Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya: Recent submissions
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Performance of infrastructural parastatals in Kenya since independence: transport, communications and electricity
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1987-07)The paper examines the performance of seven parastatal firms including Kenya Airways, Kenya Railways, Kenya Pipeline, Kenya Power & Light, Kenatco, Kenya Posts and Telecommunications and Kenya Ports Authority. It is shown ... -
Performance of development finance institutions in Kenya, 1964-89
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1987-07)The paper examines the performance of eight parastatals which share the goal of fostering development of one or more sectors of the economy primarily via equity participation in joint ventures with the private sector, or ... -
Performance of financial parastatals in Kenya, 1964 - 1984
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1987-06)The paper analyses the performance of four parastatal financial institutions, including the KCB, NBK, HFCK and AFC. Performance is analysed in terms of the four potential beneficiary groups: depositors, borrowers, stockholders ... -
The economics of costing and financing of education for development in Kenya: a research agenda in the 1980s and beyond
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1987-06)The central role of education for economic and social development has never been questioned. Indeed, most economists and other social scientists would probably agree that it is the human resources of a nation, not its ... -
Community based development: potential and obstacles to implementation in Western Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1987-06)Primary Health Care (PHC) programmes attempt to put the responsibility for the design and implementation of rural development projects in the hands of local people. PHC programmes have been developed in acknowledgement of ... -
Referral systems and health-care-seeking behaviour of patients: an economic analysis
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1987-06)The paper studies medical referral systems of developing countries in relation to patients' health-care-seeking behaviour. It is shown that the vertical referral structures are consistent with patients' cost-minimizing ... -
Culture and ideology in conflict: the village polytechnic programme in Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1987-04)A divergence between ideals and practice has been a characteristic feature of polytechnic development. The polytechnics originated as a 'non-formal' educational initiative, aiming to provide training opportunities to primary ... -
The formal industrial training system and policy in Kenya: quantitative, qualitative and distributional effects
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1986-09)An economy requires a labour force with the appropriate levels of skills to perform its main functions. In general, skilled manpower is created by education and training. In 1970 the Industrial Training Act was enacted by ... -
Cross-pollination: inter-organizational learning in Kenyan tree-planting programs
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1986-09)Development assistance organizations working on the same problems in the same region have much to learn from each other's experiences. This preliminary analysis examines inter-organizational learning, as part of a larger ... -
Traditional patterns and modern dilemmas: designing locally appropriate health interventions
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1986-10)This paper describes the environmental, social, and economic conditions that contribute to the high rates of childhood mortality, morbidity, and malnutrition in Mbita Division, South Nyanza District. This information is ... -
Women's income and fertility in rural Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1986-09)Data collected in two economically contrasting rural communities in Kenya indicate that education is not an important determinant of contraceptive use although it importantly determines the age at marriage. It is observed ... -
Politics and the peasantry in Kenya: the lessons of Harambee
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1986-07)As anyone familiar with Kenya knows, Harambee, or self-help is a pervasive phenomenon which engages just about all rural dwellers, many city dwellers, most politicians and many state personnel. The widespread popularity ... -
Organizational learning in development assistance: a comparative analysis of six tree-planting projects in Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1986-06)Most community-level development assistance projects fail to achieve their stated objectives. With frustrating regularity, new projects repeat the mistakes that defeated their predecessors. If development assistance ... -
Women's motivation for family planning in Kisii District: potentials and barriers
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1986-05)This paper is tentatively arguing that women in Kisii District are confronted with a number of factors which are acting both as potentials as well as barriers to their motivation for family planning. Focus is put on ... -
Development and the environment in the western Indian ocean region: problems and research agenda
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1986-04)This paper examines the range of development problems prevalent in the states of the Western Indian Ocean. Then the problems are juxtaposed against the terrestrial and marine natural resources as well as the physical ... -
Agricultural parastatals since independence: how have they performed?
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1986-01)The paper examines the performance record of 17 agricultural parastatals, from independence to 1984. Data is presented showing capital invested, liquidity and gearing ratios, private and social returns to capital, real ... -
A patriarchy transformed: reproducing labor and the viability of smallholder agriculture in Kisii
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1985-12)This paper presents a historical analysis of the transformation of agricultural production and rural society in Kisii from the pre-colonial era through the present. Using a materialist approach, it outlines the key elements ... -
Educational planning and development in Kenya: the 8-4-4 school curriculum and its implications for self-employment
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1985-11)Since the late 1960s a major feature of the Kenya economy has been the rising unemployment of school leavers. This problem, which has reflected the inability of the modern economy to create employment positions as fast as ... -
Men and women in a household economy: evidence from Kisii
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1985-10)This paper is on interim report on research analyzing household economy in South Wanjare location, Kisii. The purpose is to understand the potential for agricultural development policy, particularly extension policy, to ... -
The concept and social position of "managerial elite" in contemporary Kenya: with special reference to Africanization
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1985-10)The questions posed in this paper are: first, what is the nature of the 'managerial elite'; and second, how different are the characteristics of the "managerial elite" from the other societal groups in contemporary ...