School of Economics: Recent submissions
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Analysis of Child Deprivations and Well-being Inequalities in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Unidimensional approaches, especially those based on income or consumption and expenditure, previously dominated evaluation of the status of household or individual well-being. This thesis argues that the use of several ... -
Child Health in Kenya: Synergy of Provider and Consumer Quality of Healthcare
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Besides access to health services, quality of healthcare is recognized as a key element in putting an end to preventable childhood illnesses which in turn contributes to improved population health outcomes. Quality of ... -
Valuing Recreational Benefits of Urban Green Spaces in Nairobi City: an Application of Travel Cost Method
(University of Nairobi, 2022)There has been increased support for environmental based urban green spaces (UGS), that offers variety of benefits to population such as health, environmental conservancy and recreational amenities for improved life quality. ... -
The Impact of Inflation on Economic Growth: a Case Study of Sudan
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Sudan's economic strategy has been concerned with ensuring price stability while maintaining sustainable expansion of the economy, but the findings from previous papers on effect of price rises on expansion of economy in ... -
Household Financial Health and School Resumption Post Covid-19 in Kenya
(University of nairobi, 2022)This paper seeks to understand the housing financial health and school resumption post COVID-19 in Kenya. The key objectives are; to determine the effect of the ability to meet daily expenses on school resumption post ... -
Determinants of Agricultural Productivity Growth: Evidence From Somalia
(University of nairobi, 2022)This research examined the empirical relationship between agricultural productivity and variables affecting the scale of agricultural productivity growth in Somalia, in a period of time from 1991 to 2020, a multivariate ... -
Essays on Public Spending and Economic Growth in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Government spending and its consequence to the economic growth have pre-occupied policymakers in many countries because high level of government expenditure hinders economic growth. Nevertheless, the debate has not been ... -
Determinants of Private Sector Credit Growth in Kenya, Does Interbank Lending Matter?
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Capital as factor of production is a key input in both the private and the public sector for growth and development. Regulation plays an important role in maintaining the balance between the demand and supply side hence ... -
Healthcare-seeking Behaviour for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Among Under 5-years Old Children in Rural Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) are the number one cause of death in young children, accounting for more than two-fifths of all deaths in Sub-Saharan African countries. ARIs are still the chief cause of below 5 mortalities ... -
Infrastructure Governance And Agricultural Development In Sub-Saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This research project examines the causal relationship between infrastructure governance and agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers have recognized infrastructure as an important determinant of ... -
Effect of Portfolio Diversification on Financial Performance of Investment Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Portfolio diversification has been found to be a strategy that once well adopted, would ensure that investment firms maximize profit. This comes from the fact that investments involve risk taking ventures, that if the total ... -
Financial Development, Human Capital and Economic Growth in Kenya
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Evaluation of the Impact of Increased Government Borrowing on Economic Growth in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The primary aim of this research project was to evaluate the impact of increased borrowing by the government on the growth of the Kenyan economy. The study targeted institutions like the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics ... -
Essays on Kenya’s Service Exports
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Trade in services is a crucial part of international trade in Kenya. About half of the country’s total exports are services. The country has a trade surplus in services and is the fifth largest exporter of services in the ... -
Social-economic Determinants and Outcomes Among Teenage-pregnancies in Machakos County
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The main aim of this research project is to investigate the socioeconomic disparities and outcomes among teenage pregnancies in Machakos County. Further, the study examined how these socioeconomic disparities influence the ... -
The Impact of Infrastructure Development on Trade Costs in the East African Community
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Demographic Patterns of Socio-economic Needs; Informing Public Resource Allocation Criteria in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The resource allocation criteria in Kenya have been slowly evolving and seem to take baby steps at fulfilling global and regional principles and practices that define resource allocation and distribution (Kinuthia&Lakin, ... -
Technical Efficiency of Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Manufacturing is critical to any country's economic development, and Kenya is no exception. The direct and indirect externalities from manufacturing range from increased industrialization, job creation, multiplier effect, ... -
Utilization of Focused Antenatal Care in Kenya Among Young Women Aged 15 - 24 Years
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This paper explored the factors that influence utilization of FANC among young women in Kenya. The study focused on women in the age bracket of 15-24 years in the KDHS (2014). The study sample is 2,032 women. The study ... -
Determinants of Poverty in Somalia: a Household Level Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The current set of 17 interconnected Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) puts poverty eradication as its top objective by 2030 because it continues to be one of the multidimensional-complex issues in the 21st-century ...