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    • Gender, culture and entrepreneurship in Kenya 

      Esther N. Mungai, Madara Ogot (International Business Research, 2012)
      This study looked into how different cultural factors affect gender involvement in entrepreneurship in a multi-ethnic country, Kenya. A majority of previous similar studies have been done in Western, developed societies ...

    • The Influence Of Civil Society Organizations (CSOS) On East African Community (EAC) Policies 

      Gilbert Kimutai, Ken Oluoch, Paul A. Opondo (International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS), 2022)
      As part of the findings of a doctoral study, this article presents an analysis of the influence of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on the policies of the East African Community (EAC). It presents a detailed discussion ...

    • Moving Violations: Automobiles, Experts, and Regulations in the United States 

      Lee Vinsel (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019-07-16)
      Regulation has shaped the evolution of the automobile from the beginning. In Moving Violations, Lee Vinsel shows that, contrary to popular opinion, these restrictions have not hindered technological change. Rather, by ...

    • PROCEEDINS OF THE THIRD WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THE TROPICS 

      Abukutsa-Onyango, M.O., A.N. Muriithi, V.E. Anjichi, K. Ngamau and S.G. Agong (HAK, Kenya) A. Fricke, B. Hau and H. St¸tzel (Hannover, Germany) (Maseno University, 2003)
      Millenium development goals include reducing the proportion of people who suffer from hunger and poverty. To achieve this goal the horticultural sector cannot be left out and therefore can play an important part in ...

    • The Strategies adopted by Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) seeking to influence East African Community (EAC) Policies 

      Kimutai;Gilbert, Ken Oluoch, Paul A. Opondo (ResearchGate, 2022)
      This research paper presents an examination of the strategies adopted by Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in seeking to influence the policies of the East African Community (EAC). The introductory part details an overview ...

    • Under the Historian’s Radar: Local Water Supply Practices in Nairobi, 1940-198 

      Jethron Ayumbah Akallah, Mikael Hård; Jethron Ayumbah Akallah, Mikael Hård (Water AlternativesWater Alternatives, 2020)
      By presenting oral history material from two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, the article illustrates how inhabitants during the period 1940 to 1980 acquired and used water on a daily basis. The authors’ observations ...

    • Waste in the urban margins: The example of Delhi’s waste pickers 

      Rémi de Bercegol, Shankare Gowda (Routledge, 2020-05-06)
      One important aspect of sustainability involves the flows of materials and energy, extracted, consumed, transformed and disposed of in the functioning of urban societies, which makes it directly linked to the ‘nested’ ...