Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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An exploration of the guiding principles, importance and challenges of monitoring and evaluation of community development projects and programmes
(University of Nairobi, 2014)In sociology, there is interdependence between social problems and research. Monitoring and Evaluation is an extension of social research. This paper analyses the purposes and steps in monitoring of community developmen ... -
Special issue: Securing the land and resource rights of pastoral peoples in East Africa
(2013)The land question in many African countries has geographical, political, economic, social and demographic nuances. These factors color land and resource rights for pastoral and forest dwelling communities. Land as property ... -
An Analysis of the Role of Internal Audit in Implementing Risk Management - a S tudy of State Corporations in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-05)The study analyzed the role of internal audit in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) by providing empir ical Evidence on the Kenyan public sector firms. The study examined the impact of Involvement in ERM by auditors and ... -
In Search of Structural Change and Perpetual Growth in Ethiopia: Examining Alternative Sectoral Growth Drivers for Reaching Middle Income Country Status
(2014)This study examines the impacts of alternative sectoral drivers on economy wide growth, structural change and household welfare in Ethiopia. We use sectoral growth accounting approach and vector autoregressive model that ... -
ISO 9001 Certification Status and Organizational Quality Maturity.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-09)ISO 9001 quality management system standard, a member of ISO 9000 family of standards that comprise two complementary pair of standards, ISO 9001 requirements and ISO 9004 guidelines standards, has been used globally ... -
Factors that affect stakeholders’ participation in corporate social responsibility activities in Kenya Roads Board, Nairobi county
(University of Nairobi, 2013-07)This article examines factors that affect stake holder ’s participation in Corporate Social R esponsibility activities in Kenya Roads Bo ard, Nairobi County. The study adopted a cross - sectional survey ... -
Ethnic diversity and economic instability in Africa: interdisciplinary perspectives
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Community perspectives on accountability and transparency in the management of local authority transfer fund in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The Local Authorities Transfer Fund (LATF) is one of the funds that the Kenyan Government has decentralized to local authorities to supplement the financing of service delivery , enhance financial management ... -
Assessment of influence of deposit withdrawals and inflation rate as components of liquidity level on performance of commercial banks in Kisumu county
(University of Nairobi, 2014)In most developing countries, commercial banks are the most dominant financial institutions, with the capital market institutions playing a minimal role. The main function of commercial banks is the availing of funds ... -
Children and medicines: self-treatment of common illnesses among Luo schoolchildren in western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2000-06)In a rural area of western Kenya, primary schoolchildren's health seeking behaviour in response to common illnesses was investigated. 57 primary schoolchildren (age 11–17 years, median 13 years) were interviewed weekly ... -
Effect of school-based income generating activities on the financial performance of public secondary schools in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-06)This study was conducted to determin e the value added by Income-Genera ting Activities (IGAs) on the financial performance of public secondary schools, in terms of asse ts, liability portfolio, and net worth. Secondary ... -
What does integration imply in choosing a unit of enumeration: enterprise, holding or individual? Does it matter? Perspectives from Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2009)Statistical integration is advanced as a means of making data meet particular needs and ad value to the whole statistical data collection and management system. At the data collection level it can produce significant ... -
The Impact of Water Sector Reforms on Women’s Access to Water Services in Lake Victoria Basin
(2014)This paper assesses whether by commercializing the provision of water services as part of water sector reforms, the government has reneged on its promise to provide water to its citizens as a basic human right. The study ... -
Metaphern Der Migration: Die Figurationen Des Reisens In Der Zeitgenössischen Deutschsprachigen Migrationsliteratur
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Resilience in the face of post-election violence in Kenya: the mediating role of social networks on well-being among older people in the Korogocho informal settlement, Nairobi.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Older people in slum settings are a vulnerable sub-group during crises, yet have received minimal attention in the development discourse. This paper examines the protective role of different types of social networks for ... -
Portrayal of people with disabilities in the print media in Kenya
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Catastrophic health expenditures in Kenya
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India’s place in Africa,s democratic transformation: sustaining the status quo or spurring progressive change?
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Compared with the immediate post-Cold War period, in the first decade of the 21st century many African states made positive strides in the direction of democratisation. During this period, a number of states in Africa ... -
Liberal democracy and the challenges of multiparty politics in Kenya and Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
