Research Papers: Recent submissions
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Use of Lactobacillus strains to start cassava fermentations for Gari production
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2008-12)Two Lactobacillus strains, Lactobacillus plantarum BFE 6710 and Lactobacillus fermentum BFE 6620, were used to start cassava fermentations in a pilot study under field production conditions in Kenya, to determine their ... -
Unrecorded Cross-Border Trade Between Kenya and Uganda Implications for Food Security
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1997-07)Regional trade initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa have in the past encountered various kinds of difficulties but the countries have not been deterred from exploring new ways of fostering economic development through ... -
Impact of Agricultural Trade and Related Policy Reforms on Food Security in Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2004)Kenya’s agricultural sector has undergone various changes emanating from policy reforms over the years. These reforms, which occurred from the late 1980s to the early 1990s, were aimed at reducing government involvement ... -
Provision and Use of Family Planning in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Kenya
(Department of Population Studies And Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2004-02)This report from the POLICY Project documents a study which explored how family planning is being implemented in Kenya in the context of high HIV prevalence. The study involved discussions with providers, family planning ... -
Local level economic initiatives in Nairobi
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 2005)In this paper an attempt is made to document how small-scale garment producers and retailers organize and relate with each other at a local level in Nairobi. The activities reflect an entrepreneurial endeavor characterized ... -
Economic Analysis of Crossbreeding Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Conceptual Framework and Kenyan Case Study
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2001-12)Conventional economic evaluations of crossbreeding programmes have overestimated their benefits by ignoring subsidies, the increased costs of management such as veterinary support services, and the higher levels of risk ... -
Strengthening the Incentives for Pro-Poor Policy Change
(DFIDInstitute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 2004-05)This report is a summary of a study commissioned by DFID Kenya on the drivers of pro-poor change. It considers the processes, institutional changes and actors that may drive or block propoor change in Kenya. It argues ... -
"Human Capital Externalities and Returns to Education in Kenya
(Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis,Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 2002-04)This study has used micro data to analyse the effect of human capital externality on earnings and returns to education. The parameters of the earnings function are estimated using the ordinary least squares method. The ... -
E-commerce in the garment industry in Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 2002-08)Are exporters in developing countries using e-commerce to facilitate access to foreign markets? This study of firms in the garments sector in Kenya suggests that while use of email is extensive and while firms have access ... -
Managing change at national bank of Kenya ltd
(School of Business, 2012)Change may be driven by business trends, economic, social, culture, political and environmental factors. To remain competitive, organizations must be able to quickly respond to change. Change is a constant feature of ... -
The relationship between foreign exchange risk Management and profitability of airlines in Kenya
(School of Business, 2012)The objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between foreign exchange risk management and profitability of airlines in Kenya. The study employed a survey research design. The study sampled 26 out of 46 ... -
The impact of working capital management on cash holdings of small and medium enterprises in Nairobi
(School of Business, 2012)In order to manage working capital efficiently, there is the need that financial managers be able to plan and control current assets and current liabilities in a manner that eliminates the risk of inability to meet due ... -
The link between talent management practices, succession planning and corporate strategy among commercial banks in Kenya
(School of Business, 2012)Competition for market share is driving businesses to differentiate and innovate. One critical way of achieving this positioning the organizations to be ready to meet the future business demands, which can be efficiently ... -
The experience of Kenya power and lighting in Outsourcing line construction in coast region
(School of Business, 2012)The purpose of this study was twofold: to establish whether KPLC has achieved improvement in performance by outsourcing line construction and; determine the challenges experienced by the firm in outsourcing this particular ... -
Strategies adopted by co-operative bank of Kenya in response to loan defaulters among the small and medium enterprises in Kenya
(School of Business, 2012)Credit risk has been a concern to all financial institutions involved in lending money because the risk of default by clients can jeopardize the business of the lending institution. It‟s therefore prudent that lending ... -
Strategies for developing sustainable competitive advantage at Siginon freight ltd, Kenya
(School of Business, 2012)This study investigated development of sustainable competitive advantage at the Siginon Freight Limited, Kenya. The aim of every organization in the market is to outsmart the competition leading to development of competitive ... -
Application of ICT strategy in enhancing competitive advantage among commercial banks in Kenya
(School of Business, 2010)The study is a comprehensive evaluation of the response of Kenyan commercial banks to the adoption of ICT strategy in enhancing competitive advantage. Various variables were used to establish ... -
Breathing Life into Dead Theories about Property Rights: de Soto and Land Relations in Rural Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, University of SussexSchool of Law, 2006)Presumption of a direct causal link between formalisation of property rights and economic productivity is back on the international development agenda. Belief in such a direct causal relationship had been abandoned in ... -
Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative HIV Vaccine Peer Leaders Training Manual
(KAVI Dept. of Medical Microbiology, 2004)MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. The IFN-y enzyme-linked immunospot (ELI-Spot) assay is often used to map HIV-specific CD8 T-cell responses. We compared overlapping 15-mer pools with optimized ... -
Representational politics in Kenya
(Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies (IDIS), University of Nairobi, 2012-12)There is nothing particularly novel or earthshaking about the above four quotesthe first three ‘borrowed’ from a 1992 study2. What is significant about them is that despite more than three decades that separate the first ...
