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Seeking Opportunities: Migration as an Income Diversification Strategy of Households in Kakamega District in Kenya
Giesbert, Lena - 2007
households based on data from a densely populated rural area in Western Kenya. The motivation behind migration is largely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293514
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Renewables in the Energy Transition: Evidence on Solar Home Systems and Lighting-Fuel Choice in Kenya
Lay, Jann; Ondraczek, Janosch; Stoever, Jana - 2012
We study the determinants of households' choices of lighting fuels in Kenya, including the option of using solar home … and sources from Kenya, one of the few relatively well-established SHSs markets in the world. Our results reveal some very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293543
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Trade Effects of the East African Community: Do We Need a Transitional Fund?
Busse, Matthias; Shams, Rasul - 2003
The paper evaluates the economic necessity and political incentives of a transitional fund for the East African Community (EAC). The fund has been proposed to encounter trade imbalances which may arise due to the intended customs union in East Africa. Using a disaggregated approach at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295373
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Yield Effects of Tissue Culture Bananas in Kenya: Accounting for Selection Bias and the Role of Complementary Inputs
Kabunga, Nassul S.; Dubois, Thomas; Qaim, Matin - 2011
We analyze yield effects of tissue culture (TC) banana technology in the Kenyan small farm sector, using recent survey data and an endogenous switching regression approach. TC banana plantlets, which are free from pests and diseases, have been introduced in East Africa since the late-1990s....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305612
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Smallholder Farmers and Collective Action: What Determines the Intensity of Participation?
Fischer, Elisabeth; Qaim, Matin - 2011
participation intensity and free-riding, using the example of banana groups in Kenya. The results suggest that family labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305630
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Profiling Tourists for Balanced Utilization of Tourism-Based Resources in Kenya
Odunga, Pius; Folmer, Henk - 2004
Kenya is predominantly a nature-based tourism destination with wildlife (concentrated in the southern part of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324904
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Wildlife Conservation and Management in Kenya: Towards a Co-management Approach
Mburu, John - 2004
theoretical advancements on co-management and drawing on empirical studies conducted in Kenya, the paper examines how successful … Kenya. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324921
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Human rights perspectives on climate change adaptation: Civil society experiences in Cambodia and Kenya
Christoplos, Ian; Funder, Mikkel; McGinn, Colleen; … - 2014
Kenya are approaching the issue of human rights in their efforts to support climate change adaptation. The report finds that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011340591
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Benefit incidence analysis, needs and demography. Measurement issues and an empirical study for Kenya
Gaddis, Isis; Demery, Lionel - 2012
study of education expenditure in Kenya, we show that our understanding of the distributional implications of public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329888
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Yield Effects of Tissue Culture Bananas in Kenya: Accounting for Selection Bias and the Role of Complementary Inputs
Kabunga, Nassul S.; Dubois, Thomas; Qaim, Matin - 2011
We analyze yield effects of tissue culture (TC) banana technology in the Kenyan small farm sector, using recent survey data and an endogenous switching regression approach. TC banana plantlets, which are free from pests and diseases, have been introduced in East Africa since the late-1990s....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329896