Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Safeguarding environmental rights in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)The lack of a constitutional guarantee to a clean and healthy environment was widely seen as the main setback towards achieving an integrative and harmonious policy and legal framework for sound environmental management ... -
Environment challenges in Africa: further dimensions to the trade, MNCs and energy debate
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the linkage between environmental challenges, multinational corporations (MNCs) activities, trade and energy in Africa; and further elaborate on the role of institutions, ... -
A strategic framework for using Japanese official for using Japanese official development assistance development assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 1999)Foreign aid in Africa is at a crisis stage. The economic literature is divided on usefulness of aid in Africa, and some research in this area has argued for its curtailment, falling short of recommending cancellation. ... -
The KIbera Self-Help Scheme:Plotsize and Plotuse in an Urban low cost Housing Scheme
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Strategies adopted to manage work related stress among employees- a case of Kenya power
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Williams and Huber (1986) defined stress as, “a psychological and physical reaction to prolonged internal and/or environmental conditions in which individual’s adaptive capabilities are over extended. They argue that ... -
The impact of microcredit on women-owned small and medium enterprises: evidence from Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-09)Microcredit is a crucial tool for economic empowerment of women. In Kenya, the microcredit industry has supported more than 3 million small and medium enterprises for close to 30 years. Kenya Women Finance Trust is a leading ... -
Incomes, inequality, and poverty in Kenya: A long-term perspective
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This paper seeks to measure and explain changes in incomes, inequality, and poverty in Kenya. It starts from a very long-term perspective covering the last century, but then focuses on a more detailed analysis of the ... -
Identity politics in the twenty-first century: a Kenyan perspective
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Over the past four decades, ethnic and religious minorities, organisations of persons with disabilities, and feminist organisations among others have contributed significantly to the growth of identity politics, that is, ... -
Management Accounting changes and Practices adopted by Large Manufacturing Companies in Nairobi, Kenya
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The Relationship between Agency Banking and Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
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Community participation in development projects in Kenya: analytical review of factors influencing sustainable water projects in Shianda division, Kakamega county
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Project Sustainability is a desire of every community, private agency or Government as a means of ensuring that positive gains are delivered to the target communities in long term. This phenomenon is brought to focus in ... -
Managing Risk and Insurance for Small Business Entrepreneurs: (Published by Stellagraphics)
(University of Nairobi, 2008) -
Currently developing a manual for distance learning undergraduate students, " Principles of Management
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The implications of Motor vehicle thefts on the underwriting processes in Kenya
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Flow of funds for sustainable road maintenance in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Kenya established the Road Maintenance Levy Fund in 1993 to finance road maintenance. The Kenya Roads Board is at the centre of the Fund’s administration and accomplishes this by working in collaboration with various ... -
Scaling-up what works: experimental evidence on external validity in Kenyan education
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Health maintenance by workers in rural and urban production structures
(University of Nairobi, 2001)The paper explores some interactions between production environment and health maintenance by workers in developing countries. We argue that rural occupations, being less highly specialized than occupations in urban ... -
Does abolishing fees reduce school quality? Evidence from Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010-12-30)In2003Kenyaabolisheduserfeesinallgovernmentprimaryschools. We find that this Free Primary Education (FPE) policy resulted in a decline in public school quality and increased demand for private schooling. However,the ... -
Examining “Electronic Fraud” in Kenya and the Impact on Commercial Justice
(2014)Postmodern time has transformed the world status of affairs in doing business, perceiving and conceiving law in society today. One of the key challenges is the strategic shift from the use of analogue to digital means ... -
Kenya in transition
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
