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Regional Integration in Africa - a False Promise? The Case Study of the East African Community
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The strides made by African economies in achieving economic growth must be accompanied by efforts to boost long-term competitiveness if the continent is to ensure sustainable improvements in living standards. Regional ... -
Regional Integration in East Africa, Its Challenges and Lessons From the European Union Integration
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Regional integration is common place in the contemporary world in which a group of States deliberately come together to pursue a common purpose. Interest in regionalism is both a response to and as a consequence of ... -
Regional integration peace and security in Africa: an analysis of the East African Community
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)Peace and security are essential ingredients for regional integration and they continue to pose a major challenge in Africa and other parts of the world. Past efforts to form regional integration schemes in East Africa ... -
Regional Peace Support Initiatives in Capacity Building: Case Study of the International Peace Support Training Centre
(University of NairobiInstitute of Diplomacy and International Studies, University of Nairobi, 2011)Modern peace support operations are a response to the shift from inter to intra state conflict encompassing complex mandates in volatile, polarized, distressed and dysfunctional environment. Additionally, the new mandates ... -
Regional Perspectives of Early Warning Systems (Ews): a Case Study of Igad’s Response to Conflicts in the Horn of Africa
(University of NairobiInstitute of Diplomacy & International Studies, 2013-09)Early Warning System has been in place for some time even though its operations have not significantly improved in Africa. For instance, despite the presence of CEWARN in the Horn of Africa the wave of conflicts continues ... -
Regional powers and conflict management: an analysis of Kenya and Ethiopia's interest in Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This study explored regional powers and conflict management with a special focus to the interest of Kenya and Ethiopia’s in Somalia and how the interest has affected the Somalia situations. The main objective of this ... -
Regional Radio Farming Programmes and Agricultural Productivity in Kimilili Constituency: Case Study of West Fm Radio Station
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The main aim of this study was to assess the impact of regional radio farming programmes on agricultural productivity in Kimilili constituency using West FM radio station as the case study. The study’s objectives were to ... -
Regional Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Anti-doping Rule Violations of Athletes
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background: The number of regional athletes reported with Anti-doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) is a cause for international concerns. Understanding the trends and drivers of ADRVs among athletes is important in developing ... -
Regional trade and the single window system: A case of the EAC
(University of Nairobi, 2015-08)Overtime, there have been noted trends in the expansion of global economies; in fact, the African narrative now is Africa Rising as a result of strengthened economies in the continent and empowerment both from within and ... -
Regional Trade Arrangement in East Africa: Effects on Kenya's Exports Since 1977
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)Export-led growth strategy has been a focus for Kenya since the early 1990's. Therefore the formation of the 'new' EAC-RTA raises the question of whether this trade arrangement is of merit to Kenya. The study reviewed the ... -
Regional variation in age at first marriage in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)The study set out to examine regional variation in age at first marriage in Kenya using data drawn from the 2008/09 KDHS. Specifically, it sought to find out the socio-economic, socio-cultural and demographic determinants ... -
Regional Variation In Under-Five Mortality In Rural Ethiopia
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Childhood mortality is a crucial socioeconomic development aspect for any nation as it represents the health condition of a people. This study set out to establish how, despite the decrease in childhood mortality rates ... -
Regional Welfare And Income Distribution In Kenya: A New Approach To The Measurement Of Wellbeing
(2008)The income distribution of a region is a summary measure of many social processes and is directly associated with a region's level of welfare. This notwithstanding, regional welfare has been conventionally measured only ... -
Regional welfare and income distribution in Kenya: A new approach to the measurement of wellbeing
(School of Economics, 2008)The income distribution of a region is a summary measure of many social processes and is directly associated with a region's level of welfare. This notwithstanding, regional welfare has been conventionally measured only ... -
Regionalisation of seismic velocities for precise earthquake localisations in Kenya.
(Department of Geology, University of Nairobi, 1996)The essential part of this study has involved the determination of seismic velocities for different regional waves using natural earthquake data. The analysis was based on available catalogues. The whole territory of ... -
Regionalism and the movement of labour in the east African community
(University of Nairobi, 2014-09)Regional integration took centre stage in the second half of the twentieth century making the world much more integrated. Integration in Africa is basic for the continent’s competitiveness as it offers a mechanism for ... -
Regionalism in Eastern Africa: Lessons Learnt From the Defunct East African Community
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This study examines the extent at which the revived East African Community institutions have resolved the institutional problems that bedeviled the defunct of East African Community. The study identified the institutional ... -
The regions perspective of the factors influencing the implementation of public procurement and disposal act in the Kenyan judiciary
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The public procurement system in Kenya has evolved to an orderly and legally regulated system governed by the PPDA, 2005. Prior to this, procurement in central government was governed by Treasury Circulars from 1969, ... -
Register variation: a comparative study of planned and unplanned discourse in Kenyan sign language
(Department of Arts-Linguistics, 2009)This dissertation is in line with our general research questions which include the companson of planned and unplanned discourse in KSL. Specifically. the study's objectives include an ... -
Registration of Properties in Strata in Kenya
(Department of Geospatial and Space Technology, University of Nairobi, 2001)