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Water Filter Provision and Home-Based Filter Reinforcement Reduce Diarrhea in Kenyan HIV-Infected Adults and Their Household Members
(The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014)
Among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -infected adults and children in Africa, diarrheal disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. We evaluated the effectiveness of provision and home-based reinforcement ...
Quantifying idiosyncratic risk in defined benefit pension schemes in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014)
Pension schemes are prone to numerous risks that could affect the funds resulting in payments different from those that were guaranteed on entrance into the scheme. This study sought to measure the idiosyncratic risk in a ...
The X-efficiency of insurance companies in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015)
This project seeks to determine the X-efficiencies ofboth life and non-life insurance companies in Kenya. It also establishes whether the X-efficiency ofthese insurance companies is affected by the type of business (life ...
Test for purchasing power parity in selected African countries
(Strathmore University, 2015)
This paper tests for the purchasing power parity condition in selected developing countries in Africa, that is; Kenya, Rwanda and Nigeria . The purchasing power parity condition is widely used as a predictor of future ...
Intertemporal equity asset pricing with stochastic volatility at the NSE and the JSE
(Strathmore University, 2016)
This paper explores the implementation of an intertemporal asset pricing model with stochastic volatility. This model is applied to equity asset pricing at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and the Johannesburg Stock ...
Impact of macroeconomic variables on stock market volatility : a case study of the Nairobi Stock Exchange.
(Strathmore University, 2018)
Stock market plays a very important role in economic growth and development. It is a center of network transactions where buyers and sellers of securities meet at a specified price. Movement of stock markets is an important ...
Prediction of student loan default rates
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)
The effects of interest rate spread on non-performing loans in commercial banks in Kenya.
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)
The main goal of any banking institution is to maintain profitable from its operations to ensure its sustainability and continued growth. Banks generate their profits mainly from providing loan facilities to its customers ...
The effect of stock price volatility on bank loan dynamics: a case of Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)
The study seeks to evaluate dynamic linkages between stock prices and bank lending behavior prevalent in Kenya. As such the focal variables are loans to the private sector and share prices. However, because of the existence ...
Impact of dynamic pension contribution rates on adequacy of retirement benefits.
(Strathmore University, 2018)
The retirement income an employee can anticipate is greatly contingent on their salary, contributions, investment strategies and consequently investment returns. Nonetheless, the contributions along with the interest earned ...