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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 ... -
Explaining Gambling Behaviour Among the Youth in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)In the face of the negative publicity which gaming has attracted recently, this research sought to unearth drivers of gambling behaviour among the youth in Kenya. To this end, indebtedness was introduced as an undesirable ... -
Export Intensity and Manufacturing Firm Characteristics in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study of examines the influence that specific firm level characteristics have on export intensity of Kenyan manufacturing firms. Three waves of panel data (2007, 2013 and 2018) from the World Bank Enterprise Survey ... -
Factors Affecting Adoption of Agricultural Innovations Amongst Small Holder Farmers: a Case of Nyota Beans Technology in Bungoma County
(University of Nairobi, 2022)In the developing world, agriculture remains the major source of income for over two billion people. As a result, in majority of emerging nations, improved agricultural technology and other new sustainable agricultural ... -
The Factors Driving Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Kenya:1980 - 2020
(University of Nairobi, 2022)In the last 60 years, the government of Kenya has used numerous policy attempts to attract more signifi-cant FDI. Despite these efforts, FDI inflows have fluctuated over time. The major goal of the study is un-covering ... -
Factors Influencing Health Insurance Uptake Among People Living With Disabilities in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study examined the factors affecting health insurance uptake among people living with disability in Kenya. Using the KHIBS 2015/2016 dataset a binary probit model is estimated. The findings show that being a female-headed ... -
Factors That Influence the Demand for Shares Listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The capital market authority has cited a low uptake of capital market products in Kenya. With regards to shares, the local investor participation in the Nairobi Securities Exchange is quite low at 33 percent of the total ... -
Factory Level Determinants of Sugar Production Among Selected Sugar Processing Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Sugar consumption has always surpassed sugar production for many years in Kenya. It is therefore imperative to improve local production so as to increase growth and efficiency in the sugar industry while at the same time ... -
Feeding Patterns and Nutritional Status of Children in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)There are 200 million children aged below 5 that are malnourished. Approximately 6.2 million of such children died of avoidable causes in 2018, with 45 percent of these deaths associated with under nutrition. Out of all ... -
Female Education and Economic Growth: Evidence From Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Education has long been considered to be a significant contributor to economic growth. Kenya's Vision 2030 envisages social transformation through education and training. The Government of Kenya has consistently allocated ...