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Duality, Forecasting and Selection of Autoregressive Moving Average Models
(University of Nairobi., 2002)
Based on both duality in time between time series processes and lag transformation,
we define duality in causality, invertibility for mixed Autoregressive moving average
ARMA(p,q) models. We construct expressions, in ...
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, ...
Family Background, Education and Earnings in Kenya
(GUPEA, 2002)
This paper uses data collected in 2000 to first estimate OLS and ordered probit models to measure correlation between family background and workers' education. Then, human capital earnings functions are estimated to examine ...
Land Tenure Patterns In Cash Crop Settlement Areas:Experiences From The Sugarcane Growing Zones Of Nyanza Province, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
In many cash crop settlement areas in Africa, the system of land tenure and proprietary
patterns play a crucial role in shaping the farming and agrarian structures in those
communities - so that the rules by which land ...
Teaching Sustainability with the Earth Charter
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
This chapter introduces the Earth Charter and discusses its value as a tool for teaching
about sustainable development in the university classroom. The chapter includes examples
of how some U.S. faculty members are using ...
Strategic Assessments and Development Pathways for Agriculture in the Semi-Arid Tropics
(2002-12)
The agricultural economies of Africa have witnessed
three major changes during the past 10 to 15 years
that justify a reassessment of agricultural research
priorities. First, liberalization of macroeconomic and
trade ...
Sustainable Self-help Housing In South Africa?
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
In this paper, I explain the theoretical basis of self-help, as a mode of delivery of housing to the
urban poor. I explain the rationale of the multilateral donors' support for self-help in relation to
global, neo-liberal ...