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MAKUENI DISTRICT PROFILE: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 1989-1998
(Drylands research, 2000)
This paper sets out the results of a survey conducted in four villages in Makueni
District, Kenya that was used to examine the nature of the family and its decision-
making, and to test hypotheses on the linkages between ...
Are Formal And Informal Small Firms Really Different?
(2000)
Although informal establishments dominate the small
firm-segment in Kenyan manufacturing, there are also formal
companies with distinct characteristics. Informal firms are
younger, less capital-intensive, almost never ...
Rural housing in Kenya: a case study of traditional housing and policies
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
Kenya has a markedly differentiated geo-ecological and
climatological regions. There are noticeable regional
I diversities and disparities in terms of:
Cattle Keeping Practices Of The Orma People A Household Survey In Tana River District, Kenya
(2000)
Trypanosomosis, a disease mainly transmitted by tsetse flies, is widespread
throughout the humid and sub-humid areas of Africa. For centuries the disease
has taken its toll on cattle and people living in tsetse-infested ...
Institutional Impediments To Access To Credit By Micro And Small Scale Enterprises In Kenya
(IPAR, 2000)
female-owned and informal entrepreneurs are more inclined to borrow,
they request for smaller amounts and enjoy lower success rates. Older and more
educated entrepreneurs seek for and receive more credit than the younger ...
Profile of kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
Kenya is an East African country located 4°N and 4°S of the equator and 34"E and 42°E of
the prime meridian. The country has a total area of approximately 582,646 Km2 with
varying climatic conditions that include tropical, ...
Urban environment management vol 1
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
The dawn of the last decade of the twentieth century finds the Central and Eastern
African sub region at the verge of a transformation; of its political and socioeconomic
structures. Almost every country in the legion ...
Urban habitat: the environment of tomorrow
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
Informality, Ethnicity And Productivity: Evidence From Small Manufacturers In Kenya
(2000)
A rapidly increasing share of firms in Kenya consists of not only small but also
informal establishments. This paper investigates the role of ethnicity and other
factors in the choice of formality status at start-up. ...
Drylands Research
(2000)
Drylands Research Working Papers present, in preliminary form, research results of
studies carried out in association with collaborating researchers and institutions.
This working paper is part of a study which aims ...