Savings is a vital source of investment funds, especially for developing economies. It is thus essential that internal savings capacity in these economies is increased to enhance investment financing and economic growth. ...

ABSTRACT Kenya has a long history of growing horticultural crops for both domestic and export markets. The climatic conditions are highly varied supporting the growth of a wide range of horticultural crops. The horticultural ...

Budget deficits have attracted a great deal of attention over the past two decades. They have been blamed for the assortment of ills that beset developing countries. The objectives of this study included: describing the ...

Agricultural activities contribute about 33% of the East African Community‟s Gross Domestic Product (World Bank, 2009), 80 per cent of the populace depend on agriculture directly and indirectly for food, employment and ...

Most studies on private capital inflows and economic growth are cross-country and give more weight to foreign direct investment than the other components of private capital inflows. Moreover, these studies have not included ...

ABSTRACT Health is an important socioeconomic component as it promotes the national welfare and fosters economic prosperity. Tanzania has made significant strides with regards to investments in its health sector by ...

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) playa very important role in the economy in terms of wealth creation and provision of employment opportunities. However, competition from more established firms poses a great challenge ...

The East African Community partner states are in the process of forming a monetary union and it is expected to be complete by the year 2023. The idea of a monetary union is not new in East Africa, this is because, Kenya, ...

Good health plays an important role in boosting economic growth, poverty reduction and the realization of social goals. However, the Survey of Health Care Utilisation and Expenditure of 2013 found that the high cost of ...

International trade has broadened possible opportunities available to countries for upgrading economic activities, including the development of manufacturing. Since the late 1980s, Nigeria has progressively pursued trade ...