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The Effect of Logistics Outsourcing Practices on the Performance of Large Manufacturing Firms in Nairobi, Kenya
(2013)
Outsourcing of services has become a common practice among large manufacturing firms worldwide and this is due to the various benefits that accrue to a firm as a result of outsourcing. Contracting out production of goods ...
Innovation and Policy Process: Case of Transgenic Sweet Potato in Kenya
(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, ...
Unrecorded Cross-Border Trade Between Kenya and Uganda Implications for Food Security
(1997-07)
Regional trade initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa have in the past encountered various kinds of difficulties but the countries have not been deterred from exploring new ways of fostering economic development through ...
An Analysis of Information Technology (IT) Security Practices: A Case Study of Kenyan Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Financial Sector
(2012)
Organizations of all sizes are now significantly reliant upon
information and communication technology for the
performance of their business activities. They therefore need
to ensure that their systems and data are ...
Social Protection and Agricultural Development in Kenya
(2009)
This paper focuses on social protection programs
in Kenya’s agriculture. A case study approach was
used where three cases were examined: (a) emergency
seed distribution in the arid and semi-arid lands
and remote areas ...
Provision and Use of Family Planning in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Kenya
(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 ...
Poverty dynamics in rural Kenya and Madagascar
(2004-10)
DESPITE TWO DECADES OF MARKET-ORIENTED REFORMS
throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, poverty rates
increased, and the sense has spread that the “Washington
Consensus” approach of getting macroeconomic policy
and prices ...
Unrecorded cross-border trade betwen Kenya and Uganda: Implications for food security
(Amex International, Inc, 1997)
Regional trade initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa have in the past encountered various kinds of difficulties but the countries have not been deterred from exploring new ways of fostering economic development through ...
Towards Understanding the Design of Human Resource Development Infrastructures for Knowledge Intensive Organizations
(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 ...