This study considers empirical evidence concerning job search behaviour of non-working individuals in Kenya. The study uses data from a nationally representative Labour Force Survey and discrete choice models to analyse ...

Human wildlife conflict is a severe and growing problem in today’s world. Unlike other environmental issues, it involves impoverishment of human communities. It is also causing population declines and may lead to ...

This study forms part of the baseline information for use by counties as they take up the functions of providing public health care. The study objectives therefore includes determining the minimum number of health ...

Strategies aimed at enhancing social cohesion and reinforcing a “national identity” need to identify factors that are strongly associated with social cohesion as well as national attachment, and which are amenable to ...

This study investigates the factors influencing alcohol consumption and the effects of alcohol consumption on healthcare expenditure in Kenya using data from the 2005 Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS). The ...

This study sought to analyze the institutional and regulatory framework relevant to the wholesale and retail trade in Kenya. In order to realize this objective, the study relied on roundtables and comparative case studies. ...

Imports are fundamental for the survival of a small open economy such as Kenya. Various trade reforms have been implemented to achieve several objectives including raising revenue, maintaining favourable balance of ...

Cash transfers are important in relieving both the direct and opportunity costs of utilizing public social services such as health and education. Cash transfers have a direct effect on the welfare of poor households and ...

The agriculture sector contributed 21.2%, the equivalent of US$ 10.3 billion (2009 constant prices) of the country’s GDP in 2019. Of this, the crops subsector contributed the lion share of 27.8% or US$ 7.58 billion. In the ...

The need to have shelter is indispensable to humanity and is classified among the top three basic needs. However, increase in population, scarcity of fixed assets such as land, escalating house prices, and the rising ...