks to GDP are used as proxies, no causality is found to exist between financial development and economic growth in either direction. Based on these results, it is recommended that when drafting policies aimed at boosting economic growth, policymakers should target growth-led financial development proxies as policy implementation outcomes may vary depending on the targeted financial development proxy.

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  • Nicholas M. Odhiambo & Sheilla Nyasha, 2022. "Financial Development and Economic Growth in Uganda: A Multivariate Causal Linkage," Journal of African Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(2), pages 361-379, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:wjabxx:v:23:y:2022:i:2:p:361-379
    DOI: 10.1080/15228916.2020.1838834
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