Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Industrial restructuring: the case of business mergers in Kenya
(Arts-Development studies, 2003)Mergers and takeovers have continued to take place among many firms in various sectors of the Keuvan economy. The manufacturing sector is no exception to these business strategies. The main goal oj"1111.1' study was to ... -
Income distribution in models for developing countries : Kenya and Tanzania
(1979)In this study a Cobb-Douglas profit function 1S developed and used to measure relative economics efficiency in manufacturing in Kenya. A substantive finding is that industries dominated by large firms are relatively ... -
The hydropower cost of irrigation development and fisheries enhancement in the Columbia river basin
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 1980)Competition for water in the Columbia River Basin is increasing. It is becoming more difficult to satisfy all desired instream and out-of-stream uses of water in the Pacific Northwest. All available water is ... -
Export instability and economic development in Tanzania
(1978)Problem: Tanzania is a dependent underdeveloped country which relies primarily on the export of primary commodities to finance her development programmes, with no direct foreign investment, while other forms of foreign ... -
An analysis of population growth, technical change, and risk in peasant, semi-arid farming systehs: a case study of Machakos District, Kenya
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Effects of income diversification strategies in Rural Kenya: The case of non-farm activities and poverty in Tetu Division, Nyeri District
(Arts-Development studies, 2008)This study investigates the effects of income diversification strategies in rural Kenya. It focuses on the non-farm activities and poverty in Tetu division, Nyeri district. The study is based on both primary and secondary ... -
The impact of trade incentives on exports, balance of payments and economic growth in Kenya:an empirical analysis
(University of Nairobi.Department of Economics, 1989-06)The object of this paper was to develop, estimate and simulate the effects of trade incentives on exports, balance of payments and economic growth in Kenya. The study was motivated by a lack of systematic analysis of ... -
Relative modernization and public resource at location in Kenya: a comparative analysis
(Arts-philosophy, 1975)The major purpose of this inquiry is to relate the concept of relative modernization to public resource allocation. Four aspects of public resource allocation, namely those to agriculture~ commerce education and ... -
Kenyan small farm household consumption and production behavior: a policy simulation model
(1985)This thesis develops an empirical model which can be used for the prediction and evaluation of the effects of price and nonprice food production policy incentives in Kenya's smallholder subsector. The small farm households ... -
Human resources and technical skills in agricultural development: an economic evaluation of educative investments in Kenya's small farm sector
(University of Nairobi.Faculty Of The Graduate School Of Stanford University, 1974-06)It is likely that the development of an economy depends upon, and in part consists of, the growth of useful skills, knowledge and information among its people. The question posed by this study is the extent to which the ... -
Socio-cultural factors underlying the location of women entrepreneurs in a fish value chain: the case of Lake Victoria tilapia trade, Ogal beach, Kenya.
(Arts-Development studies, 2008)Women entrepreneurs playa significant role in promoting development. They own the majority of businesses in the micro, small, medium scale categories. Women's entrepreneurial pursuits are impeded by myriad of constraints. ... -
Facing Kirinyaga:A socioeconomic history of resource use and forestry intervention in Southern Mount Kenya
(University of NairobiPopulation Studies and Research Institute, 1988)This study analyzes the relationship between socioeconomic ohange and resource use in a rural Kenyan district during the past oentury. It considers how and why land use and livelihood have ohanged among the Ndia ... -
Educational values of "Sigendini Luo": the Kenya Luo narratives
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 1980)This study exanines the educational vaiues of sigendini Luo, the Luo oral narratives. Oral narratives form an important genre of oral literature whioh is recognised and accepted as literature within the context in which ... -
Measurement of economic returns to research and development :the case of wheat research in Kenya
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Determinants of diarrhoea and Its treatment in Kenya
(University of NairobiPopulation Studies and Research Institute, 2003)This project paper looks at the determinants of diarrhoea and its treatment in Kenya, using the data drawn from the 1998 Kenya Demographic Survey. The National Council for Population and Development (NCPD) conducted ... -
Chronic poverty and HIV/AIDS Home based care: A case study of Ukwala, Siaya District
(University of NairobiInstitute for Development Studies, 2010)Strong links between HIV/AIDS and poverty have been demonstrated, with AIDS deepening poverty in the affected household. Chronic ill health creates immense stress, even among the financially secure. However, stress ... -
The Agrarian revolution in central Kenya: A Study of farm innovation in Embu District
(University of Nairobi.Department of Anthropology,, 1970-08) -
Impact of macroeconomic reforms on nutritional status of children in Kenya:An exploratory study
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 1989)This study investigates effects of macroeconomic reform policies on nutritional status of children over the period 1982 and 1988. The effects of the policies are analysed through changes occurring in household activities. ... -
A Model of household choice among medical treatment alternatives in rural Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 1984)The purpose of this dissertation is to study patients' demand for health services in a given illness period. Particular attention is devoted to a model of patients' behavior throughout an illness episode and to a statistical ... -
Differentials and determinants of reproductive health care use among Kenyan Women
(University of Nairobi.Population Studies and Research Institute, 2000-07)The study was aimed at identifying socio-economic and demographic factors affecting the utilization of reproductive health care among Kenyan mothers of reproductive ages. The data were drawn from the 1993 KDHS. Both ...
