Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The Effect of Ownership of Health Care Systems on Distribution and Quality of Health Services
(University of Nairobi, 1986)This paper investigates whether form of ownership of health facilities affects the pattern of distribution of health services, their quality and composition. Kenyan data show that public ownership of health facilities is ... -
Mid-term evaluation of AMREF's MCH/FP/Nutrition Project (USAID OPG Family Planning Management and Research Project Grant No. 615-0216)
(University of Nairobi, 1985)Between 1970 and 1984, Kenya's rate of population growth increased from 3.5% to 4% a year; while the rate of increase of Kenya's gross domestic product fell from 6.6% to an annual rate of 3.1%. A pilot project is evaluated ... -
The economics of environment, health and irrigation schemes in developing countries
(1990)This paper studies theoretically, the welfare consequences of the interaction between environment, the health status of the community, and irrigation schemes in the context of developing countries. An idea that environment, ... -
Women's land rights: Cultural dynamism and decentralized land administration in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015) -
Development project management within local NGOs: 10 recommendations to meet 10 challenges
(University of Nairobi, 2015)As local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) assume a greater role in improving the well-being of the communities in which they operate, donors and government agencies are increasingly scrutinizing their performance and ... -
Cost of gender gaps in the agricultural sector:The case of kenya and Rwanda
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)The objective of this study was to analyse the cost of the gender gap in agriculture in both Kenya and Rwanda. Data were collected in Makuyu in Muranga County in Kenya and in Musambira in the Southern Province of Rwanda. ... -
The city of Nairobi: population changes and pattern
(1971)Gives the pattern of population distribution, as based on the 1969 Census, and outlines the changes in the demographic situation of the city's population. A comparison with the 1962 Census shows us a changing balance between ... -
Population trends and demographic problems in Africa with special reference to unemployment.
(1976)This paper examines unemployment as it relates to rural-urban migration and also examines the gap between job expectation and job reality in Kenya. The author links changes in the laborforce to population increase and says ... -
Population Growth and Resource Development in Africa: A Kenyan Case Study
(University of Nairobi, 1991) -
Spatial population change — Kenya case study
(Elsevier, 1977) -
Soil and Land-use Survey of the Kano Plain-Nyanza Provinze-Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1973) -
Education in Revolutionary Africa
(1965)The author examines the problems in organising national systems of education which would enable the teacher and the community to play their full part in the great task of building the future of Africa. Both the teacher and ... -
Effects Of Early And Forced Girl Child Marriage On Girls Education: A Case Study In Nyatike District Migori County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015) -
The Maasai and Kalenjin factor in the settlement of Western Kenya: a study in ethnic interaction and evolution
(1972)Whereas much has been said about the abilities of Bantu-speaking people to impose their customs on aliens, the role of non-Bantu tribes in this respect has been underestimated hitherto. This article aims to emphasize the ... -
Cultural renaissance and national development: some reflections on the Kenyan cultural problem
(1982)Purpose is to try and analyse the Kenyan cultural problem within the wider context of the impact of imperialism on African cultural values. Also this paper's concern is to try and suggest a possible remedy for the cultural ...