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Exley Silumbu

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

Exley Silumbu, focuses on the following key SDGs through interdisciplinary work addressing global challenges.

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Capital Flight and Its Determinants: Evidence from Malawi

Many studies have attempted identifying the determinants of capital flight in the Sub Sahara African region. Most of them have focused on testing the portfolio choice theory while assuming that capital inflows meant for public investment are diverted by political elites and politically exposed persons and firms to foreign countries’ bank account... Read more

School: School of Law, Economics and Government

Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2023

Author: Magombo, John Hatman Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu

Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism: Evidence from the Southern African Development Community (sadc)

This study conducts a comparative analysis of the monetary policy transmission mechanism in the SADC region by assessing the importance and similarity of the interest rate channel for the SADC countries. Using the vector auto-regression (VAR) approach, the study focuses on the reduced-form relationships between short term interest rates, inflati... Read more

School: School of Law, Economics and Government

Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017

Author: Mkombe, Dadirai Patricia Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu

Fiscal and Monetary Policy Interactions in Malawi

This study analyses the nature of the interaction between fiscal and monetary policy in Malawi during the period 1980 to 2014. Accordingly, a Vector Autoregressive (VAR) analysis was employed to examine the issue of policy coordination and dominance by means of innovation accounting. The results of the study reveal that the two policies were wea... Read more

School: School of Law, Economics and Government

Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2016

Author: Mapila, Salim Ahmed Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu

Impact of the Spaghetti Bowl in Regional Trade Agreements on Trade Flows in Eastern and Southern Africa: Case of Malawi in Comesa and Sadc

The spaghetti bowl hypothesis states that multiple and overlapping memberships in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) is problematic globally including on African continent. Malawi is a founding member of two regional blocs namely: the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). According... Read more

School: School of Law, Economics and Government

Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2014

Author: Tsokalida, Elias Ellias Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu

Potential for Exporting Into Sadc and Comesa Countries from Malawi

The economy of Malawi is feeling the effects of persistent trade deficits. This has resulted in recurrent shortage of foreign currency on the formal market. This study puts up a case for increasing exports into the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) regions. A view peddled by t... Read more

School: School of Law, Economics and Government

Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2013

Author: Namarika, Bisa Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu

Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Uganda

The study used multivariate vector autoregressive model (VAR) to investigate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth, and assess the determinants of FDI inflows in Uganda for the periods between 1970 and 2010. Interpretations of results are based on Granger-Causality and innovation accounting (variance decomposition and ... Read more

School: School of Law, Economics and Government

Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012

Author: Odongo, Maxwell Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu

An Investigation of the Determinants of Intra Industry Trade Between Zambia and Its Trading Partners in the Southern African Development Community (sadc)

It has been hypothesised that the degree of specialization in Intra Industry Trade (IIT) is highly correlated with the level of a country’s development. Therefore, since specialization mostly characterizes manufacturing goods and not primary commodity exports of which countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are mainly depe... Read more

School: School of Law, Economics and Government

Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2010

Author: Mulenga, Mulenga Chonzi Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu

The Demand for Bank Credit in Malawi: a Cross-sector Panel Approach

Bank credit constitutes a single vital source of financing for private sector firms in an economy. Its availability makes it relatively easy for entrepreneurs to obtain financing to start a new business and for established businesses to purchase new equipment and technologies to expand their operations. Private sector credit is also one of the m... Read more

School: School of Law, Economics and Government

Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2007

Author: Ibrahim, Patrick Grafton Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu

An Empirical Study of the Demand for Money in Uganda

In this study, the demand for real money M1 and M2 is estimated for Uganda covering the period 1980-2004 on a quarterly basis. The modelling takes place within the framework of the ordinary least squares (OLS) single equation estimation method. The choice of this single equation estimation technique was because it is simple to use and it has bee... Read more

School: School of Law, Economics and Government

Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006

Author: Muhofa, Hamala Denis Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu

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