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Economic Analysis of Crossbreeding Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Conceptual Framework and Kenyan Case Study
(2001-12)
Conventional economic evaluations of crossbreeding programmes have overestimated their benefits by ignoring subsidies, the increased costs of management such as veterinary support services, and the higher levels of risk ...
The Tanzania Family Planning Training Program:The Impact of an Innovative Training Strategy on Reproductive and Child Health Service Performance of Health Attendants in Tanzania
(2001)
This report is based on a study, implemented in Kasulu and Kibondo districts in Kigoma Region, Tanzania, to assess the impact of a health attendants’ pilot training strategy on reproductive and child health (RCH) services. ...
Engendering governance through the constitutional review process
(2001)
In this paper, I proceed from the premise mat democratic governance is a desirable form of conducting and regulating public affairs in Kenya and which we should endeavor to achieve. I am further arguing mat democratic ...
Analysis of birth intervals in Kenya.
(Nairobi: University of Nairobi, 2001)
Trade Union membership and earnings in Kenyan manufacturing firms
(2001-05)
This paper analyses the effect of trade unions on earnings in Kenyan manufacturing using a switching regression model, which takes into account endogeneity of union status of workers. In contrast to earlier studies of the ...
Health maintenance by workers in rural and urban production structures
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
The paper explores some interactions between production environment
and health maintenance by workers in developing countries. We argue that rural
occupations, being less highly specialized than occupations in urban ...
Micro-level Institutions & Enterprise Productivity: Insights From Kenya's Small Business Sector
(2001)
This paper explores the impact of micro-level institutions on enterprise performance by
applying descriptive and econometric analysis on data extracted from a baseline survey of
micro and small-scale enterprises in Kenya. ...
Formalisation of Village Peace Committees in the Karamoja Cluster A Consultancy Report
(2001)
Nomadic livestock production is the backbone of the economy of pastoral communities in
the Karamoja cluster. However, widespread and uncontrolled livestock raiding is
currently threatening the success of this enterprise. ...
Contribution of Africa’s Coastal and Marine Sectors to Sustainable Development
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
More than half of the world's population lives within 60 km of the shoreline, and in Africa
trends in population growth indicate that this figure could rise to three quarters by the next
century. The lives and reasonable ...
Yield improvement of Kenyan sesame varieties
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
In an effort to improve the yield of Kenyan sesame cultivars the seeds of three cultivars, SPS SIK6, SIK 096
and SPS SIK 50/1 were subjected to 300Gy, 400Gy and 600Gy of gamma rays. A first batch of seeds were subjected
to ...