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Structural sources of constitutional conflicts: a conflict analysis of constitution-making in Kenya, 1997-2005
(2008)The study investigates the structural sources of constitutional conflicts in Kenyan society by examining the process and content debates in the constitutional review process that took place between 1997 and 2005. The study ... -
Keeping warm in later life: tackling money, mindsets and machinery
(Sheffield Hallam University, 2011)A study to examine the knowledge, beliefs and values of older people with a focus on keeping warm at home and barriers to accessing help to keep warm.With the findings we will develop solutions and strategies to overcome ... -
Adoption of agricultural technologies in Kenya : How does gender matter?
(2011-10)This paper uses plot level data to investigate the agricultural technologies adoption across male and female plots managers in Kenya with particular attention on complementarity or substitutability of several technologies ... -
Emerging trends and concerns in the economic diplomacy of African states
(Inderscience Publishers, 2012-10-10)Increased globalisation has played a key role in shaping recent trends and concerns in the economic diplomacy of African states. African states are increasingly interested in becoming more relevant actors in the global ... -
What determines gender inequality in household food security in Kenya? application of exogenous switching treatment regression
(ScienceDirect, 2014-04)This paper explores the link between the gender of a household head and food security in rural Kenya. The results show that the food security gap between male-headed households (MHHs) and female-headed households (FHHs) ... -
Complementarity in firm-level innovation strategies: a comparative study of Kenya and Nigeria
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2015-09)We present and analyse firm-level innovation data from Kenya and Nigeria. We test for the existence of complementarities between internal R&D and external innovation activities, and between organizational and marketing ... -
The cascade model of teachers’ continuing professional development in Kenya : a time for change?
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-01-28)Kenya is one of the countries whose teachers the UNESCO (2015) report cited as lacking curriculum support in the classroom. As is the case in many African countries, a large portion of teachers in Kenya enter the teaching ... -
The Aftermath of fraud
(ICPAK, 2016-03)You have just unearthed that “major” fraud in your organization. You now want to establish the underlying cause of the fraud and how you can recover the lost assets. Question is:how do you involve the ... -
The Fading role of bank reconciliation in fraud prevention and detection
(ICPAK, 2016-04)Bank reconciliation statements have traditionally served as an important control tool in detecting anomalies either in the cash book and or the bank statements. Whereas there may exist a number of ... -
If they don't use it, they lose it: how organisational structures and practices shape residents' physical movement in care home settings.
(2017)Older people living in long-term facilities (nursing and residential homes providing 24-hour care) spend the majority of their time inactive, despite the known health and wellbeing benefits of physical activity and reduced ... -
Shocks affecting electricity prices in Kenya, a fractional integration study
(ScienceDirect, 2017-02)We conduct a fractional integration and cointegration study of several Kenyan electricity price series in order to determine whether signs of persistence or mean reversion can eventually be discovered. Such features can ... -
Providing context and inspiring hope: using the case method to teach public policy in developing countries
(2017-05-03)This article asks: What makes for good cases when teaching public policy in a developing country? How important is geographic proximity relative to other factors in determining relevance? Building on literature about the ... -
Plasma and cerebrospinal proteomes from childre with cerebral malaria differ from those of children with other encephalopathies
Clinical signs and symptoms of cerebral malaria in children are nonspecific and are seen in other common encephalopathies in malaria-endemic areas. This makes accurate diagnosis difficult in resource-poor settings. Novel ... -
Are there systematic gender differences in the adoption of sustainable agricultural intensification practices? evidence from Kenya
This paper uses sex-disaggregated survey data at the plot level to test whether there are systematic gender differences in the adoption of multiple sustainable intensification practices (SIPs) in Kenya. We analyze plot ... -
Environmental goods collection and children’s schooling: evidence from Kenya
This study examines the link between environmental goods collection and children schooling in Kiambu District, Kenya. The study was carried out against the increasing consensus in the literature on household dependence on ... -
Development of monarchies and the process of political Integration
Summary of “The history of World Economy, The development of Political Economy by Javier Anton Pelayo and Antoni Simón Tarrés -
Determinants of food security in Kenya, a gender perspective
The paper contributes to an understanding of the determinants of food security with a bias on the link between gender of household head and food security using detailed farm household and plot level survey data from 30 ... -
Strengthening capacity for health research in Africa
Health research has a key role in the development of low-income and middle-income countries. There are several current initiatives that have greatly contributed to capacity strengthening of health research in sub-Saharan ... -
The Feudal system in Medieval Europe (7th-14th Century A.D.)
This document is a summary of the European feudal system in the medieval ages from an excerpt by: SB Clough y RT Rapp, Historia Economica de Europa. El desarrollo Económico de la Civilización Occidental, Barcelona, Omega, ... -
Situating and evaluating institutions in the common good : Common good and neo-liberalism perspectives
Business Institutions play a fundamental role in ensuring and preserving the common good of society. The underlying philosophy of global society and its institutions half a century after the Second World War still remain ...
