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Drivers of Employment Elasticities in Kenya
(IISTE, 2019-08-31)The relationship between output growth and employment elasticities has been of intense debate among many economists. Though there is no conflict between the two objectives, the question that arises is the rate at ... -
Assessing the Stability of Money Multipliers: Evidence from Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance (IOSR-JEF), 2018-07-02)This paper investigated the stability of money multiplier using Kenyan data for the period 1983- 2015.This paper used Maki(2012) tests for cointegration allowing for unknown number of structural breaks and the Dynamic ... -
Family Networks and Microcredit Access in Kenya
(Journal of African Political Economy and Development, 2017-12)For a long time now, social networks have been hailed for lowering otherwise high information and search cost to agents as well as making a principal’s market dominance increasingly ample. We therefore use the data from ... -
Mobile Telephony, Social Networks and Credit Access: Evidence from MSMES in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-04-17)Access to credit by micro, small and medium enterprises is key for growth and employment. However, it is hindered by information asymmetry. We investigated the effect of mobile telephony and social networks (group networks) ... -
Cost- Saving Measures in Public Secondary Schools: are These Strategies Making Education Affordable In Kisumu West District, Kisumu County, Kenya?
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2014)The major thrust of the study reported in this paper was to examine the cost-saving measures employed by school managers to make education affordable in public Secondary Schools in the study locale of Kisumu West District. ... -
Assessment of Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) Theory in Kinango Sub-County, Kwale County, Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2014)The problematique of this study is that despite the fact that there has been a lot of rhetoric from various stakeholders regarding the perceive direct benefits of the home grown school feeding programme (HGSFP)theory, no ... -
Nurses’ Management of Patients with Pressure Ulcers in Selected Health Facilities in Murang’a County, Kenya.
(eajhs, 2021)Pressure ulcers are a common health problem in hospitalized patients, especially among patients with chronic illnesses and those with reduced mobility. The prevalence of pressure ulcers varies with health care settings and ... -
The Influence of Place Identity on Destination Competitiveness in Machakos County, Kenya
(AJHTL, 2019)The topic of place identity has recently attracted interest among researchers because to date there exists no place brand identity model that is universally accepted. Nevertheless, this core aspect of the destination branding ... -
Sustainable Tourism Certification, Local Governance and Management in Dealing with Overtourism in East Africa
(Emerald, 2019)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the causes and effects of overtourism within the East African region. The paper examines how national governments address the problem of overtourism in East Africa and ... -
Safari Tourism and its Role in Sustainable Poverty Eradication in East Africa: the Case of Kenya
(Emerald, 2021)Purpose – Globally, poverty has been a persistent problem despite decades of unprecedented growth. The purpose of this paper is to deliberate on a sustainable livelihoods and poverty eradication approach in an African ... -
A Markov Regime-Wwitching (MS) Approach to Modeling the Effects of Fiscal Policies and COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism Destination Competitiveness in Kenya
(Emerald, 2022)Purpose – The COVID-19 pandemic has had a catastrophic impact on the tourist activity in Kenya. Global lockdown has limited travel resulting to losses in the tourism sector. This paper discusses the specific role that fiscal ... -
Effects of Supermarket Delis on Established Restaurants in Nairobi’s Central Business District
(IISTE, 2014)The most notable change that has taken place in supermarkets in the recent past is the emergence of the delicatessen. Over the years, the deli has grown from a small service department that primarily focused on meat, cold ... -
Exogenous Shocks to Crime and Resolution of Court Cases: Do Such Shocks Impact on Investments?
(IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance (IOSR-JEF), 2019-09-30)The interaction between justice sector and private investments has widely been acknowledged by economists and governments. For instance, services provided by police and courts have been found to affect private investments ... -
Influence of Policy Guidelines in Contract Catering Services on Customer Satisfaction in Selected Universities in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Stratford, 2020)The paper examines the influence of policy guidelines in contract catering services on customer satisfaction in Universities. Specifically the paper assesses the effect of policy guidelines in policy procedures and service ... -
Role of Monetary Incentives on Motivation and Retention of Community Health Workers: An Experience in a Kenyan Community
(Scientific & Academic Publishing., 2018)Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the role of monetary incentives on motivation and retention of Community Health Workers in Kibwezi Sub-county. Methods: It was a cross-sectional comparative study in ...
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Drivers of Employment Elasticities in Kenya
(IISTE, 2019-08-31)The relationship between output growth and employment elasticities has been of intense debate among many economists. Though there is no conflict between the two objectives, the question that arises is the rate at ... -
Assessing the Stability of Money Multipliers: Evidence from Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance (IOSR-JEF), 2018-07-02)This paper investigated the stability of money multiplier using Kenyan data for the period 1983- 2015.This paper used Maki(2012) tests for cointegration allowing for unknown number of structural breaks and the Dynamic ... -
Family Networks and Microcredit Access in Kenya
(Journal of African Political Economy and Development, 2017-12)For a long time now, social networks have been hailed for lowering otherwise high information and search cost to agents as well as making a principal’s market dominance increasingly ample. We therefore use the data from ... -
Mobile Telephony, Social Networks and Credit Access: Evidence from MSMES in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-04-17)Access to credit by micro, small and medium enterprises is key for growth and employment. However, it is hindered by information asymmetry. We investigated the effect of mobile telephony and social networks (group networks) ... -
Cost- Saving Measures in Public Secondary Schools: are These Strategies Making Education Affordable In Kisumu West District, Kisumu County, Kenya?
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2014)The major thrust of the study reported in this paper was to examine the cost-saving measures employed by school managers to make education affordable in public Secondary Schools in the study locale of Kisumu West District. ... -
Assessment of Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) Theory in Kinango Sub-County, Kwale County, Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2014)The problematique of this study is that despite the fact that there has been a lot of rhetoric from various stakeholders regarding the perceive direct benefits of the home grown school feeding programme (HGSFP)theory, no ... -
Nurses’ Management of Patients with Pressure Ulcers in Selected Health Facilities in Murang’a County, Kenya.
(eajhs, 2021)Pressure ulcers are a common health problem in hospitalized patients, especially among patients with chronic illnesses and those with reduced mobility. The prevalence of pressure ulcers varies with health care settings and ... -
Sustainable Tourism Certification, Local Governance and Management in Dealing with Overtourism in East Africa
(Emerald, 2019)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the causes and effects of overtourism within the East African region. The paper examines how national governments address the problem of overtourism in East Africa and ... -
Safari Tourism and its Role in Sustainable Poverty Eradication in East Africa: the Case of Kenya
(Emerald, 2021)Purpose – Globally, poverty has been a persistent problem despite decades of unprecedented growth. The purpose of this paper is to deliberate on a sustainable livelihoods and poverty eradication approach in an African ... -
The Influence of Place Identity on Destination Competitiveness in Machakos County, Kenya
(AJHTL, 2019)The topic of place identity has recently attracted interest among researchers because to date there exists no place brand identity model that is universally accepted. Nevertheless, this core aspect of the destination branding ... -
A Markov Regime-Wwitching (MS) Approach to Modeling the Effects of Fiscal Policies and COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism Destination Competitiveness in Kenya
(Emerald, 2022)Purpose – The COVID-19 pandemic has had a catastrophic impact on the tourist activity in Kenya. Global lockdown has limited travel resulting to losses in the tourism sector. This paper discusses the specific role that fiscal ... -
Effects of Supermarket Delis on Established Restaurants in Nairobi’s Central Business District
(IISTE, 2014)The most notable change that has taken place in supermarkets in the recent past is the emergence of the delicatessen. Over the years, the deli has grown from a small service department that primarily focused on meat, cold ... -
Exogenous Shocks to Crime and Resolution of Court Cases: Do Such Shocks Impact on Investments?
(IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance (IOSR-JEF), 2019-09-30)The interaction between justice sector and private investments has widely been acknowledged by economists and governments. For instance, services provided by police and courts have been found to affect private investments ... -
Determinants of Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate and its Misalignment in Kenya 2000-2016: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Approach
(IPRJB, 2019)Purpose: This paper investigates the determinants of Kenya’s real exchange rate and determine the real exchange rate and its misalignment from the long run equilibrium level using quarterly data covering 2000 – ... -
Influence of Policy Guidelines in Contract Catering Services on Customer Satisfaction in Selected Universities in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Stratford, 2020)The paper examines the influence of policy guidelines in contract catering services on customer satisfaction in Universities. Specifically the paper assesses the effect of policy guidelines in policy procedures and service ... -
Role of Monetary Incentives on Motivation and Retention of Community Health Workers: An Experience in a Kenyan Community
(Scientific & Academic Publishing., 2018)Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the role of monetary incentives on motivation and retention of Community Health Workers in Kibwezi Sub-county. Methods: It was a cross-sectional comparative study in ... -
Short and Long Run Effects of Exchange Rate Volatility on Foreign Direct Investment in Kenya
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2017-11)Foreign Direct Investment is a significant factor in enhancing Kenya’s economic growth and development. However, exchange rate volatility appears to be a disincentive to this aspect owing to the risks it possesses to ... -
Organizational Practices and Revenue Collection in Garissa County, Kenya
(International Academic Journal of Economics and Finance (IAJEF), 2020-10-23)Garissa County is among the county governments in Kenya experiencing dismal performance in revenue collection as depicted by the small percentage of their own source revenue and failure to achieve its revenue targets. ... -
Prudential Regulations and Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance (IOSR-JEF), 2020-09-02)Banks are the primary intermediaries for the reason that in various countries of the world, they carry out financial intermediation. Through the years, different countries have gone through an unprecedented number ... -
Impact of China‟s Monetary Aid on Kenya‟s Public Debt Stock
(IJRISS, 2021-10)t: The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of China’s Monetary Aid on Public Debt. The key literature reviewed from various sources showed that a number of China’s monetary aid in form of concessional loans, ...
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