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Kenya’s Participation In The WTO: Lessons Learned.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
The problem in context Kenya was among the founding members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) when the Marrakesh Agreement was signed in Morocco on 15 April 1994. The notification process was completed by 31 December ...
Why Small Firms Stay Small Risk and Growth in Nairobi's Small-Scale manufacturing
(University of Nairobi, 1993)
Despite abundant literature on the social and economic benefits of encouraging tiny "informal" firms, scholars generally agree that larger enterprises create more unskilled jobs, use resources ...
The Developmental Impact of Asian Drivers on Kenya with Emphasis on Textiles and Clothing Manufacturing
(2009)
Kenya has enjoyed a relatively diversified economy (at least by SSA standards), with light manufacturing industries in particular playing a significant growing role. The rise of Asian competition (locally, regionally and ...
Collective efficiency and small enterprise in kenyA proposal to study the vehicle repair and fish processing industriesa
(University of Nairobi, 1995)
A proposal for research into two clusters of small-scale activities in Kenya. The first is a group of auto repair businesses and related activities located in Nairobi and neighbouring Thika. ...
Flexibility And Networking: European and African Context
(University of Nairobi, 1994)
Discussions of Third World development and industrialisation, which have taken place since the Second World War can be summarized in a number of different strategies propagated at different ...
Flexibility And Networking: European and African Context
(University of Nairobi, 1995)
Discussions of Third World development and industrialisation, which have taken place since the Second World War can be summarized in a number of different strategies propagated at different ...
Enterprise clusters in Africa: linkages for growth and development
(Practical Action Publishing in association with GSE Research, 1999-12)
Clusters of enterprises are a familiar sight in Africa: informal vegetable markets occupying road reserves; groups of carpenters making furniture at the edge of a housing estate; vehicle repairers and metalworkers in giant ...
China and Sub Saharan Africa: impacts and challenges of a growing relationship
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
The existing literature is clear that China is impacting on Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). What is not clear is the precise nature of that impact. Does it come mainly from trade in cheap manufactured goods? Does it come from ...
African Business Systems In A Globalising World
(University of Nairobi, 1999)
The failure of structural adjustment programmes to promote industrialisation in Africa may be at least partly explained by the fragmentation of African business systems. In Africa, the parastatal, foreign-dominated formal ...
Urban self-employment in Kenya: Panacea or viable strategy?
(1993-07)
Kenya's employment challenge is daunting, given the country's continuing rapid population growth and already significant unemployment. Government documents give high priority to the promotion of rural nonagricultural ...