School of Economics: Recent submissions
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Bank Performance and Insurance Uptake Nexus: an Empirical Analysis of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Banks and insurance companies are part of a country’s financial system; they both provide intermediation services by converting savings into investment funds. By this, they are expected to be linked. However, few papers ... -
Determinants of Full Immunization Amongst Children Aged 12-59 Months Born to Adolescent Mothers in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The burden of immunization in third world countries has been a major policy and social issue. For immunization to be completely effective, all the endorsed vaccinations have to be received. In 2018, 19.4 million children ... -
The Nexus Between Public Debt and Gross Capital Formation in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Governments seek financial resources from domestic as well as external sources to supplement tax revenues in meeting the financial needs. Kenya has been increasingly borrowing to finance expenditures with an increased ... -
The Effect of Female Top Managers on the Performance of Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The gender equality agenda and its accompanying benefits in the governance of corporates has been and continues to be a focus of many a debate around the world. Many corporate jobs and leadership positions have historically ... -
Factors That Influence the Demand for Shares Listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The capital market authority has cited a low uptake of capital market products in Kenya. With regards to shares, the local investor participation in the Nairobi Securities Exchange is quite low at 33 percent of the total ... -
The Impact of ICT on Export Behaviour of Manufacturing Firms in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The objective of the study was to determine the impact of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) on firm export behavior in Kenya. More specifically, the study sought to evaluate how the use of company website, ... -
Effects of Interest Rate on Bank Sector Asset Quality in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)In the Kenya vision 2030, financial services were designated as one of the six key priority sectors within the plan framework. The plan framework was introduced in 2008 to be implemented through a series of medium-term ... -
Determinants of Uptake of Immunization Services Among Children Aged Below 12 Months in Aldai Sub-county, Nandi County.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Immunization remains as one of the most powerful tool of disease prevention and control worldwide and is thus considered to be a very crucial part of global and national disease prevention and control policies. Kenya’s ... -
Influence of Social Capital on Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture: Evidence From Nyando Basin, Southwestern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Climate change is threatening smallholder farmers’ livelihoods, specifically in the sub-Saharan region. In Kenya, floods, droughts and temperature rise have had an adverse impact on livestock and crop production resulting ... -
Analyzing Factors That Contribute to Patient Adherence to the Required Repeat Hospital Visits in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Adherence to repeat hospital visits is the degree to which individuals follow the given treatment regulations after visiting a health facility, which includes making all the required visits which is a key component in the ... -
Essays on Child Health Disparities in Nigeria
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The United Nations has identified equity in health as a marker of overall development. Disparities abound in almost every facet in Nigeria, but disparities in the health sector, especially child health (i.e. child health ... -
Determinants of Health Seeking Behavior Among Households With Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) contribute to over 70 % of total global mortality, with over 50% of Kenyans reported to suffer from more than one NCD. Over 55% of the Mortalities in Kenya are from CNCDs. There ... -
Government Expenditure, Efficiency, Institutional Quality and Economic Growth in Sub-saharan African Countries
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The aim of this thesis was threefold. First, the study scrutinized the role of government spending on output growth for SSA countries. SSA countries’ economic growth has been low compared to other developing regions. ... -
Essays on Tobacco in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Despite Kenya being a signatory to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and passing of the Kenya Tobacco Control Act (KTCA) of 2007 as a commitment to reducing consumption and ... -
Effects of Interest Rate on Bank Sector Asset Quality in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)In the Kenya vision 2030, financial services were designated as one of the six key priority sectors within the plan framework. The plan framework was introduced in 2008 to be implemented through a series of medium-term ... -
Determinants of Modern Contraceptive Use Among Rural Women in Kenya
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Effects of Capitation on Service Quality in Hospitals Accredited by Nhif in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The project sought to establish the effect of capitation payment on health care service delivery in hospitals accredited by the NHIF in the county government of Nairobi, Kenya. Specifically, this project sought to establish ... -
Financial Literacy and Household Savings in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Kenya has made significant progress towards access of financial services with the hope that increase in financial access would certainly raise household savings. Despite the Significant progress made by the Kenyan ... -
Infrastructure Development, Trade, and Economic Growth in the East African Community: an Empirical Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Infrastructure holds a central position in a country’s economic activity, hence the need to do a comprehensive analysis of its specific contributions to an economy. In the last decades, the East African Community (EAC) ...
