Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The relationship between students' attitudes toward teachers, subjects and their academic performance
(School Of Education, University of Nairobi, 1975-12) -
The internal structure of residential areas in Nairobi
(Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Nairobi, 1979) -
Estimation of adult mortality in Kenya using information on orphan-hood
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1986-05)There are various ways of constructing life table using indirect methods. One such method is using information of both child and adult mortality. In this thesis we have used the Trussell's method of estimating child ... -
The role, efficiency and quality of service of the matatu mode of public transport in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Nairobi, 1990)This study is specifically concerned with an intermediate mode of public transport (or para-transit), a phenomenon which is prevalent not only in the form of the matatus in Nairobi but also in other urban centres of Less ... -
The management of public enterprises in Kenya:With special reference to Kenya Meat Commission (1977-1987)
(Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of Nairobi, 1991)Public enterprise is a common feature of many economies throughout the world. It is a formula that has been applied in capitalist, socialist and mixed economies. The case of developing countries reveals that, after ... -
Social determinants of youth sexuality: a case study of in-school youth in Nairobi
(University of NairobiInstitute for Development Studies, 2008-12)Young people below the age of 24 years represent the largest component (65%) of Kenya's population. This age segment is crucial in development planning, as they are at the most productive stage of their lives. The future ... -
Food aid and livelihoods in Kyatune Location, Mutomo District: A case study of World Food Programme (WFP)
(University of NairobiInstitute for Development Studies, 2010-09-10)Food aid discourse is of interest and controversial development aid. It is a particularly topical and relevant issue of development concern in the Kenyan context where food shortages have become a regular occurrence. ... -
The Procurement problems of the Passion fruit industry of Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Science, 1976)The underlying causes of procurement problems of the passion fruit industry are investigated. The background of passion fruit production and marketing is examined, including the history of the Kenyan industry. The ... -
Production risk and decision making: Testing alternative econometric models with evidence from Egyptian cotton production
(University of Nairobi)Department of Agricultural Economics, 1980)The major objective of the study is to develop and apply theoretical and empirical methods for evaluating plternative stochastic production models and assessing the degree to which incorporating production risk in decision ... -
Building sustainable rural livelihoods through technical co-operation: the case of GOK- GTZ Mwingi integrated food security programme
(University of NairobiInstitute for Development Studies, 2005-09)In this paper, I argue that rural poverty in the semi-arid regions IS a result of a combination of interacting social, economic and environmental factors and processes. At the grassroots level, the sustainable livelihoods ... -
Cash Transfers and Livelihood Promotion: a Study of the Government of Kenya Cash Transfer Programme for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
(University of NairobiInstitute for Development Studies, 2010-11)The concept and practice of social protection in developing countries has advanced at an astonishing pace over the last decade or so. There is a growing consensus around the view that social protection constitutes an ... -
Socio-economic factors influencing the intensity of households' adoption of agroforestry practice: A case study of Shibuye Location, Kakamega-East District
(University Of 'NairobiInstitute For Development Studies, 2008)Agroforestry is commonly defined as the deliberate integration of trees with agricultural crops and/or livestock either simultaneously or sequentially on the same unit of land (Alavalapati and Mecer 2004). Though ... -
Strategies and firm-level institutions in smallscale enterprise performance in Tanzania, The case of small-scale garment manufacturing firms
(University of Nairobi.School of Business, 2005-10)While it is generally accepted that firms' performance is a function of factors external as well as factors internal to them, many studies have tended to focus on the former so that little is known about the effects of ... -
Giving voice to the chronically poor a study of people's participation in projects funded under the constituency development fund in Ibeno location, Nyaribari Chache constituency,Kisii district
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts in Development Studies, 2007-10)This study is about people's participation III local development projects. The study examines how people are mobilised to participate in development projects and also examines the factors that constrain mobilisation and ... -
Kenya’s sales taxation incidence analysis
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts in Economics, 1982-09)The concern of this study was to find out the impact of a sales tax on income distribution. and inflation. The study was also concerned with the effectiveness of sumptuary taxes in reducing the consumption of sumptuary ... -
The Mumias Sugar project: A Study of rural development in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi.School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, 1977) -
Multinational corporations in the politic economy of Kenya
(Arts-Sociology, 1990) -
Factors affecting the future growth of Wanguru township, in Mwea rice irrigation settlement,Kirinyaga district, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 1979-06)Kenya's social and economic development has been characterised by inequality between urban and rural areas. Urban areas have continued to offer relatively better social and economic advantages. As result there has been ... -
The cost structure of the Kenya coffee industry
(University of Nairobi.Department of Agriculture, Rice University Texas, 1969-09)Coffee is Kenya's major export crop and an important source of the foreign exchange needed for planned economic development. Also, coffee is a major domestic industry.. Kenya has signed the International Coffee Agreement ... -
Managerial ability in small-farm production: an analysis of maize yields in the Vihiga Division of Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Arts and Sciences, 1973)The research, analysis, and drafting of this doctoral dissertation took place between May 1970 and April 1973 in the Vihiga Division of ~vestern Kenya, at the University or Nairobi, and at the Uni versi ty of ...
