Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya: Recent submissions
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Choice of technology in the Kenyan food processing sector, with particular reference to the situation and orientation of technical change: a project outline
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1974-12)Four areas of policy are concerned in this project on the choice of technology and technical change in the food processing industry. These are: - (a) economic considerations (b) nutritional considerations (c) the orientation ... -
Population growth in Kenya: policy formulation and implementation
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1974-01)This study examines population growth in Kenya since independence. In 1966, the Ministry of Health integrated the formerly private Family Planning Association of Kenya within its Family Planning Programme. The Programme’s ... -
The effects of government agricultural policy on women farmers in Kenya: a research proposal
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1974-11)This study proposes to compare the delivery of agricultural services to men and women farmers in two districts of Kenya. Two conceptual approaches in political science are put forth which justify a study of this type. While ... -
Skill formation and rural industrial development
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1974-12)The purpose of this progress report is to raise discussion propositions about how so-called "informal" skill formation relates to rural industrial development. Four issues have been demarcated as central for commencing ... -
The community development assistant in Kenya: a study of the administration of personnel and rural development
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1974-12)The paper focuses on a particular organisation concerned with rural development - the community Development Division of the Department of Social Services. In particular, attention is paid to the position occupied by the ... -
Introduction to problems of loan repayment on settlement schemes in Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1974-11)In 1961 Kenya embarked on a program of agricultural reform called the Million Acre Settlement Scheme providing for the transfer of ownership of land in the Rift Valley from outgoing white settlers to local farmers. These ... -
A survey of agricultural development in the small farm areas of Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1974-10)This paper summarises briefly same of the principle features of agricultural development in small farm areas of Kenya since the 1920s, in an attempt to increase understanding of current inequalities between different areas ... -
The dynamics of location: a Von Thunen-supply analysis of the changing characteristics of cotton in Uganda
(Institute for Development, University of Nairobi, 1974-10)With the increasing popularity of regional and district planning, there is growing necessity to infuse a spatial dimension in economic analysis of African development phenomena. This paper is an attempt to integrate the ... -
Assessing local administrative capacity for development purposes: a Kenyan case
(Institute for Development, University of Nairobi, 1974-09)This paper is based on field data, collected between 1970-1972. It assesses the administrative potential and capacity that existed in one sub-district at the time an integrated rural development programme was being launched ... -
Groups and co-operatives: economic enterprises of women in Nakuru, part 2
(Institute for Development, University of Nairobi, 1974-09)Complementary to the study of individual business ventures run by Nakuru women in part 1 (I.D.S. WP 189), this paper focuses on groups and co-operatives formed by women in an attempt to collectively advance themselves ... -
Production structure and income generation in Uganda: pathfinder of the current negative growth rate in the economy
(Institute for Development, University of Nairobi, 1974)This paper provides background information necessary for the analysis of a problem revealed in the 1974/7-5 budget speech by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development; the problem of the rate of growth in ... -
Staff training for more efficient extension: experimental one week training courses for divisional, locational and sublocational extension staff
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Women's and men's second-hand clothes businesses in two secondary towns in Kenya
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Risk as a constraint to micro-enterprise growth
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Small scale enterprise in Nairobi: the socio-cultural factors influencing investment patterns among informal sector women entrepreneurs
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The interface between farm and non-farm activities among the Mumias sugan cane growers
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Tapping opportunities in Jua Kali enterprise clusters: the case of Ziwani and Kigandaini
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Trust-a cornerstone in trade: the economic universe of the Iganga maize traders in Uganda
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Institutions and the industrialisation process : a proposal for a study of the textile and textile products industry in Kenya
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Employees in small enterprises in Nairobi job search and career patterns
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1999)