Browsing Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM) by Subject "Kenya"
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The Influence of the External Environment on the Performance of Publicly Quoted Companies in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2011)This study investigated the effect of the external environment on corporate performance. Based on a survey of 23 companies listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, three environmental dimensions of complexity, dynamism and ... -
Informality, Ethnicity And Productivity: Evidence From Small Manufacturers In Kenya
(School of Economics, 2000)A rapidly increasing share of firms in Kenya consists of not only small but also informal establishments. This paper investigates the role of ethnicity and other factors in the choice of formality status at start-up. ... -
Innovation and Policy Process: Case of Transgenic Sweet Potato in Kenya
(School of law, 2002)Biotechnology is being integrated into the existing science and technology policy process in Kenya. This process is embedded in the country's history of agricultural development, characterised by conventional technology, ... -
The Land Question in Kenya: Legal and Ethical Dimensions”, in Governance
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Land Tenure and Sustainable Environmental Management in Kenya
(School of Law, University of Nairobi, 2008) -
Multidimensional Poverty Comparisons in Kenya: Analysis of Maternal and Child Well - being
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2010)This paper utilizes Demographic and Health Survey data to generate multidimensional poverty profiles for women and children in Kenya during the period 1993 to 2003.We measure wellbeing in two dimensions: assets and health ... -
Ours by Right: Law, Politics and Realities of Community Property in Kenya
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Primary education in Kenya
(IPARCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), 2005)The study provides a critical analysis of primary education in Kenya between 1989 and 2002, focusing on participation, internal efficiency and equity. Key findings indicated that the major challenges facing primary school ... -
A Production Function Analysis of Different Firm Sizes in Kenya
(Institute For Development Studies, 1974) -
Provision and Use of Family Planning in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Kenya
(Department of Population Studies And Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2004-02)This report from the POLICY Project documents a study which explored how family planning is being implemented in Kenya in the context of high HIV prevalence. The study involved discussions with providers, family planning ... -
Quality of secondary school education and its relevance to self employment in the rural areas of Kenya
(Department of Philosophy and Religious studies, University of Nairobi, 1986) -
Relationship between Agency Banking & Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(2013)Banking agents are usually equipped with a combination of point-of-sale (POS)card reader, mobile phone, barcode scanner to scan bills for bill payment transactions, Personal Identification Number(PIN) pads, and sometimes ... -
Representational politics in Kenya
(Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies (IDIS), University of Nairobi, 2012-12)There is nothing particularly novel or earthshaking about the above four quotesthe first three ‘borrowed’ from a 1992 study2. What is significant about them is that despite more than three decades that separate the first ... -
The Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Governance in Kenya
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Securing Property Rights in Land in Kenya: Formal Versus Informal
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Social Health Insurance Scheme for All Kenyans
(IPARCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), 2004)The health sector reforms that have hitherto taken place (including introduction of National Health Insurance Fund, free health services, cost-sharing, exemptions and waivers, etc) have all aimed largely at addressing ... -
Street Children In Kenya
(College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), 2000)Street Children in Kenya provides an in-depth examination of the experiences of street children in Nairobi, Kenya. Drawing from participant observations, individual and focus group interviews, the authors, Kilbride, Suda, ... -
Strengthening the Incentives for Pro-Poor Policy Change
(DFIDInstitute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 2004-05)This report is a summary of a study commissioned by DFID Kenya on the drivers of pro-poor change. It considers the processes, institutional changes and actors that may drive or block propoor change in Kenya. It argues ... -
Towards a Liability and Redness System under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: A Review of the Kenya National Legal System
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Towards Understanding the Design of Human Resource Development Infrastructures for Knowledge Intensive Organizations
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)The design of HRD Infrastructures in organizations remains largely understudied. This paper used the existing theoretical literature to provide empirical evidence on the design of HRD Infrastructures among universities ...