School of Economics: Recent submissions
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Effect of climate variability on crop Diversity and Household Nutrition in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Agriculture is one of the leading sectors in the Kenyan economy and central to the country’s development strategy. The sector hires over 40 percent of the total Kenyan population, contributes to a quarter of the country’s ... -
Role of Private Insurance on Economic Growth in Kenya
(university of Nairobi, 2020)The study analysed the role of private insurance sector on Economic growth in Kenya. The main aim was to scrutinize the effects of insurance activities on growth in Kenyan economy. Type of data used was time series for the ... -
Service exports and economic growth in Kenya: a time series analysis 1980-2018
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The view that strong economic performance can be export led has been explored critically on the merchandise exports front however service exports, whose importance is seen to have increased in the last decade, have ... -
Private Sector Social Franchising and Its Effects on Contraceptive Utilization
(university of Nairobi, 2020)Partnerships such as social franchising have been voted as some of the best approaches to remedying the challenges faced by the public health sector. Yet, though considered an important model of healthcare delivery, ... -
Export Intensity and Manufacturing Firm Characteristics in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study of examines the influence that specific firm level characteristics have on export intensity of Kenyan manufacturing firms. Three waves of panel data (2007, 2013 and 2018) from the World Bank Enterprise Survey ... -
Determinants of total factor productivity in the Rwandan Services Sector
(University of Nairobi, 2020)It is perceived worldwide that the service sector is important especially in boosting economic growth and generating employment opportunities. More importantly in most developing countries, Rwanda included, the share of ... -
Cost-effectiveness of Emergency Obstetric Care in Bomet County: Comparing Ambulance Transfer and Self-referral
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: Obstetric complications are difficult to predict and may require referral, expedited by ambulance use. We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis among women admitted with obstetric emergencies through comparing ... -
An Empirical Assessment Of Technical Efficiency In The Kenya Sugar Industry: Data Envelopment Analysis (Dea) Approach
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The sugar industry in Kenya has been struggling and falls behind competitively produced sugar from COMESA and non-COMESA countries like Brazil. The key challenges facing the industry include high cost of production, low ... -
Impact Of Information Technology On Output Growth Of Manufacturing Firms In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Manufacturing firms strive to improve their output growth by using modern technology. It is evidenced that investments in modern technology have a positive link with firm performance and output growth. Since investments ... -
Effect Of Selected Corporate Governance Characteristics On Financial Performance Of Listed Firms In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Corporate governance structures are very critical for efficient firm performance in various sectors. The study sought to establish the effect of CG on the financial performance of listed firms in Kenya. The study will ... -
Determinants of Sugar Demand in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study examines the factors affecting the aggregate demand for sugar in Kenya using time series data dating from 1981 to 2018. The specific objectives of this study are: firstly, analyze the factors influencing the ... -
Determinants of External Public Debt Servicing in Kenya (1980-2019)
(University of Nairobi, 2020)For the last one decade, Kenya has been facing an upsurge in the public debt which has seen the country plunge into debt crisis. As at the first week of April 2020, Kenya’s debt to GDP ratio had reached 70 percent, the ... -
Predicting Bank Failure in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Predicting default or probability of failure is a concept that has brought out a lot of interest since 1960’s, the banking sector has not been left out as models have been developed to predict bank failure. In this study, ... -
Dynamic Analysis of Educational Attainment, Career Choice and Unemployment in Kenya
(Dynamic Analysis of Educational Attainment, Career Choice and Unemployment in Kenya, 2020)Despite transformations of the higher education system over the last decades, there has been increase in the enrollment to the low prospective by large proportion of the students. Consequently, this significantly reduces ... -
The effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Productivity: a comparative analysis between Central and Eastern Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Most countries have been taking advantage of the contribution of the inflows from FDI to improve the state of their economic performance. However, FDI inflows in Central and Eastern African regions are still low as compared ... -
The Effect of Remittances on Child Schooling in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Developing Countries grapple with inadequate public resources to finance education. Constrained public resources necessitates household income like remittances to complement public resources in their quest to finance ... -
The Impact of Foreign Aid on Public Expenditure in Kenya (1970 - 2018)
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The main objective of this study was to investigate the impact of foreign aid ion public expenditure in Kenya in the period 1970-2018. -
The effect of budget deficit on economic growth in Kenya
(UoN, 2020)Over the past few decades, budget deficits have gained a great deal of scrutiny. This is because most of the challenges facing developing countries have been blamed on it. The study looked at budget deficit link to ... -
Delays in Demand for Obstetric Fistula Treatment- a Case Study of Freedom From Fistula Foundation in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Obstetric fistula is an abnormal communication between the vagina, the bladder and or the rectum causing uncontrollable leakage of the urine and or the stool. It is considered as the single most dehumanizing injury occurring ... -
Determining the Existence of Calendar Anomalies on Stock Returns at the Nairobi Securities Exchange Market- Pre and Post the 2015 Reforms
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Random movements of stock returns have been studied since the introduction of the Efficient Market Hypothesis in the 1960s. Particularly, a range of stock calendar anomalies such as the Monday effect, the incredible January ...
