School of Economics: Recent submissions
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Does Government Borrowing Affect the Supply of Private-sector Credit? A Kenyan Experience.
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Public debt is gaining prominence in Kenyan and African political decision-making. It is also a hot subject in the macroeconomic management in most economies of the world. This study aimed at investigating the effect of ... -
The Agricultural Output-economic Growth Nexus in Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia has identified agriculture as among th'e sect'ors to drive econo'mic gro'wth. This implicitly assumed a causal link from agricultural output to economic growth. However, ... -
Crude Oil's Effect on South Sudan's Economy (1990-2020)
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This research was preoccupied with crude oil’s effect on South Sudan’s economy, both in the long- and the immediate term. That is, it analyzed crude oil’s effect on growth. The ARDL model, an advanced data analysis tool ... -
Factors Affecting Adoption of Agricultural Innovations Amongst Small Holder Farmers: a Case of Nyota Beans Technology in Bungoma County
(University of Nairobi, 2022)In the developing world, agriculture remains the major source of income for over two billion people. As a result, in majority of emerging nations, improved agricultural technology and other new sustainable agricultural ... -
Determinants of Stunting Among Children Aged 6-23 Months in Rural Arid and Semi-arid (Asal) Counties in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Just over one-quarter of Kenyan children under the age of five are stunted, or too short for their age. This is a symptom of chronic malnutrition. Rural regions have a higher incidence of stunting (29%) than urban areas ... -
The Effect of Financial Innovations on Money Velocity: Evidence From Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Money velocity is a key aspect in the short-run implementation of monetary policy. The study investigated the effect of financial innovation on money velocity in Kenya. It analyzed the effect of opportunity cost variables ... -
Effect of Public Debt on Household Consumption Expenditure in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of public debt on Kenya's socioeconomic welfare. As a proxy for socioeconomic wellbeing, household consumption expenditure was utilized. Three theoretical models, namely ... -
Infrastructure, Institutional Quality, and the Intensity of Kenyan Firm Exports
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This research explained export intensity in Kenya using infrastructural development and institutional quality, among other factors. The research applied linear panel regression model. The research utilized panel data ... -
Analysis of Child Deprivations and Well-being Inequalities in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Unidimensional approaches, especially those based on income or consumption and expenditure, previously dominated evaluation of the status of household or individual well-being. This thesis argues that the use of several ... -
Child Health in Kenya: Synergy of Provider and Consumer Quality of Healthcare
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Besides access to health services, quality of healthcare is recognized as a key element in putting an end to preventable childhood illnesses which in turn contributes to improved population health outcomes. Quality of ... -
Valuing Recreational Benefits of Urban Green Spaces in Nairobi City: an Application of Travel Cost Method
(University of Nairobi, 2022)There has been increased support for environmental based urban green spaces (UGS), that offers variety of benefits to population such as health, environmental conservancy and recreational amenities for improved life quality. ... -
The Impact of Inflation on Economic Growth: a Case Study of Sudan
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Sudan's economic strategy has been concerned with ensuring price stability while maintaining sustainable expansion of the economy, but the findings from previous papers on effect of price rises on expansion of economy in ... -
Household Financial Health and School Resumption Post Covid-19 in Kenya
(University of nairobi, 2022)This paper seeks to understand the housing financial health and school resumption post COVID-19 in Kenya. The key objectives are; to determine the effect of the ability to meet daily expenses on school resumption post ... -
Determinants of Agricultural Productivity Growth: Evidence From Somalia
(University of nairobi, 2022)This research examined the empirical relationship between agricultural productivity and variables affecting the scale of agricultural productivity growth in Somalia, in a period of time from 1991 to 2020, a multivariate ... -
Essays on Public Spending and Economic Growth in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Government spending and its consequence to the economic growth have pre-occupied policymakers in many countries because high level of government expenditure hinders economic growth. Nevertheless, the debate has not been ... -
Determinants of Private Sector Credit Growth in Kenya, Does Interbank Lending Matter?
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Capital as factor of production is a key input in both the private and the public sector for growth and development. Regulation plays an important role in maintaining the balance between the demand and supply side hence ... -
Healthcare-seeking Behaviour for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Among Under 5-years Old Children in Rural Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) are the number one cause of death in young children, accounting for more than two-fifths of all deaths in Sub-Saharan African countries. ARIs are still the chief cause of below 5 mortalities ... -
Infrastructure Governance And Agricultural Development In Sub-Saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This research project examines the causal relationship between infrastructure governance and agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers have recognized infrastructure as an important determinant of ... -
Effect of Portfolio Diversification on Financial Performance of Investment Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Portfolio diversification has been found to be a strategy that once well adopted, would ensure that investment firms maximize profit. This comes from the fact that investments involve risk taking ventures, that if the total ... -
Financial Development, Human Capital and Economic Growth in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
