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An Investigation into the Effect of Management Factors on Performance of (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) in Kenya
(2010-11)
This article forms part of the result of a doctoral study on business enterprises focusing on the Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kenya. The primary aim was to critically investigate the management ...
The Use of Sociological Methods to Assess Land-use Change: A Case Study of Lambwe Valley, Kenya
(2003)
Land-use history, not readily available
for most places, remains the weakest link in nearly all
studies of historic vegetation change, in Africa as well
as other places in the world. Notwithstanding,
communities hold ...
Technical innovation and farm productivity growth in dryland Africa: The effects of structural adjustment on smallholders in Kenya
(2000-12)
This paper uses non-parametric approach to measure technical innovation and productivity growth at the smallholder farm-level in dry-land sub-Saharan Africa during the initial years of the structural adjustment programmes ...
Female condom introduction and sexually transmitted infection prevalence: results of a community intervention trial in Kenya
(2001)
Objective: To measure the impact on sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalence
of a female condom introduction and risk-reduction program at Kenyan agricultural
sites.
Design: We conducted a cluster-randomized trial ...
Bottlenecks in the execution of Kenya vision 2030 strategy: An empirical study
(University of Nairobi, 2012-03)
Strategy can only impact the bottom line if it successfully implemented. In the past it has been proposed that the public
sector experiences great difficulties in regard to implementing reforms and offering of quality ...
Participatory orientation to strategic planning process: Does it pay?
(2011-06)
It is postulated that a participatory orientation to the strategic planning process could influence the realization of the expected
strategic planning outcomes. Past studies investigating the relationship between strategic ...
Confronting Dictatorship in Kenya
(The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991)
Since June 1990, a battle has been raging over political pluralism in
Kenya, On one side is a movement dedicated to restoring multiparty
democracy and freeing a once-vibrant economy that is now staggering
under the ...
Indigenous Snake Bite Remedies of the Luo of Western Kenya
(Society of Ethnobiology, 2005)
Medicinal plants have been overtaken in the treatment of snake
bites by serum therapy and are rarely considered efficacious remedies in biomedicine. Nevertheless, rural inhabitants rely on plant medical material and the ...
An Overview of structural Adjustment programmes in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Structural Adjustment Programmes may be defined as a set of policy changes or
reforms, which combine short-run stabilization measures and longer-run adjustment
measures. In particular, the measures consist of the following ...
Intrahouse hold allocation, household headship and nutrition of under-fives: a study of western Kenya
(2015)
This paper aims to establish whether there is a significant difference in nutritional status of children in male-headed households, de jure female-headed households and de facto female-headed households. The study uses a ...