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Kenya's Stimulating economic growth

Stimulating economic growth The focus is to have basis towards stimulating economic growth from certain income levels, Kenyan household perspective. Why emphasis should be put on raising levels of income to the low income earners? Why other concentrating on putting ceilings on high income earners as a way of stimulating economic growth? Whether income inequality reduces economic growth is an issue that has been explored in many empirical studies over the last decade or so. Many studies find that there is negative correlation between income inequality and economic growth. Research will argue that these studies need to be interpreted with a great deal of caution, as they measure inequality in an inconsistent manner. Inequality can be measured using data on gross income, net income or expenditure. In addition, the unit of measurement can be the individual or the household. There would expect to obtain quite different measures of inequality, depending on which of these classifications a...

Assessment of Knowledge on Offering Routine HIV Testing among Pregnant Women in Kenya

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study One of the key issues concerning women is health particularly protection from HIV/AIDS. Over the last two decades, two events have occurred which have gradually moved sexuality into contemporary nursing practice. The first event is the emergence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the 1980s. AIDS was also already one of the leading causes of death among women. It is said that all HIV/AIDS prevention program must address the central realities of the target population. It is particularly difficult to deliver when the involved group is pregnant women. An issue that has in the forefronts of debate now is the competence of those who administer routine HIV testing to pregnant women. However, there are two hindrances for effective health promotion by means of preventing the continued spread of HIV/AIDS among women and in pregnant women. These are, first, the issues of highest importance for HIV/AI...

A study to establish the role of private-public partnerships in growth of horticulture industry in kenya

A study to establish the role of private-public partnerships in growth of horticulture industry in Kenya During colonial rule in Kenya, the production and trade of fresh and processed fruit and vegetables and of cut flowers remained greatly underdeveloped [1] . The horticulture sector was characterized by an absence of modern marketing facilities and nationwide marketing organizations, the absence of official grades and standards for fresh produce, absence of research and advisory services. While small export trades in potatoes and in passion fruit juice were developed by private firms during war years, the bulk of fruit and vegetable production in Kenya was of very low quality and Kenya remained net importer of fresh and processed fruit and vegetable products operating with the support and protection of metropolitan and colonial governments [2] . The research integrates to the role of private and public partnerships in growth of horticulture industry in Kenya, the latter implies to t...