Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya: Recent submissions
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Cotton ginning industry in Kenya: the case of the cooperative ownership and management mode
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1989-11)This paper examines the developments in the cooperative owned ginneries in Kenya from the mid 1970's, when the transition to the cooperative ownership mode took place, up to the present day. In particular, the study is ... -
Non-governmental organizations: local capacity building and community mobilization : a research proposal
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1990-04)This research proposal highlights some pertinent issues relating to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) development activities in Kenya. Whereas NGOs have been actively involved in a number of development activities, ... -
Garmentmaking in Nairobi: a research proposal
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1989-04)The paper outlines proposed research on Nairobi's garment industry. Using a political-economy framework, the research will investigate whether two patterns of success identified in an earlier study of small-scale manufacturing ... -
The impact of wealth on smallstock production and utilization in a pastoral system: Mukogodo Division, Laikipia District, Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1989-05)Small ruminants have received very little attention in research and development as they are usually owned by smallholders and pastoralists with little influence and buying power. Moreover, they are often produced for ... -
Lopae: geographical dispersal of friendship in Turkana
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1990-06)Lopae are special friendships among the nomadic Turkana pastoralists based on the exchange of stock animals and other gifts. This study of lopae among semi-sedentary southern Turkana has shown that: 1) lopae serve as an ... -
Sedentarization in Turkana: social and ecological consequences : a proposal
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1990-04)The major research question for this thesis is, "How do loss of livestock and sedentarization bring about changes in Turkana social organisation?" Sedentarization involves basic economic change from herding livestock ... -
Credit and savings in rural Kenya: an example from Kisii
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1989-03)Academic and professional writing on rural credit in Africa and Kenya focuses almost solely on lending through state or donor-funded institutions. A precise of much of this literature is that credit programmes are needed ... -
Demography and economy in a rural community
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1989-03)This paper is a report of on-going research which examines the demography and the economy of a Kuria location and draws out the relationship between the two. It represents the first step of a detailed ethnographic study ... -
Land registration and its impact on small-scale farming in Kenya: the case of Mbeere in Embu District
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1988-11)The rationale for land registration has been that security of land tenure gives farmers incentive to improve their farms in rural areas. This is made possible by the provision of title deeds. Farmers with title deeds, it ... -
Social networks: ethnicity and the informal sector in Nairobi
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1988-08)This paper is part of a larger study entitled "The Role of Social Networks And The State In The Urban Informal Sector: The Case of Nairobi, Kenya." The social dynamics of the informal sector, popularly referred to as "Jua ... -
Sex and birth order selective underenrolment in the primary schools of Kenya's arid and semi-arid districts and the "kepyiong" phenomenon
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1988-07)The under-enrolment found in primary schools of Kenya's arid and semi-arid districts is a well documented and persistent problem. After reviewing the initiatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations to encourage ... -
New information technology and quality education in Kenya: the potential and problems of computers in schools
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1988-05)After a description of the context and particulars of the project, this paper presents preliminary research findings on the Aga Khan Foundation Computers in Education Project in Kenya. The project, which has sought to ... -
Secondary school education for girls in Kenya: the need for a more science-based curriculum to enhance women's greater participation in development
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1988-06)The paper outlines the important role women have and continue to play in agriculture, health, co-operatives and informal sector activities. It then looks at the educational opportunities available to them and particularly ... -
Pastoral peasants: household strategies in Mukogodo division Laikipia District
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1988-04)Recent reviews of pastoral development in Africa have invariably deplored the lack in understanding about pastoral socioeconomic systems. The paper argues that this is related to the fact that pastoral studies, a field ... -
Tied aid, industrial dependence and new tactics for negotiations: observations from Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1988-04)Kenya receives much foreign aid especially for agriculture and infrastructure. Despite this, many opportunities are missed for localizing the sources of inputs for these projects. The country has skills and installed ... -
The politics of government - NGO relations in Africa
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1987-12)Non-Government organizations (NGOs), deservedly or not, have established a reputation as the leading practitioners of the rural development in Africa. African governments have responded ambiguously to the presence of these ... -
Institutional change and the quality of life: two decades of economic transformation in a rural community
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1987-12)This study utilizes insights from the new institutional economics to understand the endogenous demand the Orma are suddenly experiencing for institutional change. A number of factors in their environment have created ... -
Coal supply situation: availability for substitution in the Kenyan economy
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1987-11)This paper analyses the coal/supply situation as it pertains to the availability for substitution in Kenya. It is a part of a study, Coal/Fuel Oil Substitution Potentials in the Kenyan Economy which, in nutshell, investigates ... -
The Preferential Trade Area (PTA) for Eastern and Southern African states: strategy, progress, and problems
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1987-09)The Preferential Trade Area (PTA) of Eastern and Southern African States is a relatively new economic grouping of states that is designed to foster sub-regional cooperation and integration. This paper discusses the strategy ... -
Health sector financial analysis: a survey
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1987-08)'Health for All' will not be achieved by the year 2000 unless additional resources are recruited for health sectors of developing countries. The unmet needs for basic health care cannot be satisfied through better use of ...