The Impact of Domestic Debt on Economic Growth in Malawi

Domestic debt has over recent years increasingly grown to be a significant portion of the financing budget for the government of Malawi. As such, this study investigated the impact that domestic debt has on economic growth in Malawi. The research employed classical time series estimations techniques covering unit root and cointegration analysis based on annual data from 1984 to 2015 to examine the long-run and short-run relationship between domestic debt and economic growth in Malawi. The findings of the study show that in the long-run domestic debt has a positive impact on economic growth in Malawi, while a negative long-run relationship was established between inflation and economic growth. High inflation was found to stifle economic growth. In addition, the study established that government consumption expenditure and population growth also have a negative impact on economic growth. The study therefore recommends that the government needs to use domestic debt in moderation for as long as it positively impacts economic growth and that an effective monetary policy exists that reins in inflation. Furthermore, the study recommends that government needs to control government expenditure and take acceptable steps that will manage population growth.

Grantor

Graduate School of Business (GSB)

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Chitera, Felix

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Alhassan, Abdul Latif

• Development Finance

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33689

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/33689