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The demand for reproductive health services: an application of control function approach. Paper prepared for presentation to the 12th annual conference of the African Econometric society, 4-6 July 2007, university of cape town, South Africa. This is a distillation from our earlier joint work, entitled, “the demand for Reproductive health services: frameworks of analysis”, issued as a framework Paper for the collaborative project on reproductive health, economic growth and poverty reduction in Africa, AERC, Nairobi.
(2007)
Ou Ajakaiye, AERC, Nairobi, email: olu.ajakaiye@aercafrica.org
Germano Mwabu, University of Nairobi, email: mwabu@kenyaweb.com
Problem statement. Sub-Saharan Africa has the worst indicators of reproductive
health in the ...
The demand for reproductive health services: frameworks of analysis
(2007)
The paper reviews a unified model of demand for health care inputs and health production, first
proposed by Rosenzweig and Schultz (1982), and shows how the model can be applied to design
and implement policies to improve ...
Assessment of interest rates volatility in Kenya
(2007)
Variation in the price, market, and even interest rates is a vital subject of
discussion. These variations also called volatility may be high or low depending
on the frequency of its causes.
Interest rates in an important ...
The role of irrigation on improvement of nutritionalstatus of young children in Central Kenya
(2007)
A comparative, retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the role of irrigation on improvement of nutritional status of children aged 6 - 59 months in a semi-arid setting. Two equal samples of ...
The Prevalence of Under-Nourished Child Obese Mother Phenomenon in Rural Areas: Evidence from Central Province of Kenya
(2007)
Attainment of nutritional security is a major focus of the Millennium Development Goals. Despite efforts, Sub-
Saharan Africa countries are yet to make significant progress in becoming nutritionally secure. Over the ...
An investigation of administrative challenges associated with students performance in KCSE examination in Mombasa District.
(2007)
This study investigated challenges that are associated to students performance in
KCSE examination in Mombasa District. The study sought to achieve six objectives:-
• To identify the administrative ...
Emerging challenges for educational planners and other stakeholders in retention of students in secondary schools in Kilome Division, Makueni
(2007)
This study set out to investigate the challenges facing educational planners and other stakeholders in the retention of students in public secondary schools in Kilome Division of Makueni District. The study ...
Characterisation and biochemical properties of predominant lactic acid bacteria from fermenting cassava for selection as starter cultures
(2007)
A total of 375 lactic acid bacteria were isolated from fermenting cassava in South Africa, Benin, Kenya and Germany, and were characterised
by phenotypic and genotypic tests. These could be divided into five main groups ...
Effect of antagonistic microorganisms on severity of Fusarium head blight of wheat and grain yield.
(University of Nairobi, 2007)