Wheat is the second most important cereal in Kenya after maize and it plays an important role in enhancing food security. Despite this importance, the industry has been facing competition from import of cheap wheat. To ...

Although the performance of the port of Mombasa has been an issue of public interest, there has not been any empirical study focusing on it over time. This study estimates the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of the port ...

This study addresses the key research question of whether differences in financial development are significantly associated with differences in economic growth for 13 African countries using panel data from 1984 to 2002. ...

Ensuring adequate and nutritional access to food for a growing population is a major concern globally. In Kenya, the national development blueprint Vision 2030 and the Agriculture Sector Development Support Programme ...

The Kenya Vision 2030 aims to transform Kenya into a globally competitive and prosperous nation with a high quality of life by the year 2030. Its competitiveness depends on, among others, the performance of its current ...

In Kenya, policies in the transport sector largely support motorized transport at the expense of Non-Motorized and Intermediate Modes of Transport (NMIMT). These policies, together with the absence of vehicle retirement ...

Traffic congestion is a major problem in many cities around the world, including the Nairobi Metropolitan Region (NMR). Given the high economic, social and environmental costs incurred on account of road traffic congestion, ...

It is widely acknowledged that out-of-pocket health payments are both a burden as well as a hindrance to accessing health care, thus leading to worse health outcomes. Health insurance financing mechanism has been proposed ...

Kenya has adopted Integrated Water Resources Management and instituted water sector reforms, which have led to commercialization of water supply and sanitation (WSS) services to enhance sustainability in the management of ...

Diplomatic representation structures aim at achieving several goals, among them, increasing export volumes and foreign direct investment (FDI). These structures within the Kenyan context include embassies, career ...