Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya: Recent submissions
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Problems in the application of science education to national development
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1985-08)Failure to make important distinctions between science and technology and failure to recognize science as a cultural form leads to school science inappropriate to national development. Although there are instances to show ... -
Food security options for Sub-Saharan Africa
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1984-07)The food situation in Sub-Saharan Africa is an issue of growing concern. It is the contention of the paper that the primary issue is not overall supplies of food, but access to existing stocks of food and access to the ... -
Higher education and employment in Kenya: a liberal interpretation of the literature
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1985-06)This paper is an attempt to synthesize and interpret the literature on higher education and employment of the highly-trained in Kenya. The paper begins by examining four trends which characterise the labour market for ... -
Machinery manufacture in the formal sector of Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1985-04)For the majority of African countries the problem with the notion of 'appropriate technology' is that in the absence of endogenous technological capacity there is an almost total reliance on the acquisition of capital-goods ... -
The study of education and development in Africa: toward alternative paradigms
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Between shamba and factory: preliminary results from a study of oscillatory labour migration in Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1986-04)Oscillatory labour migration is shown to predominate the labour market in Kenya, involving the periodic-physical movement by workers between town and the rural areas where their families stay and cultivate a shamba. This ... -
A model of labour allocation decision-making in peasant-type households
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1985-03)The extent of the food crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa is generating a renewed interest in the role of peasants in addressing the food problem. This paper is premised on the view that policy action with respect to agriculture ... -
Education and development in Sub-Saharan Africa: the operation and impact of education systems
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1985-03)The essence of the problem facing education systems in Africa is that the expansion of enrolments, in response to public demand, is exceeding the capacity of African economies to maintain educational quality. The gap in ... -
The food situation in the horn of Africa
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1985-01)In this paper, available data from World Bank and Food and Agriculture Organisation sources are presented in a brief, summary discussion of the food situation in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. ... -
Management at grassroots level for integrated rural development in Africa with special reference to churches
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1984-12)The paper begins by questioning the relevance and utility of Western management models and techniques in an African rural development setting of a minimally controllable environment. It goes on to review the problems and ... -
Some remarks on aid agencies and dependency in the southern Sudan
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1984-11)The main objective of this paper is to show the general character of the impact of aid, and the activities of aid agency workers, on Southern Sudanese society, since the Addis Ababa Agreement of 1972. The author attempts ... -
The role of the informal sector in the development of small and intermediate size cities: the informal sector in Nakuru
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1984-11)The informal sector in Nakuru plays a significant role in the economy of the town by way of revenue generation to the Municipal Council and also by way of employment generation. However, the role of the informal sector, ... -
The role of informal sector in the development of small and intermediate-size cities: background information on Nakuru
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1984-11)Informal Sector studies in Kenya have mainly focussed on the Nairobi, the Primate City. However, the informal sector plays a significant role in the economic and social life of small and intermediate sized towns. Though ... -
Management profile and training needs for marine resources development
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1984-10)The long history of evolution of the Law of the Sea through State practice as well as codification and progressive development, culminated in the Law of the Sea Convention signed, under auspices of the United Nations, at ... -
The recruitment of labour among Samburu herders
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1984-11)This paper describes the recruitment of labor among Samburu pastoralists. Focusing on herding, it shows that families are far from self-sufficient labor units. Herd owners amass much of their needed work force by borrowing ... -
Using renewable energy technologies for small-scale irrigation in Kenya: the problems and prospects for the use of wind and solar energy technologies for agricultural development
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1984-10)The need to increase the area of agriculturally productive land in Kenya and the fact that large-scale irrigation has been an expensive option for doing so has led planners to explore alternative means of providing water ... -
The politics of ideology and personality rivalry in Murang'a district, Kenya: a study of electoral competition
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1984-09)Kenya got independence in 1963 amidst a cloud of confusion about the ideological and development path she would follow. Such confusion led to an intensive political debate which tended to categorize the contestants into ... -
Dies, moulds, and patterns: costly devices needed for deepening import substitutions
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1984-08)Many developing countries now assemble most of the final products they use, but they still need to import most inputs. To escape this dependence, developing countries are focusing on ways to make more intermediate inputs ... -
Improving parastatal performance: an organizational approach: a research proposal
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1984-07)Improved parastatal performance is increasingly crucial to the Kenyan economy because of its macro-economic effects and because of the key sectors controlled by parastatals. There is a consensus that the sector has performed ... -
Luo ethnic factor in the 1979 and 1983 elections in Bondo and Gem, Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1984-06)This discussion is based on the prior analysis of social transformation in Luoland with specific reference to Bondo and Gem. It is aimed at demonstrating the role of Luo ethnic factor in modern elections, in particular the ...