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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 ... -
Essays on Tobacco in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Despite Kenya being a signatory to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and passing of the Kenya Tobacco Control Act (KTCA) of 2007 as a commitment to reducing consumption and ... -
Evaluation of Efficiency of Wasp and Lips Xp/op Electricity Planning Models in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Power system planning is a major issue in many electricity producing industries, both in high- and low-income countries due to its complexity and dimensionality. Most countries have applied different models to predict ... -
Evaluation of Health Insurance Client Satisfaction With Service Delivery and Quality in Kenya- the Case Study of Langata Sub-county
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Customer satisfaction is often considered the most important factor in thriving in today’s highly competitive insurance business and in quality service delivery among firms globally. The importance of satisfying and keeping ... -
Evaluation of Kenya Diaspora Policies in Promoting Trade, Investment and Development
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The progressive development in the global market has made it easier for people to increasingly move from one country to another in search of greener pasture. This has increased the transfer of skills, generation of revenue ... -
Evaluation of the Impact of Increased Government Borrowing on Economic Growth in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The primary aim of this research project was to evaluate the impact of increased borrowing by the government on the growth of the Kenyan economy. The study targeted institutions like the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics ... -
Exchange Rates and the Volume of Imports in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Finding out how Kenya's trade level and system from the perspective interact was the study's main goal. The investigation particularly examined the connection test of exchange rate and import volume in Kenya so that to ...