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Density-Dependent Development of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) Larvae in Artiﬁcial Habitats

Ombok, Maurice; Gimming, John E.; Otieno, Samson; Kaufman, MIichael G; Vulule, John M.; Walker, Edward D. (2002)

The growth and development of Anopheles gambiae Giles larvae were studied in artiÞcial habitats in western Kenya. Larvae responded to increasing densities by extending their development time and by emerging as smaller ...
African Statistics (vol 1 2005)

African Development Bank (2005)

The most compelling evidence of the relevance of the NSDS approach to Africa is that the approach was born in Africa. NSDSs have their roots in the Addis Ababa Plan of Action for Statistical Development in Africa in the ...
Promoting Women Entrepreneurship: Special Entrepreneurship Support Programs

Moses L. Ngoze; Ondiek Minyacha; Patrick Gudda (2005)

ABSTRACT This paper explores if Special Entrepreneurship Support Programs promote women entrepreneurship in Kenya. A sample of 200 women entrepreneurs from five urban centres in Kenya is used to give data. The findings ...
African Statistics (vol 2 2006)

African Development Bank (2006)

La gestion du développement axée sur les résultats nécessite dorénavant que le travail du statisticien africain commence par la compréhension a priori et une observation méticuleuse des réalités économiques et sociales ...
The African Statistical Journal, Volume 3

African Development Bank (2006)

During the last three decades, population and housing censuses have been the most critical source of data for policy decisions and for formulation, monitoring and evaluation of national and sectoral development programmes ...
The African Statistical Journal, Volume 5

African Development Bank (2007)

This paper is a brief introduction to the methods used to aggregate purchasing power parities and related results for the International Comparison Program for Africa. Using national average prices of a comprehensive set ...
The African Statistical Journal, Volume 4

African Development Bank (2007)

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the main advantages that can be derived from the International Comparison Program for Africa (ICP-Africa), in terms of its contribution to statistical harmonization in the areas ...
The African Statistical Journal, Volume 6

African Development Bank (2008)

Since the beginning of the nineties, Burkina Faso has carried out many household surveys. This paper is about the position of household surveys in the monitoring and evaluation system of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper ...
The African Statistical Journal, Volume 7

African Development Bank (2008)

The revised System of National Accounts (SNA) is complex and demanding in terms of the variety of different data sources that must be tapped, developed, and channeled into a regular, institutionalized process of statistical ...
The African Statistical Journal, Volume 9

African Development Bank (2009)

The National Employment and Informal Sector Survey (EESI) carried out in Cameroon in 2005 follows another survey that was conducted in Yaoundé in 1993. The notions of administrative registration and formal accounting ...
The African Statistical Journal, Volume 8

African Development Bank (2009)

Measurement of progress on the development agenda is nowadays of major interest to governments and the international community. Most of the explanations so far given on Africa’s progress on the development agenda revolve ...
The Role And Performance Of The Ministry Of Agriculture In Eldoret West District

Booker W. Owuor, Job O. Ogada, Colin Poulton, and Gem Argwings-Kodhek (2010)

Agriculture is the backbone of Kenya’s economy. Well managed, agriculture can be the single source that will spearhead the economy and alleviate poverty among the over 80 percent of Kenya’s population dependant on it. The ...
Geospatial distribution and determinants of child mortality in rural western Kenya 2002–2005

Ombok, Maurice; Adazu, Kubaje (doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02467.x, 2010-04)

To describe local geospatial variation and geospatial risk factors for child mortality in rural western Kenya. methods We calculated under-5 mortality rates (U5MR) in 217 villages in a Health and Demographic Surveillance ...
The factors contributing to labour turnover in the sugar industry in Kenya (a case of Sony Sugar Company limited)

Wesonga, Justus; Kombo, Alice; Murumba, Noah; Makworo, Edwin (2011)

Human resources are one of the most valuable resources of an organization and indeed an organization is nothing without human resources. This applies to companies and educational Institutions. Getting and keeping good ...
An Evaluation of the Impact of Risk Management Strategies on Micro-Finance Institutions’ Financial Sustainability: A Case of Selected Micro Finance Institutions in Kisii Municipality, Kenya

Kombo, Alice; Wesonga, Justus; Murumba, Noah; Makworo, Edwin (2011)

The main purpose of this study was to evaluate risk management strategies employed by Micro finance institutions and their impact on the institutions’ financial sustainability. The study sought to: establish the Micro-Finance ...
Strategic management : the link between the agency theory and the company's competitive advantage

Omari, Albert Otungu; Wesonga, Justus Nyongesa; Otieno, Eliud ochieng; Kaburi, simeon (International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2011-12)

This paper’s main objective is to give an in-depth view of strategic management theory, emerging issues in strategic management and show the link between the Agency and the organizations’ competitive advantage. A review ...
International Regime Governance and Apparel Labour Upgrading in Export Processing Zones in Urban Kenya

Kindiki, Moses Mpuria (African Review of Economics and Finance, 2011-12)

This paper analyses the extent to which international regimes on production and trade in apparel offer labour upgrading opportunities in Kenya under the regime on labour. Focussing on the African Growth and Opportunity ...
Challenges facing the implementation of performance contracts in state corporations in Kenya

Nyongesa, Wesonga Justus; Sewe, Tabitha; Ng’ang’a, Muya James (2012)

Performance contracts can be defined as a range of management instruments used to define responsibilities and expectations between parties to achieve mutually agreed results. Performance contracting is aimed at improving ...
Understanding Why Human Resource Function is Lagging behind in Information Technology Adoption

Kinanga, Robert (2012)

In the current Information Age the success of any department within an organization world over is centered on the extent to which it is able to adopt and adapt to new changes in Information technology (IT). Human Resource ...
The effect of funding constraints on the growth of small scale enterprises in soapstone industry of Kenya.

Mr. Elijah Obwori; Dr. Mike Iravo; Dr. Charles Munene and Mr. Simeon Kaburi (2012)

The main objective of this study was to investigate and assess the effect of funding constraints on the growth of small scale enterprises in soapstone industry of Kenya. The problem stems from the lack of access to funding ...

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