Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Intellectual Capital and Performance of Firms Listed on Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07)Based on a survey of 50 firms listed on Nairobi Securities Exchange, this study examines the relationship between intellectual capital (human capital, social capital and organizational capital) and organizational ... -
The history of the press in Kenya.
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Bank size and occupational fraud risk: empirical evidence from commercial banks in Kenya
(2015)Association of Certified Fraud Examiners report that a typical organization loses at least 5% its annual revenue loss through occupational fraud. Further statistics indicate In a list of 22 industry categories, occupational ... -
Does the revitalisation process really enhance stock market microstructure? Evidence from the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(2002)This paper investigates the response of the market microstructure to revitalization of the Nairobi Stock Exchange, which comprised the establishment of a market regulator, shift to a new trading system and free entry of ... -
Human Capital and Performance of Commercial Banks and Insurance Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-03-20)The purpose of the study was to establish the influence of human capital on the performance of insurance firms and commercial banks in Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive crosssectional survey design and a census ... -
Educational expansion and economic decline: returns to education in Kenya, 1978-1995
(1999)Educational expansion followed by economic decline in Kenya has been associated with a decline in the social return to secondary education, conventionally calculated, from 20% in 1978 to 6% in 1995. Wage benefits from ... -
Contract farming and outgrower schemes in Kenya: comparative analysis
(University of Nairobi, 1989)This paper presents a comparative analysis of smallholder outgrower schemes in Kenya for sugarcane, tea, tobacco, sunflower, sweetcorn and French beans. Based on micro- and macro-level criteria, the tea, tobacco, sugarcane ... -
Women, family planning and child mortality: case study of selected areas in Kenya, Western and Coast Provinces - See more at: http://www.popline.org/node/332147#sthash.HBvROg7Y.dpuf
(1992)This analysis aims to shed light on fertility patterns and child mortality and their linkages to family planning in two areas in Kenya. The unit of analysis is 65 women in Bungoma, Western Kenya and 67 women in Kwale at ... -
The influence of gender in the relationship between Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation, and Citizen Empowerment
(University of Nairobi, 1915-03-20)Participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) has over the years been considered indispensable means to citizen empowerment. However, the validity of this claim has hardly been established empirically. This study sought, ... -
Regional integration in East Africa: opportunities and challenges for small business enterprises in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Within the global economic environment, regional integration provides the most favored avenue to foster economic cooperation among states. The European Union (EU) is one of the most successful regional integration platforms ... -
Ethnoveterinary perceptions of cattle illnesses in western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2006)This paper explores ethnoveterinary perceptions of cattle illnesses among the Luo of western Kenya, where research was carried out in Central Sakwa location, Nyang'oma division, Bondo district of Nyanza province, in ... -
Explaining sexual orientation: some conceptual and methodological issues
(University of Nairobi, 2008) -
The intra-urban distribution of manufacturing industries in Thika town
(University of Nairobi, 1988)The intraurban distribution of manufacturing industries has received minimal attention from industrial geographers. This paper discusses the distribution of manufacturing industries in Thika town, a medium-sized urban ... -
East African economic review
(School of Economics, 2013-06) -
Kenya Enters the Fertility Transition
(University of Nairobi, 1992)Contraceptive prevalence is rising and fertility is falling in Kenya, and the speed with which these changes are occurring suggests that Kenya has passed a turning point and entered a transition. In this paper the author ... -
Fighting Corruption in Africa: Mission Impossible?
(IACSA - International Anti-Corruption Summer Academy, 2012)Africa is a hugely endowed continent in terms of natural resources. It always has been. The statistical back-up for this assertion is astounding. The continent is home to 40% of the world’s potential hydroelectric power ...