Management has a large effect on the productivity of large firms. But does management matter in micro and small firms … in Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka. This paper shows that variation in business practices … explains as much of the variation in outcomes ? sales, profits, and labor productivity and total factor productivity ? in …

distributions of job accessibility, housing rents, and poverty in Nairobi, Kenya. It finds that workers and jobs are not well …

This paper discusses the landscape for private equity and venture capital financing in Kenya. It provides an overview …/regulatory/taxation drivers and impediments that affect Kenya?s private equity and venture capital industry …

83- month-old children ages 24 to 83 months (n = 510) in rural Kenya. The first treatment group received storybooks …

Two successive waves of reform have fundamentally altered the structure and organization of Kenya's vibrant power … complementary entities. Although the government retains majority ownership of the largest power utilities in the country (Kenya … Power, ~51 percent; KenGen, ~70 percent), Kenya has been able to position itself as one of the foremost destinations in the …

paper remedies this by focusing on a single, oil-importing country: Kenya. The paper examines China's economic presence in … Kenya and some of the popular myths surrounding Chinese economic activity. The first myth is that Chinese companies do not … chance of expanding its exports to Kenya than Kenya does to China based on existing specializations. This may change with …

subnational 2013 gross domestic product for 47 counties in Kenya and 30 districts in Rwanda. Estimating subnational gross domestic …. For Kenya, the results of the analysis affirm that Nairobi County is the largest contributor to national gross domestic … official statistics in Kenya and Rwanda, it is important to estimate subnational gross domestic product using standard …

This study estimates the impact of Kenya?s post-election violence on individual risk preferences. Because the crisis …

Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu counties by the Kenya Private Sector Alliance and the Government of Kenya with support from the … World Bank?s Kenya Youth Empowerment Project. The program provided three months of classroom-based technical training …