Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya: Recent submissions
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Public policy and political development: the implementation of the Africanization policy through ICDC's small industrial loans scheme 1961-1973
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Some myths on the African working class: the construction of social science theory and its political function
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International trade and agriculture: reasons for corrective policies in LDCs and MDCs
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An analytical approach to rural decision-making interim research report
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-11)This paper discusses the theoretical foundations and research methodology of a study of decision-making currently being conducted in a portion of Migori Division, Kenya. Drawing upon concepts from the literature of social ... -
Shifting of the Kenyan sales tax, 1973-1974
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-10)This paper attempts to estimate the extent of shifting of the Kenyan Sales Tax in its first year of operation. The method involves looking at profits with and without the Sales Tax. The shifting model is across-sectional ... -
The Kenya draft articles on exclusive maritime economic zone concepts: analysis and comments
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Industrial location and public policy: the case of Kenya's textile industry
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-11)The purpose of this interim research report is to develop models of the relationship between industrial location and public policy in Kenya, to test the validity of these models using empirical data, and to use those parts ... -
Aspects of marketing effectiveness for selected food crops in Kenya: proposals for further research
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-10)The crucial role of agricultural marketing systems in the process of economic development has often been overlooked in the past. This seems to be true for Kenya, as well as for other developing countries, particularly as ... -
Income distribution in Kenya: the politics of mystification and possessive individualism
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Urban primacy in Kenya
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Does education increase farm productivity
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The role of public bureaucracy in agricultural development in Kisumu District - western Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-08)This paper presents a partial analysis of data collected for a study examining the ways in which agricultural development is influenced by a public bureaucracy in particular as the latter (a) seeks to convey technical ... -
The role of the state in Kenya's post-war industrialisation
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-09)This paper is concerned to evaluate the nature of industrial growth in Kenya in the context of worldwide concentration of capital after the Second World War. There is a focus on the role of the metropolitan state in the ... -
Farm level derived demand responses for fertilizer in Kenya: a research proposal
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1974-07)The primary purpose of this research is to attempt to provide quantitative information at farm level on derived demand for fertilizers. In this research an attempt will also be made to assess the impact of such policy ... -
The determinants of interregional migration in Kenya
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Aspects of resource conservation and utilisation: the role of charcoal industry in the Kenya economy
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-06)Multi-disciplinary concern has been aroused by the increase of small-scale activities commonly labelled as the 'informal' sector among which the charcoal industry can be classified. This paper aims at establishing the main ... -
Designing agricultural technology for high rates of diffusion through farmer populations: CIMMYT'S east African economics programme
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-07)There is need for an interdisciplinary effort which includes social scientists in planning and designing adaptive agricultural research. The need is founded on the fact that farmers take decisions on what to produce, how ... -
An investigation of the existence of a random walk model for the Nairobi stock market prices
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-06)The behaviour of the Nairobi stock market prices is examined, under the assumption that the series follow a Random Walk Model. An examination of the spectra of the first differences of the five series shows the existence ... -
Conservation and development of costal and off-shore resources in eastern Africa: agenda for research
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Company formation in Kenya before 1945: with particular reference to the role of foreign capital
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976)This paper will examine some aspects of capitalist development in Kenya before 1945. The role of the state will be evaluated in the context of opposing interests those of local and foreign capitalists, respectively. The ...