The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size … that fertility has increased in some countries--Kenya and Cameroon; has remained almost stable in Benin, Ivory Coast and …, the estimates posit a decline in both infant and child mortality in Kenya, Benin and Ivory Coast; infant mortality in …

analyses using household surveys from Vietnam, this dissertation finds that there are discrepancies between monetary and … is not always important but physical and human assets are vital determinants of a household's poverty dynamics …

investigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa and the role of health in the level of educational … decisions and income growth of lowered life expectancy as a result of diseases such as HIV/AIDS. We show that an increased … investments and growth for a broader set of countries. The empirical results show that HIV/AIDS has resulted in a substantial …

, Household Model, Multinomial Logistic Regression, Ordered Logistic Regression, Kenya. … in two districts in Kenya between May 2005 and September 2005. Multinomial logit models and ordered probit models were …

Maize marketing and trade policy in Kenya has been dominated by two major challenges. The first challenge concerns the … has a crucial role to play in developing strong output markets in Africa. However, there are major controversies as to …, and price levels, and the forces shaping these trends. These are the objectives of this background paper for Kenya. The …

countries is the „nutrition transition“, i.e. the trend towards the consumption of more energy-dense, highly processed foods and … more sedentary lifestyles. Two essays of this Ph.D. thesis analyse drivers and consequences of the nutrition transition in … endogeneity of supermarket purchases. Kenya’s supermarket landscape is dynamic and so far, it has followed the ‘traditional …

macroeconomic shocks such as increases in interest rates make firm debts unsustainable as experienced in Kenya in the 1990s …

panel data set of firms in Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania that spans a period of five years. We find that the main determinant of … growth of firms in Africa. We find no evidence that larger firms have faster rates of productivity or input growth, or are …