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Vocationalising Kenya's secondary school curriculum: career and educational aspirations of boys and girls
(University of NairobiInstitute for Development Studies,University of Nairobi, 1993)This paper investigates the effects of the 8-4-4 curriculum, with its emphasis on vocational education, on secondary school students' career and educational aspirations. Specifically, the study examines the extent to which ... -
Wage policy and employment in a developing economy
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Wage rate determination with limited supplies of labour in developing countries: a comment
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Water pricing options in Kenya: cases of Mwea and West Kano irrigation schemes
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What do economists really know about population? or, the benefits of cost-benefit
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What is the "rights-based approach" all about? Perspectives from international development agencies
(University of Nairobi,Institute of Development Studies, 2004-11)In the last few years, there has been growing talk amongst development actors and agencIes about a "rights-based approach" to development. Yet what exactly this consists of remains unclear. For some, its grounding in ... -
Who goes to secondary school? efficiency, equity and relevance in secondary school selection
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Who participates? Civil society and the new democratic politics in Sao Paulo, Brazil
(University of NairobiInstitute of Development Studies, 2003-09)This paper explores the participation of collective civil society actors in institutional spaces for direct citizen participation in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The data was produced by a unique survey of civil society ... -
Why small firms stay small: risk and growth in Nairobi's small - scale manufacturing
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Women and the labour force in Kenya, 1895-1964
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Women and the modern wage sector: a study of female participation in commercial banks and finance companies in Nairobi
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Women in rural development: report of a discussion group
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Women street vendors in Kenya: policies, regulations and organisational capacity
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Women's access to land and their role
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Women's and men's second-hand clothes businesses in two secondary towns in Kenya
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Women's co-operative enterprise in Nakuru
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Women's income and fertility in rural Kenya
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Women's motivation for family planning in Kisii District: potentials and barriers
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Women's small - scale enterprises in rural Kenya: influences of spatial isolation on economic linkages
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Women: the key to ending hunger
(University of Nairobi,Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 1990-08)It is the thesis of this paper that strategies to end hunger and alleviate poverty, if they are to be successful, must include women. Women are a principal, if not the sole, economic support of themselves and their ...