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Crude Oil's Effect on South Sudan's Economy (1990-2020)
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
This research was preoccupied with crude oil’s effect on South Sudan’s economy, both in the long- and the immediate term. That is, it analyzed crude oil’s effect on growth. The ARDL model, an advanced data analysis tool ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Relationship Between Government Health Expenditure and Economic Growth: an Analysis of Kenya: 1975 - 2020
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Health is a substantial pointer to economic growth and development. To generate new knowledge and skills and realize long-term advantages, economies require a healthy labour force. Studies done in health economics have ...
The Agricultural Output-economic Growth Nexus in Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
The Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia has identified agriculture as among th'e sect'ors to drive econo'mic gro'wth. This implicitly assumed a causal link from agricultural output to economic growth. However, ...
Disability and the Incidence of Unemployment in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
An aim of the Persons with Disabilities Act (2003) is to ensure that persons with disabilities access employment. This paper investigates the incidence of unemployment by disability status in Kenya. The empirical analysis ...
The Effect of Government Sectoral Expenditure on Poverty Reduction in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
The study aimed to examine the correlation between public sectoral spending and its effect on poverty reduction in the Kenyan set up. Poverty remains to be a global phenomenon and no country is insusceptible to the menace ...
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 ...
Determinants of National Hospital Insurance Fund Uptake by Households in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Out of pocket expenditure is a major source of health spending for households in Kenya with negligible payments coming from insurance placing them at peril of incurring medical expenditure exceeding 10% of the total household ...
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 ...