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Effects of Internet Connectivity on Economic Growth in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Digitalization has been increasing in Kenya and across the world with statistics showing that 4.9 billion people are now connected to the internet (ITU, 2021).Internet connectivity in Kenya has been a journey with the ... -
The Effects of Magistrates’ Transfer on the Administration of Justice in Kenya- a Case Study of Courts in Nairobi City County
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Although studies have been carried out on staffing and transfers of judicial officers, there is limited empirical data on the effect of frequent magistrates’ transfer on the administration of justice in Nairobi City County. ... -
The Effects of Occupational Segregation on Gender Wage Gap in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Occupational segregation has been identified as a primary cause of the gender wage gap. In this line, this paper aimed at investigating the effects of occupational segregation on gender wage gap in Kenya using the 2019 ... -
The Effects of Official Development Aid on Food Security in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This study’s main focus can be summarized as being to determine how agricultural Official Development Aid (ODA) flows into Kenya’s agriculture sector affects its food security status. A further breakdown of the study’s ... -
Effects of Remittances on Income Inequality in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The role of remittances on inequality in developing countries has remained a debatable topic in developing literature, and a consensus has not been reached on whether remittances reduce inequality or not. This paper examines ... -
Effects of Socio-economic Factors on Household Utilization of Improved Sanitation Facilities in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Realization of ODF communities and progression on the sanitation ladder to 100% utilization of improved sanitation facilities has become an elusive goal for the WaSH sector both globally and in Kenya. The development WaSH ... -
Effects of the Mobile Money Services on Kenyan Economic Growth
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Using labor and capital as control variables, the study's overall objective was to determine whether mobile money services have an effect on Kenya's economic growth. Its specific objectives, however, were to determine ... -
Effects of uncertainty on domestic private investments in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The domestic private investment serves as a prerequisite for the development and modernization of any economy. In Kenya, macroeconomic and political uncertainties play a significant role in influencing private domestic ... -
Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)We looked into Kenyan banks' efficiency and their determinants since 2014 to 2019. To find the efficiency of these banks, we employed Data Envelopment Analysis. In the following stage, a probit model was employed to assess ... -
The Efficiency of County Governments' Expenditure on Health in Kenya
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The Efficiency of County Governments’ Expenditure in Kenya
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An Empirical Assessment Of Technical Efficiency In The Kenya Sugar Industry: Data Envelopment Analysis (Dea) Approach
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The sugar industry in Kenya has been struggling and falls behind competitively produced sugar from COMESA and non-COMESA countries like Brazil. The key challenges facing the industry include high cost of production, low ... -
An Empirical Investigation of the Effect of Cash Transfers on Child Labour and Schooling in Rural Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The widespread occurrence of child labor, frequently influenced by economic vulnerabilities and poverty, presents a substantial obstacle to educational access. Children involved in diverse labor activities, including ... -
Essays on Child Health Disparities in Nigeria
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The United Nations has identified equity in health as a marker of overall development. Disparities abound in almost every facet in Nigeria, but disparities in the health sector, especially child health (i.e. child health ... -
Essays on Child Health Disparities in Nigeria
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The United Nations has identified equity in health as a marker of overall development. Disparities abound in almost every facet in Nigeria, but disparities in the health sector, especially child health (i.e. child health ... -
Essays on Kenya’s Service Exports
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Trade in services is a crucial part of international trade in Kenya. About half of the country’s total exports are services. The country has a trade surplus in services and is the fifth largest exporter of services in the ... -
Essays on Public Spending and Economic Growth in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Government spending and its consequence to the economic growth have pre-occupied policymakers in many countries because high level of government expenditure hinders economic growth. Nevertheless, the debate has not been ... -
Essays on Public Spending and Economic Growth in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Government spending and its consequence to the economic growth have pre-occupied policymakers in many countries because high level of government expenditure hinders economic growth. Nevertheless, the debate has not been ... -
Essays on Smallholder Avocado Contract Farming, Gender Patterns in Labor Allocation and the Effect of Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture on Food Security in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Avocado has been identified as one of the non-traditional export crops with national and global economic importance in Kenya. Production of the fruit predominantly depends on intra-household division of labor in which ... -
Essays on the Size of Kenya’s Informal Sector, Tax Productivity and Optimal Tax Ratio
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The role of a sound tax system is yielding enough tax revenue. The ability of a tax system to raise adequate tax revenue directly influences the size of public goods provided by a given country‟s government. Kenya‟s tax ...