Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Public Sector Reform Programme in Sub-saharan Africa: a Case Study of Rwanda 1995-2005
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts International Studies, 2006-10)This dissertation aims at examining the challenges of introducing Public Sector Reforms (PSR) in sub-Saharan African countries in general, with specific focus on the Civil Service Reforms in Rwanda from 1995 to 2005. ... -
An Analysis of Funeral Industry Attractiveness: a Study of Funeral Service Providers in Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2001)Organizational survival is dependent on the ability of the organization to adapt to a changing environment. For an organization to achieve its objectives, it needs to provide goods and services that are demanded by the ... -
An empirical investigation of the policy determinants of the supply of manufactured exports: a case study of Kenya
(Department Development Economics, Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova scotia CANADA, 1994-02)This study embarks on assessing and analyzing the policy environment suitable for the promotion of Kenya's manufactured exports to the industrialized world. It observes that a mixture of both import substitution and export ... -
The demand for money in Kenya: a test of the Mckinnon-shaw model
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 1991-05)This paper examines the relevance and suitability of the Mckinnon- Shaw model for money demand in Kenya and the implications for monetary policy administration. The results reported show that there exists significant ... -
The socio-economic differentials in infant and child mortality in Kenya : evidenced from the 1993 KDHS data.
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1997-10)The objective of this study was to estimate infant and child mortality differential with the associated socio-economic factors at macro-level In Kenya. The variables utilized are maternal education, paternal education, ... -
Child labour and school performance: a study of Kyeni division, Embu district
(University of NairobiDepartment of Sociology, 2004)The study had two major objectives; to find out if children's work activities at home had any effect on their performance in school and to establish if the child's socio-economic background and personal characteristics ... -
The response of counselor training to the changing social environment: a case study of the counseling programme at the department of so ciology, university of Nairobi.
(Department of sociology, 2007)Counseling is a relatively new profession in Kenya. A large majority of the existing practicing counselors, therefore, remains untrained. This jeopardizes the chances of recovery of their clients from problems that afflict ... -
Impact of government size on economic growth the case for Kenya (1970- 2002)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 2004)The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of government size on the economic growth in Kenya using for the period 1970-2002. The theoretical foundation is based on Yasin (1995) where the government expenditures ... -
The creation, development, and management of rural based cooperative societies. a case study of the Co-operative movement in the fishing industry of lake Victoria, Kenya.
(Department of Government, University of Nairobi, 1994)This study offers a contribution to the analysis of the role of rural-based co-operatives in developing rural areas. Using the fishing co-operatives and the newly introduced trading groups by small scale fish systems ... -
The influence of foreign aid conditionalities on domestic policy making: a case study of policy making in Kenya, 1995 - 2005
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts International Studies, 2007-09)This study sought to establish the influence of foreign aid conditionalities on domestic policy decision making using Kenya as a case study. The study applied various methods of data collection involving both primary and ... -
Infant and child mortality as a determinant of fertility preference: evidence from the Kenya demographic and health survey 1993
(University of NairobiPSRI (Population studies and Research Institute), 1999)The general objective of this study was to assess the effect of infant/child on fertility preference with the specific objectives being to investigate the association between infant and child mortality with specific socio ... -
Renewal within the roman catholic church with special reference to the catholic charismatic renewal movement in Kenya
(Department of Arts-Religious studies, 2002)This study examines the characteristic features of the Catholic Charismatic. Renewal reverberate. It further investigates: the role being played by this movement in the Roman Catholic Church in Kenya and ... -
Domestic savings and foreign capital inflows:a case for kenya.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 1992)The main objective of this research paper is to analyze empirically the impact of foreign capital inflow on domestic savings. This is necessitated by lack of detailed study on the effect of foreign capital inflow ... -
Stress coping strategies among primary school teachers during disciplinary process: a study of Marakwet District
(Department of sociology, 2006)The focus of this study was stress coping strategies among primary school teachers during disciplinary process in Marakwet district, their perception and those of ... -
Evaluation of the performance of investments in public utilities: a case study of water utilities in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts in Economics, 1991)Since 1974/75 fiscal year, about one in every twenty five pounds of the total expenditure of government ministries in Kenya is spent on water supply programmes and related services in the Ministry of Water Development ... -
A Study of the Relationship Between Agricultural Simple Commodity Production and Simple Household Reproduction Among Smallholder Cooperative Coffee Producers in Githunguri Division of Kiambu District in Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, 1994)This is a study of the relationship between agricultural simple commodity production and simple household reproduction among coffee simple commodity production households which are members of the coffee cooperative movement ... -
An exploratory study of changes in fertility across developing countries.
(Department of Arts-institute of population studies and research, 2002)The objective of this work is to explain changes in fertility across developing countries. This is done by estimating the levels of degree of preference implementation for the sixty selected countries with the required ... -
The assessment of the impact of anthropogenic activities on the migratory corridors of Nairobi national park: a geographic information systems approach.
(Department of Arts, 2002)The impact of the anthropogenic activities on the migratory corridors of Nairobi National Park was studied from 1990 - 2000. These activities were categorized as the residential areas, industrial ... -
Couples' Fertility Preferences in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 2002-09)The objective of this study was to find out the extent of similarities and differences among couple fertility preferences and also to examine the effect of demographic, socio-economic and socio-cultural factors on these ... -
The role of religion in the Somali disputes
(Department of Arts-Religious studies, 2001)It is almost a decade since the demise of the Military leadership in Somalia, but the country is yet to get a functional government. The power vacuum left behind has had unprecedented disastrous effect on the civilian ...
