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Aid unpredictability and Economic Growth in Kenya
(African Development Bank Group, 2015)Studies on the impacts of aid on growth are not limited. Some have found positive effects, others negative effects, others no effect and others have found positive impacts only under certain conditions. A less examined ... -
Analysis of income tax system productivity in Kenya
(Amity Directorate of Management & Allied Areas (ADMAA), 2016)The Government of Kenya has over the years undertaken reforms in the income tax system with a view of making it elastic. Despite these efforts, studies have shown that the structure is still inelastic. However, these studies ... -
Analysis of Price Volatility and Implications for Price Stabilization Policies in Mozambique
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2014)High food price instability is one of the major risks facing agricultural households from developing countries. Resulting from agronomic factors as well as the historically low levels of world grain stocks and climate ... -
The Analysis of Profitability of Kenya`s Top Six Commercial Banks: Internal Factor Analysis
(2014)The financial sector plays an important role in the development of the country. For sustainable economic growth, a country must have a strong banking sector. The Kenyan banking sector has experienced several challenges ... -
Bank competition in Kenya
(Springer Nature, 2018-05)Abstract This study investigates the level of competition among commercial banks in Kenya over the period 2001 to 2014. The study used a balanced panel data set from 36 commercial banks, the performance dynamics approach ... -
Bank Competitive Landscape and Competition in the Banking Sector in Kenya
(African Review of Economics and Finance, 2019)This study investigates the evolution of competition among commercial banks in Kenya with changes in the bank competitive landscape. Employing system GMM and the performance dynamics approach, the study establishes ... -
Causes of congestion in the justice system. Does macroeconomic environment matter?
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2018)Public services rendered by the justice system institutions are susceptible to congestion which arise from partial rivalry in consumption of these services. This paper investigated the causes of congestion in Kenyan justice ... -
Community-Based Conservation, Income Governance, and Poverty Alleviation in Tanzania: The Case of Serengeti Ecosystem
(SAGE, 2013)Protected areas occupy about 27% of Tanzania’s land of 945,000 sq km and contribute 17.5% of its GDP. But who benefits from and pays for the cost of conservation? This study provides insights into these issues based on ... -
Determinants of participation of micro and small enterprises in microfinance in Kenya
(OMICS International, 2018-05-22)Microfinance development is one of the avenues that can potentially promote performance of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) especially in developing nations. Despite the development, MSEs continue to suffer from high ... -
Do Clinical Guidelines Reduce Clinician Dependent Costs?
(Health Research Policy and Systems, 2011)Clinician dependent costs are the costs of care that are under the discretion of the healthcare provider. These costs include the costs of drugs, tests and investigations, and discretionary outpatient visits and impatient ... -
Economic Effects of Inter-community conflicts in Kenya: evidence of the importance of peace in the realization of sustainable development
(2016-11)The sixteenth goal of the United Nations’ seventeen sustainable development goals (SDGs) seeks to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development. Therefore including the reduction of all forms of ... -
Effect of credit and education on performance of micro and small enterprises in Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2018)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of credit and owner/manager educational qualification on performance of micro and small enterprises in Kenya and their joint effect using the 2016 MSMEs survey ... -
Effect of dispensation of justice and provision of security on private investments
(IOSR Journals, 2018-09-06)Most economists have argued that government institutions play a crucial role on performance of private investment. One such institution is the justice system that dispenses justice and provides security. There has been ... -
Effect of human capital investment on organizational performance of pharmaceutical companies in Kenya
(European Centre for Research Training and Development UK, 2015-11)Provision of adequate health care services to their population remains a major challenge for governments in Africa. In Kenya, the number of trained Pharmacists is increasing with time but still insufficient relative to ... -
Effect of human capital management drivers on organizational performance in Kenya a case of investment and mortgages Bank Ltd
(2014)The skills and capacities that reside in people that are put to productive use can be a more important determinant of the nation’s long term economic success and that of an organization. In Kenya, the contribution of the ... -
The Effect of Regional Financial Integration on Intra-Regional Trade in the East African Community
(Globalbiz Research,, 2013-12)This paper aimed at establishing effects of regional financial integration on intraregional trade in East African Community (EAC). The importance of financial integration on trade prompted the study. Quantitative and ... -
Effects of competition on the profitability of cement manufacturers in Kenya
(European Society of Business and Social Sciences, 2014)The main objective of this study was to identify the effects of competition on the profitability of cement manufacturers in Kenya. This study adopted a survey research design while, stratified random sampling was ... -
Effects of cross cultural factors on knowledge management of Kenya homegrown multinationals operating in east Africa
(2015)The economic integration of the five East Africa regional countries has created unprecedented opportunities and new challenges. Kenya homegrown multinational firms have taken advantage of these opportunities by expanding ... -
Effects Of East African Community customs union on trade and economic growth in Kenya
(2015-10)During the 1990’s the world experienced a new wave of regional integration agreements (RIAs) that reached unprecedented proportions. The increasing importance of regional integration agreements and in particular their ...
