Beef cattle production is important for livelihood sustenance, especially in the Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASALs) of Kenya, besides contributing a significant share of the agricultural Gross Domestic Product. Export ...

Achieving and sustaining high levels of economic growth has been a primary focus for policy makers in post-independent Kenya. However, economic growth has been episodic, and achieving sustainable growth remains elusive. ...

This paper provides estimates of technical efficiency in Kenya sugar factories. It examines factors that affect technical efficiency by applying a stochastic production frontier approach over the period 1996-2005 using ...

Economic growth and income distribution are two issues that are currently dominating policy decisions of both developed and developing countries. Governments across the globe are struggling to find an economic solution ...

Kenya's capital and financial account balance displays a sharp shift in external financing from official assistance to private capital transfers in the 1990s. Whereas the capital account of the balance of payment reflects ...

The underground economy comprises economic activities not accounted for in national income statistics and is, therefore, difficult to measure. The difficulty arises because this economy comprises a host of traditional and ...

This paper develops a conceptual framework for applying good governance to systems of public expenditure management (PEM), and analyses governance in public expenditure management in Kenya. An overview of some key governance ...

This paper examines a range of factors that determine primary school output (proxied by examination performance) with an aim of identifying the main inputs that are of policy relevance in the improvement of quality of ...

This study investigates the determinants of current account balance (CAB) in Kenya using intertemporal approach. By use of time series analytical framework, an error correction model is estimated in order to examine ...

The trend of urbanization and population growth has exerted excessive pressure on natural capital, with scientific evidence showing an overshoot beyond sustainable limits. Ensuring ecologically sustainable cities and ...