Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Poverty"

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    • Analysis of smallholder farmers’ preferences for Biofuel investments for livelihood diversification in Kenya 

      Oluoch-Kosura, W; Otieno, D; Ochieng, I (Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi,, 2014)
      Poverty continues to be a problem in some parts of the world and is typically severe among small-scale farmers. If this issue is not addressed, farmers will continue to fall into poverty thereby stifling the achievement ...

    • Coping with poverty : A study of peasant households in Kithimu Location,Embu District 

      Nyaga, Robert Kivuti (School of Economics, 2001-08)
      This paper studies the poverty status of people in Kithimu location, Embu District and the coping activities that the poor resort to. The study used primary data collected through administration of questionnaires to the ...

    • Does corruption affect poverty? 

      Kamiti, Boniface N (Department of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2004-09)
      Corruption is increasingly viewed as a major impediment to sustained economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Its importance is reflected in conditionalities for development assistance being proposed by members of the ...

    • The Major Causes Of The Rural Poverty A Case Study Of Kenya 

      Kasina, Martin M (University of Nairobi, 2009)
      Poverty is a multi-dimensional phenomenon whose causes are complex and difficult to Measure precisely. The need to articulate causes of poverty in developing countries is Paramount given its effects. This study examines ...

    • Status of poverty in rural Kenya:A case study of Nyeri district 

      Wambugu, Naftali N (Department of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2002-09)
      The paper assesses empirically the status of poverty in Nyeri district. We use data derived from the third welfare monitoring survey carried out by the Central Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Finance and Planning. A ...