Papers by Ferdinand Nkikabahizi
Forest policy and economics, Aug 1, 2024
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Forest Science and Technology
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Frontiers in African Business Research, 2017
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University of Kurdistan Hewler, Jun 30, 2021
Economists use two different approaches, unitary and collective, to analyze household decisions. ... more Economists use two different approaches, unitary and collective, to analyze household decisions. The unitary approach ignores the differences between single-person and multi-person households, whereas the collective approach states that each person in the household must be characterized by specific preferences. The household’s decisions concern mainly the allocation of their income to current consumption or for savings and future consumer expenditures. This study uses the Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) data collected from a random sample in 2015 in Rwanda. The ordinary least squares (OLS) method was applied to a linear regression model to estimate the household demand functions (total household consumption expenditures, household food consumption expenditures and household nonfood consumption expenditures). The results show that the socioeconomic characteristics of the household, the possession of productive assets and wealth conditions as well as the household locational controls are among the primary drivers of its consumption expenditures. The findings highlight the policy efforts that improve household human capital (education, health), access to and capitalization of productive assets and financial capital, continuous urbanization of rural areas, and sustained provision of quality infrastructure, to achieve high standards of household welfare.Peer reviewe
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This research article focuses on the impact of Monetary Policy on GDP. GDP no doubt is affected b... more This research article focuses on the impact of Monetary Policy on GDP. GDP no doubt is affected by the Monetary Policy of the state. The research papers of various authors have been studied in this regard to prove the Hypothesis and after in depth analysis by applying Regression Analysis technique it has been observed that the relationship between the two exists. The data from 1999 to March 2013 has been used for driving the conclusion. In doing this, the Ordinary Least Squares Method (OLS) is used to analyze data between 1999 and 2013. The study proved that the Lending interest rate have minor relationship with GDP but the Growth in Money Supply and Nominal exchange rate greatly affects the NGDP of Rwandan economy, obviously various unknown factors also affects the GDP. Growth in Money Supply has a huge impact on GDP. The effects of stochastic shocks of each of the endogenous variables are explored using Error Correction Model (ECM). The study shows that Long run relationship exist...
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This paper empirically examines the relationship between balance of trade and economic growth in ... more This paper empirically examines the relationship between balance of trade and economic growth in the East African Community’s (EAC) member countries. It investigates this issue in a panel of EAC member countries (Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi) for the period 1991–2015. Data on GDP growth, exports, imports, BOT, gross capital formation, FDI, exchange rate and the labor force participation rate was collected from the World Development Indicators (WDI). Different tests were done for the panel unit root (IPS, MW, Breitung and LLC) test, the results of which show that except LFPR which was I(2); the other variables were I(0). The results of the Housman test show that there was no systematic difference between the fixed effects model (FEM) and the random effects model (REM). Further, EXP, LFPR, GCF, FDI and D were positively connected with RGDP in five EAC countries; in short they are the key pillars of the growing economy in the region under study. This means that an increa...
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This study examines the impact of economic stability measures (inflation and unemployment rates) ... more This study examines the impact of economic stability measures (inflation and unemployment rates) on real gross domestic product (GDP) in Rwanda. It uses quarterly data for the period of 2000Q1–2015Q4 collected from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Central Bank of Rwanda and the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR). This study concludes that inflation and unemployment have a long-run negative and significant relationship on real gross domestic product. In the long run, the coefficients are not significant at the 5% level; it is only the inflation coefficient and error which are significant. Real gross domestic product increases when inflation reduces with a p-value of 0.00266; real gross domestic product increases when unemployment reduces with a p-value of 0.09882. The coefficient from the error correction model means that the effect of the shock will reduce by 0.0483% each quarter, meaning that the effect of the shock will reduce by 19.32% in each 4th qua...
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This study seeks to assess the contribution of UmwalimuSaving and Credit Cooperative (Umwalimu Sa... more This study seeks to assess the contribution of UmwalimuSaving and Credit Cooperative (Umwalimu Sacco) on socio-economic development of teachers in Rwanda. Specifically the study was guided by the following objectives: to assess the contribution of saving on Umwalimu Saccothat increase the socio-economic development of teachersin Rwanda; to examine the impact of loan/credit provided by Umwalimusocio-economic development of teachers in Rwanda and the last determine the importance of teachers’ cooperatives supported by Umwalimu Sacco on socio-welfare -economic development of teachersin Rwanda. The study used a convenient sample that included 90 respondents out of 1276 from Primary and Secondly Teachers members of Umwalimu Sacco inGasabo District, Officials of Umwalimu Sacco and finally the officials ofGasabo District. The survey was conducted anonymously through the Internet and participants were asked to answer a researcher-developed questionnaire such as the contribution of saving on...
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Economists use two different approaches, unitary and collective, to analyze household decisions. ... more Economists use two different approaches, unitary and collective, to analyze household decisions. The unitary approach ignores the differences between single-person and multi-person households, whereas the collective approach states that each person in the household must be characterized by specific preferences. The household’s decisions concern mainly the allocation of their income to current consumption or for savings and future consumer expenditures. This study uses the Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) data collected from a random sample in 2015 in Rwanda. The ordinary least squares (OLS) method was applied to a linear regression model to estimate the household demand functions (total household consumption expenditures, household food consumption expenditures and household nonfood consumption expenditures). The results show that the socioeconomic characteristics of the household, the possession of productive assets and wealth conditions as well as the...
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AGROFOR, 2019
This study investigated the level of productivity and competitiveness of Rwandanagriculture by fo... more This study investigated the level of productivity and competitiveness of Rwandanagriculture by focusing on the case study of the maize sector. The data werecollected through close monitoring of maize production activities on a sample of 50producers from five maize producers’ cooperatives selected in the districts ofHuye, Rusizi, Gasabo, Burera and Bugesera (Rwanda) during two agriculturalseasons of 2013/2014 and 2014/2015. They were supplemented by directobservation, interviews with targeted resource persons and secondary data onmaize imports and exports retrieved from FAOSTAT website. The analysis wasconducted using the comparative analysis, the farm-level economic performanceindicators, the Net Export Index (NEI) and the Grubel-Lloyd (GL) measure. Theresults revealed that the yield was very low compared to theoretical expected yieldsfor about 80% of producers. The analysis showed that the rational use of improvedseeds, chemical and organic fertilizers improved the yield. The analy...
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