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Basis Risk and the Welfare Gains from Index Insurance: Evidence from Northern Kenya

Jensen, Nathaniel D.; Barrett, Christopher B.; Mude, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

pastoralists in northern Kenya since 2010. We find that IBLI coverage reduces downside risk for most households when purchased at …

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Capital structure, profitability and firm value: panel evidence of listed firms in Kenya

Kodongo, Odongo; Mokoaleli-Mokoteli, Thabang; Maina, Leonard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper investigates the relationship between leverage and the financial performance of listed firm in Kenya. We use … leverage significantly, and negatively, affects the profitability of listed firms in Kenya. However, leverage has no effect on …

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Effect of Certified Organic Production Systems on Poverty among Smallholder Farmers: Empirical Evidence from Kenya

Ayuya, Oscar I.; Gido, Eric O.; Bett, Hillary K.; … - In: World Development 67 (2015) C, pp. 27-37

collected from cross sectional survey of local market-oriented peri-urban vegetable and rural honey producers in Kenya. Poverty …

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Does Commercial Microfinance Belong to the Financial Sector? Lessons from the Stock Market

Brière, Marie; Szafarz, Ariane - In: World Development 67 (2015) C, pp. 110-125

This paper is the first to draw a global picture of worldwide microfinance equity by taking full advantage of daily quoted prices. We revisit previous findings showing that investors should consider microfinance as a self-standing sector. Our results are threefold. First, microfinance has become...

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Mobilization, Participatory Planning Institutions, and Elite Capture: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Kenya

Sheely, Ryan - In: World Development 67 (2015) C, pp. 251-266

experiment in Kenya. In the treatment group, an environmental organization mobilized individuals to attend a participatory local …

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Effects of the Principals’ Decision Making in the Management of Private Secondary Schools in Kisumu District, Kenya

Yambo, John M. Onyango; Tuitoek, Joseph K.F. - In: International Journal of Academic Research in … 3 (2014) 4, pp. 52-60

of church sponsored secondary schools in Kisumu District, Kenya. The research question was; how does the principals …’ decision making affect the management of private secondary schools Kisumu District, Kenya? The study design was survey. The …

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Integration of Media Resources in Christian Religious Education: A Case Study of Secondary Schools in Chemundu Zone, Kenya

Ngussa, Baraka M. - In: International Journal of Academic Research in Business … 5 (2015) 1, pp. 197-211

While Kenya is said to be facing challenges on the use of instructional resources, this study investigated on … integration of media resources in Christian Religious Education among three Secondary Schools in Kenya. Questionnaire and …

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The Contentious Political Economy of Biofuels

Neville, Kate J. - In: Global Environmental Politics 15 (2015) 1, pp. 21-40

region on Kenya’s eastern coast. In part, these news articles tracked the events around a court case launched by Tana …

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Farmers Inaccessibility to Agricultural Credit in Nyandarua District, Kenya

Vincent, Ng’eno; Muiruri, Erick Jotham; Nyangweso, … - In: Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 01 (2011) 04

Smallholder farmers face various challenges in production one of them being inaccessibility to credit. This study specifically sought to identify household socio-economic characteristics and institutional requirements influencing access to credit among smallholder farmers in Nyandarua District....

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Link between termination rates and retail prices in Namibia, Kenya and South Africa

Stork, Christoph; Gillwald, Alison - In: Telecommunications Policy 38 (2014) 8, pp. 783-797

studies of South Africa, Namibia and Kenya where regulators have reduced termination rates towards the cost of an efficient … both Namibia and Kenya dropped following substantial termination rate reductions, the South African case demonstrates that …

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