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Effect of Interest Rates on Economic Growth in Kenya
(KENYATTA UNIVERSITY, 2023)Economic growth for any economy is a primemacroeconomic variable since it is one of the determiners of people’s living standards. Positive economic growth reduces poverty, unemployment, improves public services and reduces ... -
An Analysis of Crowding-Out of Private Sector by Government Borrowing in Kenya
(2022)The government of Kenya has been running budget deficits every year of its national accounting. The government has therefore been forced to borrow either from the domestic or external financial markets to bridge those ... -
Human Capital Development, Official Development Assistance and Sectoral Economic Growth in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Kenya's economic performance has varied overtime; however, the individual share of leading sectors in Gross Domestic Product is still trifling. The broad-based growth option is that which incorporates total factor ... -
Relationship between Economic Growth and Fertility Rate in Kenya between the Periods 1977 -2019
(Kenyatta University, 2021)In Kenya, the total fertility rate is constantly changing, which affects per capita income. And the results on the impact of fertility on economic growth are even more different. The debate about the positive and negative ... -
Global Oil Price Volatility and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)External capital flows play a 2crucial role 2in driving investment and 2economic growth2 in financial resource constrained countries such as Kenya. As such, the vulnerability of a country’s foreign 2direct investment 2flows ... -
Predictors of Length of Stay in the Tourism Industry in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-12)When tourists plan a holiday, a number of decisions must be made about different components of the trip like the choice of the destination, the type of the accommodation and means of transport. One of the most important ... -
Technical Effeciency of Small Scale Banana Farming in Meru County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019)Banana production is important due to the role it plays in the economy of Kenya. It provides income to the farmers; generate job opportunities and boost food security in the country. Banana is ranked as the fourth most ... -
Equity in Utilisation of Health Care Services in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Access to better health care services is a primary need to every individual in the world and rightfully Kenya. A healthy nation plays a significant position in strengthening growth and development. However, presence of ... -
Effects of Financing Decisions on Total Productivity of Non-Financial Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Kenyatta University, 2020)The importance of a firm’s productivity cannot be overemphasised as it not only results in the growth of firms but also contributes to the overall growth of an economy. More than half of the variation in economic growth ... -
Credit, Entrepreneurship Training and Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises in Nakuru County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Micro and Small enterprises are widely recognised for their role in industrialization and economic growth across the globe. In Kenya, the government has initiated a number of strategies aimed at promoting small-scale ... -
Analysis of Buoyancy and Elasticity of Income Taxes in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Kenya, just like many developing countries is currently confronted by huge fiscal deficits, declining external assistance and huge debt service charges that are adversely affecting the country’s development process. The ... -
Impact of External Debt on Inflation and Exchange Rate in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)External financing is necessary for many low-income countries to achieve their development objective. External borrowing compliments savings and permits an economy to carry out investment activities. It is expected to ... -
Effect of Public Sector Wage Bill on Public Investment and Fiscal Deficit in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Public sector wage bill has been growing rapidly in Kenya. The wage bill as a proportion of recurrent expenditure averaged 63 per cent per year between 1993 and 2005 and 56 percent between 2006 and 2017. In addition, ... -
Effect of Government Expenditure on Selected Sectoral Output Performance in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Government expenditure is a key component for guaranteeing a nation assigns and spend budgetary resources to accomplish a robust economic performance. However, the achievement of macroeconomic objectives, from time ... -
Effect of Government Infrastructure Development Expenditure on Performance of Manufacturing in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-05)The need for infrastructure development in Kenya was initiated in the early years of economic planning. For instance, the Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965 among other strategic objectives provided a premise for infrastructure ...
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Effect of Interest Rates on Economic Growth in Kenya
(KENYATTA UNIVERSITY, 2023)Economic growth for any economy is a primemacroeconomic variable since it is one of the determiners of people’s living standards. Positive economic growth reduces poverty, unemployment, improves public services and reduces ... -
An Analysis of Crowding-Out of Private Sector by Government Borrowing in Kenya
(2022)The government of Kenya has been running budget deficits every year of its national accounting. The government has therefore been forced to borrow either from the domestic or external financial markets to bridge those ... -
Human Capital Development, Official Development Assistance and Sectoral Economic Growth in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Kenya's economic performance has varied overtime; however, the individual share of leading sectors in Gross Domestic Product is still trifling. The broad-based growth option is that which incorporates total factor ... -
Relationship between Economic Growth and Fertility Rate in Kenya between the Periods 1977 -2019
(Kenyatta University, 2021)In Kenya, the total fertility rate is constantly changing, which affects per capita income. And the results on the impact of fertility on economic growth are even more different. The debate about the positive and negative ... -
Global Oil Price Volatility and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)External capital flows play a 2crucial role 2in driving investment and 2economic growth2 in financial resource constrained countries such as Kenya. As such, the vulnerability of a country’s foreign 2direct investment 2flows ... -
Predictors of Length of Stay in the Tourism Industry in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-12)When tourists plan a holiday, a number of decisions must be made about different components of the trip like the choice of the destination, the type of the accommodation and means of transport. One of the most important ... -
Technical Effeciency of Small Scale Banana Farming in Meru County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019)Banana production is important due to the role it plays in the economy of Kenya. It provides income to the farmers; generate job opportunities and boost food security in the country. Banana is ranked as the fourth most ... -
Equity in Utilisation of Health Care Services in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Access to better health care services is a primary need to every individual in the world and rightfully Kenya. A healthy nation plays a significant position in strengthening growth and development. However, presence of ... -
Effects of Financing Decisions on Total Productivity of Non-Financial Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Kenyatta University, 2020)The importance of a firm’s productivity cannot be overemphasised as it not only results in the growth of firms but also contributes to the overall growth of an economy. More than half of the variation in economic growth ... -
Credit, Entrepreneurship Training and Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises in Nakuru County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Micro and Small enterprises are widely recognised for their role in industrialization and economic growth across the globe. In Kenya, the government has initiated a number of strategies aimed at promoting small-scale ... -
Analysis of Buoyancy and Elasticity of Income Taxes in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Kenya, just like many developing countries is currently confronted by huge fiscal deficits, declining external assistance and huge debt service charges that are adversely affecting the country’s development process. The ... -
Impact of External Debt on Inflation and Exchange Rate in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)External financing is necessary for many low-income countries to achieve their development objective. External borrowing compliments savings and permits an economy to carry out investment activities. It is expected to ... -
Effect of Public Sector Wage Bill on Public Investment and Fiscal Deficit in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Public sector wage bill has been growing rapidly in Kenya. The wage bill as a proportion of recurrent expenditure averaged 63 per cent per year between 1993 and 2005 and 56 percent between 2006 and 2017. In addition, ... -
Effect of Government Expenditure on Selected Sectoral Output Performance in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Government expenditure is a key component for guaranteeing a nation assigns and spend budgetary resources to accomplish a robust economic performance. However, the achievement of macroeconomic objectives, from time ... -
Effect of Government Infrastructure Development Expenditure on Performance of Manufacturing in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-05)The need for infrastructure development in Kenya was initiated in the early years of economic planning. For instance, the Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965 among other strategic objectives provided a premise for infrastructure ... -
Higher Education Expenditure and Economic Growth in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-06)Higher education investment has been at the centre of government policy since independence with a commitment to fight ignorance. This study aimed at analyzing the relationship between higher education expenditure and ... -
Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Growth and Employment in Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2019-04)FDI can be defined as capital inflow into a country aimed to acquire investment in another country for profit or any other purpose. On the other hand, gross national product is the basic national accounting measure of the ... -
Regional Trade and Economic Growth of East Africa Community States
(Kenyatta University, 2017-03)In light of the regional integration efforts, this study sought to find out the impact of regional trade integration on economic growth of East Africa Community. One of the provisions to increase the EAC intra-trade is ... -
Microfinance Institutions’ Social Intermediation and Micro and Small Enterprises Survival in Thika Town
(Kenyatta University, 2017-07)The continuous rapid growth of microfinance institutions in Kenya seems not to offer enough solution to the micro and small enterprises survival challenges. More than a one-third of MSEs start-ups collapse within the first ... -
Effects of Income Diversification and Non-Performing Assets on Interest Rate Spread in the Kenyan Banking Sector
(Kenyatta University, 2017-05)Various structural changes intended to lower interest rate spread were initiated by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) since interest rate liberalization in early 1990s, but as documented in various Monetary Policy Statement ...
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