ABSTRACT This study is on Domestic Debt Financing and Economic Development of Nigeria (1990 – 2004). The research considered the sources of domestic debt financing and their effect on economic development of Nigeria. The study employed a statistical framework to test four hypotheses. Secondary data were used for the study. Multiple regression analysis was used to test the relationship that exists between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the dependent variable and sources of domestic debt fi...
ABSTRACT The rate at which the SACCO sector is becoming increasingly crucial to the Kenyan economy is high. The sector provides key in the nation as it controls around 43 per of gross domestic product (GDP). The cross-cutting issues affecting co-operatives are governance, weak regulations and supervision as well as risks involved in investments. Top on the list and one which results to SACCO failures, stagnation and collapse is lack of a framework to ensure enforcement, regulatory and supervi...
ABSTRACT Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Kenya is an endemic that has affected the lives of women across the country. Violence against women can cause long-term physical and mental health problems. Violence and abuse affect not just the women involved but also their children, fami-lies, and communities. These effects include harm to an individual’s health, possibly long-term harm to children, and harm to communities such as lost work and homelessness. As a result many initiatives have been c...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of strategy implementation on performance contracting in Regulatory State Corporations in Kenya with specific reference to Kenya Dairy Board. This study was guided by the following specific objectives: to establish the influence of organizational structure, financial resources, organizational norm and communication on performance contracting in Regulatory State Corporations in Kenya. This study employed a descriptive survey r...
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to establish the effect of absence of child day care facilities in the .banking industry in Nairobi County. It also sought to establish the extent of the corporation‘s implementation of day care facilities programmes and find out influence on the productivity of the working mothers. The specific objectives studied included motivation, leadership and turn over. The population of the employees of different cadres was used to enable proper representation of a...
ABSTRACT Agriculture is a dominant sector of the Kenyan economy and contributes 25 percent of the GDP. Being the highest foreign exchange earner Growth is anticipated to propel the fulfillment of the 2030 vision. In line with the GoK initiatives various government agencies have initiated irrigation projects over the years, in particular small scale irrigation projects with great emphasis on sustainable development. So that food supply in the country is safe, the government has advocated for m...
xii ABSTRACT As the basic social unit, the family requires protection to ensure that children grow in a well-rounded environment and that they achieve their potential. For this reason, Child Welfare Society of Kenya (CWSK) implements Family Economic Empowerment Projects (FEEPs) with an aim of economically empowering families and making them financially independent. This in turn results to prevention of family separation and breakdowns. However, according to several Annual Reports of CWSK, sus...
ABSTRACT The use of e-procurement is expected to enhance inter-organizational coordination and result in significant economic benefits. Many organizations that have implemented the software have proved to be beneficial. Even though the overall benefits of web-based systems are established, there is a need to understand the conditions that lead to different levels of benefits among different organizations, and even among different business units within the same organization. The government of ...
ABSTRACT One of the major roles that banks in the Kenyan economy play is credit creation. Credit creation comes with risks and credit risk is the most critical risk. Credit risk needs to be management prudently as it impacts negatively on performance. It is thus important to study how various banks manage credit risk for effective policy. This main study sought to find the effect of credit risk management on the performance of commercial banks listed at the Nairobi Securities exchange in Keny...
ABSTRACT The ability to offer fair reward is vital to management if they are to attract, motivate and retain their good employee performance. Farm Concern International (FCI) has been operating different reward system to its employees in different programmes. This has resulted in low overall performance. In order to increase overall performance, FCI management adopted a new strategy of a central reward system where employees were rewarded uniformly. However, the effect of this reward strategy...
ABSTRACT This study centred on the Determinants of Investment in the Nigerian Economy: An Empirical Approach, 1981 – 2009. In attempt to achieve the objective, hypotheses were formulated and data for the study collected from the CBN statistical bulletin, annual report and statements of accounts, covering the period of 1981-2009. The data were analyzed using E-views econometric software under the ordinary least square (OLS) regression analysis. The study revealed that there is a significant...
ABSTRACT The development of microfinance in Kenya is seen as a catalyst for promoting household welfare and performance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs). Through various policy frameworks, the sub-sector has recorded considerable increases in; microfinance gross lending, usage of informal microfinance and the number of licensed microfinance banks. Despite these developments, households continue to face low levels of welfare while MSEs continue to suffer from high levels of financial excl...
ABSTRACT This study sought to find out the influence of organizational behavior on organizational performance among beverage manufacturing companies in Kenya with Nairobi Bottlers Limited being the case study. The objectives of the study was to determine the influence of leadership on the performance of Nairobi Bottlers Limited, to explore the influence of employee motivation on organizational performance of Nairobi Bottlers Limited, to establish how employee job satisfaction influences the p...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the critical success factors of TQM project implementation in the Nigerian banking industry as a strategy for improving the quality of service delivery to customers. In carrying out the study primary data were used and a combination of Factor and regression analytical tools was used in the analysis. The Objective Evaluation Questionnaire (OEQ) was the principal instrument used for data collection. Given the nature of the problem under study, one branch each o...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of corporate governance on organizational performance with interest on deposit money banks in Nigeria. Five research questions and five hypotheses guided the study. A survey design was adopted. The population of the study comprised 456 top senior management staff of the nineteen (19) commercial banks. The sample of the population were 213 respondents which was arrived at through the application of Taro Yameni formula. A structured questionnaire on ...