Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Human-wildlife conflicts:A case study of people's participation in conflict resolution
(Department of sociology, 2008)Though the government and other stakeholders in Kenya have made various efforts to conserve wildlife species, it emerges that the populations of some species has been on a steady decline over the years. It is ... -
Determining the probability of a company paying dividends: an exploratory study at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(Department of Business Administration, 2006)Previous studies on dividend at the Nairobi stock Exchange [Abdul( 1993), Njoroge (2001)] have used ordinary least square regression techniques which assumes among other things linearity and ... -
Donor conditional ties on good governance : A case study of Kenya (1980 to 2000)
(University of NairobiInstitute of Deplomacy and International Studies, 2002)Conditionality on good governance has become a major component in the granting of donor aid. The donor community now takes the position, that bad governance has direct consequences on their operatives as it affects the ... -
Factors That Influence Ngo Effectiveness: a Case Study of Kwanza a Rural Based Ngo in Mwingi District, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Sociology, 2007-10)The purpose of this study was to establish factors that influence NGO effectiveness. The study sought to find out how different stakeholders influenced performance of the NGO. The study was designed as a case study that ... -
Determinants of demand for private investment in Kenya. (1970-2003)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 2006-07)This paper assesses the determinants of demand for private investment for the period from 1970 to 2003. It deviates from previous studies by incorporating infrastructure, user cost of labor and liberalization as variables ... -
The politics of parastatal reform and privatization in Kenya
(University of NairobiInstitute of Diplomacy and International Studies, 2003-09)The study focuses on the role and impact of politics on divestiture. Specifically, it examines the legislative and institutional frameworks of public enterprises and privatization and the Kenyan experience in divestiture. ... -
A survey into human resources accounting disclosure in the published annual accounts and reports: the case of companies quoted at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, 1999-08)This study aimed at determining the current practice of human resources information disclosure in Kenya. To achieve this, the researcher set out to determine the human resources information items disclosed in the annual ... -
A survey of the adoption of activity based costing systems by selected companies in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 1999-08)This study sought to establish the extent to which Activity Based Costing (ABC) systems are in use in Kenya. Further the study sought to establish the characteristics of companies using ABC together with those of companies ... -
External constraints on policy making process in developing countries (1980-2006): A case study of Kenya
(University of NairobiInstitute of Diplomacy and International Studies, 2007)The process of globalization combined with Bretton Wood's institutions rules is bound to significantly reduce the autonomy of government in the formulation of economic policy in their pursuit of industrialization and ... -
The process and effects of alcohol advertising in the lives of the Kenyan youth
(School of Journalism, University of Nairobi, 2007-06)This research project although driven by the need of establishing possible linkage between alcohol advertising and alcoholic behaviour, selects a title that explores the process, uses and functions of alcohol advertisements ... -
Determination of factors influencing project delays in Water projects in Kenya: The case of government funded projects
(University of NairobiFaculty of commerce, 1999)This report presents the findings of a case study on factors influencing project delays in water projects in the Ministry of Water Resources. The research was conducted at the Ministry Headquarters in the period between ... -
Access to credit by smallholder cane farmers: A case study of Butere/Mumias District - Western Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 2003-09)Agriculture remains the backbone of the Kenyan economy glVen its contribution to employment, foreign exchange, food and its linkages with other sectors of the economy. Indeed the sector's performance directly mirrors ... -
Effectiveness of Communication Programmes in Loan Recovery: a Case Study of the Higher Education Loans Board
(University of NairobiSchool of Journalism University, 2007)Financing higher education solely from government coffers is becoming increasingly difficult owing to the rapidly growing demand for state resources for other equally important areas of national development such as health, ... -
The impact of financial liberalization on savings in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 2008)Since the onset of the financial liberalization hypothesis, Kenya has implemented far reaching reforms. However, the experience of Kenya with financial liberalization has been predominantly traumatic, and whether financial ... -
Status of poverty in rural Kenya:A case study of Nyeri district
(Department of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2002-09)The paper assesses empirically the status of poverty in Nyeri district. We use data derived from the third welfare monitoring survey carried out by the Central Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Finance and Planning. A ... -
An Assessment of the Level of Recognition of Public Relations Profession in Kenya: a Trend Analysis of Pr and Communication Job Opportunities and Understanding of Pr Mandate in Two Kenyans Newspapers
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts in Communication Studies, 2009)This study was carried out to establish the level of recognition of public relations profession by attempting to understand the mindset of the employers. This was done by measuring the ideal terms of reference for public ... -
The determinants of the inflationary process in Zambia(1973-1993)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 1994)Zambia' experienced relatively low inflexion rates r room independence (1964) to 1974. During this decade, the economy was characterized by annual inflation rates of less than 10 percent, However, due to the external ... -
Urban Household Saving Behavior: a Case Study of Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 1991-07)Like many other developing countries, Kenya has faced problems in financing domestic investment. Despite a high proportion of GDP having been put into saving, Kenya has not met the investment finances fully. It· has had ... -
Gender relations and its implication in rural development: A case study of Mwingi central
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts (Sociology), 2004-08)In every human society, gender relations are an integral part of everyday life. In Kenya, they are crucial in rural development particularly when it is observed from a human development perspective. Based on the foregoing, ... -
The practice of corporal punishment in rural public primary schools in Ugunja division of Siaya District
(Department of sociology, 2007)This study is an effort to examine the practice of Corporal Punishment in rural public primary schools in Kenya. In order to give a conceptual explanation to this practice as a method of ...
