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Satisfaction With the Quality of Healthcare Delivery Among Clients Using Health Insurance in Nyeri County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The agenda stage set by Universal Health Coverage calls for reforms that seek to ensure that everyone in society has access to quality healthcare at an affordable cost that protects the users from experiencing financial ... -
Service exports and economic growth in Kenya: a time series analysis 1980-2018
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The view that strong economic performance can be export led has been explored critically on the merchandise exports front however service exports, whose importance is seen to have increased in the last decade, have ... -
Service Operations Strategies and Operational Performance of Petroleum Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)To have a competitive edge, petroleum companies must find the right combination of resources and strategies that enable them to stay ahead of their competitors. This study sought to investigate operation strategies and ... -
The Service Sector-led Growth in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)In recent years the service sector has emerged as increasingly playing a huge role in both the developed and developing as evidenced by the rising share of this sector in foreign direct investment (FDI), employment, trade ... -
Shocks and Household Welfare in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The threat of adverse effects of shocks on the welfare of Kenyan households is still a challenge in socio-economic development in the country. Among the sources of vulnerability to shocks is the livelihoods’ reliance on ... -
Social-economic Determinants and Outcomes Among Teenage-pregnancies in Machakos County
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The main aim of this research project is to investigate the socioeconomic disparities and outcomes among teenage pregnancies in Machakos County. Further, the study examined how these socioeconomic disparities influence the ... -
Socio-economic Effects of Covid-19 on Households Expenditure in the Urban Areas of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presents itself as not only a health crisis but also an economic crisis. This implies that while the primary goal is to contain the spread of the virus, tracking urban ... -
Socio-economic Factors That Determine Final Market Demand for Fish and Chevon Meat in Marsabit County
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This research project focused on investigating the social and economic factors informing the end-use demand for goat meat and fish in Kenya’s acutely food insecure arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of the north, using ... -
Socioeconomic Determinants of Uptake of Who-recommended Antenatal Care Visits Among Pregnant Women in Makueni County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Globally and in Kenya, morbidity and mortality of mother and new-born are a priority public health problem. This led to countries to improve on maternal and child health status. In Makueni County has specifically been ... -
Socioeconomic Impacts of Covid-19: the Rural-urban Disparities in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The world has been severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic that has led to the loss of lives and resulted in unquantifiable harm on livelihoods and wellbeing. Using quantitative research design, we analyzed high-frequency ... -
Software Development Quality Management Practices and Customer Experience in Kenyan Fintech Firms
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study aimed at establishing the influence of software development quality management practices on Customer Experience by FinTech firms in Kenya. The objectives that guided the study were to determine the extent of ... -
Strategic Agility and Competitiveness of Large Fast Moving Consumer Goods Manufacturers in Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The purpose of this research was to establish how competitiveness of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Manufacturers in Nairobi City County is affected by strategic agility. The study's guiding theoretical propositions ... -
Supply Chain Information Sharing and Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)SCIS is critical in attaining optimal performance through proper planning and coordination as well as timely and accurate decision making. It informs organizations of market needs for example demand, and their role in ... -
Technical Efficiency of Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Manufacturing is critical to any country's economic development, and Kenya is no exception. The direct and indirect externalities from manufacturing range from increased industrialization, job creation, multiplier effect, ... -
Technical Efficiency of Public Primary Health Care Facilities in Mombasa County.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Primary health care facilities offer essential health and wellness services to a significant percentage of the population in Kenya. Evidence based planning and management of available resources in these facilities remains ... -
The Threshold Effects in the Relationship Between External Debt and Human Development: the Case of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study aimed at establishing the relationship between external debt and human development in Kenya by identifying the optimum threshold of external debt. This was done by carrying out a regression of the human development ... -
Trends in Major Causes of Mortality Among Children Aged 5-14 Living in Selected Urban Informal Settlements in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This study sought to investigate the trends in major causes of mortality among children aged 5-14 living in the urban informal settlements of Korogocho and Viwandani. Although the risk of dying for this age group is one-fifth ... -
Utilization of Focused Antenatal Care in Kenya Among Young Women Aged 15 - 24 Years
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This paper explored the factors that influence utilization of FANC among young women in Kenya. The study focused on women in the age bracket of 15-24 years in the KDHS (2014). The study sample is 2,032 women. The study ... -
Valuing Recreational Benefits of Urban Green Spaces in Nairobi City: an Application of Travel Cost Method
(University of Nairobi, 2022)There has been increased support for environmental based urban green spaces (UGS), that offers variety of benefits to population such as health, environmental conservancy and recreational amenities for improved life quality. ... -
Valuing Recreational Benefits of Urban Green Spaces in Nairobi City: an Application of Travel Cost Method
(University of Nairobi, 2022)There has been increased support for environmental based urban green spaces (UGS), that offers variety of benefits to population such as health, environmental conservancy and recreational amenities for improved life quality. ...