School of Economics: Recent submissions
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Essays on Tobacco in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Despite Kenya being a signatory to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and passing of the Kenya Tobacco Control Act (KTCA) of 2007 as a commitment to reducing consumption and ... -
Effects of Interest Rate on Bank Sector Asset Quality in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)In the Kenya vision 2030, financial services were designated as one of the six key priority sectors within the plan framework. The plan framework was introduced in 2008 to be implemented through a series of medium-term ... -
Determinants of Modern Contraceptive Use Among Rural Women in Kenya
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Effects of Capitation on Service Quality in Hospitals Accredited by Nhif in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The project sought to establish the effect of capitation payment on health care service delivery in hospitals accredited by the NHIF in the county government of Nairobi, Kenya. Specifically, this project sought to establish ... -
Financial Literacy and Household Savings in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Kenya has made significant progress towards access of financial services with the hope that increase in financial access would certainly raise household savings. Despite the Significant progress made by the Kenyan ... -
Infrastructure Development, Trade, and Economic Growth in the East African Community: an Empirical Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Infrastructure holds a central position in a country’s economic activity, hence the need to do a comprehensive analysis of its specific contributions to an economy. In the last decades, the East African Community (EAC) ... -
Effects of Socio-economic Factors on Household Utilization of Improved Sanitation Facilities in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Realization of ODF communities and progression on the sanitation ladder to 100% utilization of improved sanitation facilities has become an elusive goal for the WaSH sector both globally and in Kenya. The development WaSH ... -
The Effect of Corruption on the Productivity of Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This study sought to determine the effect of corruption on productivity of manufacturing firms in Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to investigate the extent to which the productivity of firms in the manufacturing ... -
Determinants of Health Insurance Uptake Among Low Income Populations in Kibera-nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Insurance is critical for any country's economic growth and development to be sustainable. Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a critical pillar of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Kenya has identified it as a ... -
Influence of Career Progression Guidelines on Employee Performance in the Kenyan Civil Service- a Case of State Department for Livestock
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Successful companies recognize that improved career growth will maintain and boost their competitiveness. For all workers, promotion in one’s career is a necessary phase. Each employee of every company hopes to advance ... -
The Influence of an Adaptive Culture on the Competitive Advantage of Mobile Telecommunication Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The current business environment is continuously changing, and corporations are operating in an era of risk and instability. Technological innovations, competition and globalization are examples of the factors many ... -
The Efficiency of County Governments' Expenditure on Health in Kenya
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Government Expenditure, Efficiency, Institutional Quality and Economic Growth in Sub-saharan African Countries
(university of Nairobi, 2021)The aim of this thesis was threefold. First, the study scrutinized the role of government spending on output growth for SSA countries. SSA countries’ economic growth has been low compared to other developing regions. ... -
Inclusive Finance, Bank Regulation, Concentration And Financial Stability In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Kenya has over the years supported the expansion of financial infrastructure and implemented major reforms in bank regulations to ensure efficiency and stability of the financial system. Despite these reforms, the financial ... -
Essays on Child Health Disparities in Nigeria
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The United Nations has identified equity in health as a marker of overall development. Disparities abound in almost every facet in Nigeria, but disparities in the health sector, especially child health (i.e. child health ... -
Shocks and Household Welfare in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The threat of adverse effects of shocks on the welfare of Kenyan households is still a challenge in socio-economic development in the country. Among the sources of vulnerability to shocks is the livelihoods’ reliance on ... -
Do Earnings From Food Exports Improve Kenya’s Current Account Balance?
(University of Nairobi, 2021-11)This study focused on the influence food export earnings have on current account balance in Kenya. It encompassed five independent variables namely; food export earnings, balance on services, foreign exchange rate, current ... -
Effects of Actuarial Function on the Financial Performance of Private Health Insurance Providers in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The study sought to establish the effect of Actuarial Function on the financial performance of health insurance providers in Kenya. Actuarial function is a fulfilment of the requirement of EU, article 48 of the Solvency ... -
The effect of diaspora remittance on financial development in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)In spite of the importance of remittance inflows gaining prominence in their contribution to the foreign capital inflows, the effects of remittances on capital formation specifically the financial sector developments has ... -
Determinants of Health Insurance Uptake Among the Informally Employed in Narok County
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Affordability and accessibility of healthcare is major issue globally that threatens to impede the realization of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The challenge is more prominent in low income countries and low medium ...