ACKNOWLEGEMENT

My foremost sincere thanks go to the Almighty God, to whom knowledge, wisdom

and power belong for keeping me in good health and guiding me throughout my
academic life.
My appreciation goes to School of Economics, University of Nairobi for giving me
the opportunity to pursue a Master of Arts in Economic Policy Management degree
and providing me with a good study environment.
Special thanks to my supervisors, Dr. Thomas Nyaenya Ongoro and Dr. Seth Omondi
Gor who were always available to help me throughout the research process. I highly
recognize their advice, time spent and support in this research work.
I appreciate the efforts of my eldest brother Maj. Deng Mabior Deng for taking me to
school. I also extend my gratitude to both Deng Kuot and Gureech Anyang families
for sacrificing a lot for my sake. As families your prayers, moral support and
encouragement have helped me throughout my academic life.
I equally appreciate the intellectual and moral support from my classmates of the M.A
Economics 2012/2013 for the encouragements and cheers during my studies. I am
equally thankful to these particular fellow South Sudanese postgraduate students at
the School of Economics of the University of Nairobi; Garang Atem, Mabior
Makuach, Bol Agoot, Ahmed Morgan and Bida Joseph.
I highly appreciate and recognize Bank of South Sudan for offering me a job and
supporting me during the process of doing this research. I am thankful to Bank of
South Sudan management and all my colleagues.
The views expressed in this study are my own and do not represent the views of any
of the named person (s) or institutions (s). I solely bear the responsibility for any
errors and/ or omissions.