This paper examines how bank earnings are affected by the bank’s choice of investment portfolios. It reveals that bank earnings increase with loans and advances, placements in other banking institutions, and government ...

After unprecedented decline in Kenya’s cotton-textile-apparel industry since the early 1990s, substantial interest in its revival has emerged. This interest has largely been stimulated by the market opportunity presented ...

The Micro and Smallscale Enterprises' (MSEs) sector in Kenya has grown tremendously over the last two decades despite poor policy conceptualization and implementation in the sector. However, this growth is characterized ...

The agricultural sector in Kenya has shown mixed performance with the onset of liberalization of the Kenyan economy. Under liberalization policies of the structural adjustment programs (SAPS), agricultural monopolies ...

This paper explores the evolutionary process of the stock market in Kenya and identifies the institutional and policy changes that have shaped the development pattern of the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). A historical ...

Concern is rising about the performance of the agricultural sector in Kenya given that it is the backbone of the country’s economy. The issue of particular concern is the declining productivity that has been associated ...

With globalisation, export-led growth strategy has become a major focus for many countries including Kenya. Although there have been efforts towards diversification of the export sector, Kenya’s exports are still dominated ...

Excise taxes form a substantial proportion of revenue for governments all over the world, and especially in low-income developing countries. Excise taxes are levied on a few goods characterised by low price elasticity ...

Post-independence Africa has been marked by numerous ethnic conflicts. These conflicts have adversely impacted on the quality of life and have greatly undermined the continent's prospects for development. In addition to ...

Kenya’s bilateral exports were positively affected by its productive capacity, absorptive capacity of its trading partners, and Kenya’s increased involvement in regional integration. Progression of COMESA from Preferential ...