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- Publications
- Influence
Scaling Up What Works: Experimental Evidence on External Validity in Kenyan Education
- T. Bold, M. Kimenyi, G. Mwabu, Alice Ng’ang’a, J. Sandefur
- Political Science
- 27 March 2013
The recent wave of randomized trials in development economics has provoked criticisms regarding external validity. We investigate two concerns – heterogeneity across beneficiaries and implementers –… Expand
Determinants of Poverty in Kenya: A Household Level Analysis
- A. Geda, N. D. Jong, M. Kimenyi, G. Mwabu
- Economics
- 2005
Strategies aimed at poverty reduction need to identify factors that are strongly associated with poverty and that are amenable to modification by policy. This article uses household level data… Expand
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Efficiency and Efficacy of Kenya's Constituency Development Fund: Theory and Evidence
- M. Kimenyi
- Economics
- 1 April 2005
Kenya's Constituency Development Fund (CDF) is one of the ingenious innovations of the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) Government of Kenya. Unlike other development funds that filter from the… Expand
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Interventions and Institutions: Experimental Evidence on Scaling UP Education Reforms in Kenya
- G. Mwabu, T. Bold, M. Kimenyi, J. Sandefur
- Economics, Political Science
- 1 December 2018
The recent wave of randomized trials in development economics has provoked criticisms regarding external validity and the neglect of political economy. We investigate these concerns in a randomized… Expand
Ethnicity, Governance and the Provision of Public Goods
- M. Kimenyi
- Economics
- 2006
Ethnicity is an important institution and one that impacts on the quality of governance. This paper focuses on the behavior of ethnic groups and specifically on their impact on the provision of… Expand
Voting in Kenya: Putting Ethnicity in Perspective
- M. Bratton, M. Kimenyi
- Political Science
- 1 May 2008
Abstract Do Kenyans vote according to ethnic identities or policy interests? Based on results from a national probability sample survey conducted in December 2007, this article shows that, while… Expand
Achieving Universal Primary Education: Can Kenya Afford it?
- R. Vos, A. Bedi, P. Kimalu, D. K. Manda, Nancy N. Nafula, M. Kimenyi
- Economics
- 1 December 2004
Kenya has experienced a rapid expansion of the education system partly due to high government expenditure on education. Despite the high level of expenditure on education, primary school enrolment… Expand
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The Impact of Conflict and Political Instability on Agricultural Investments in Mali and Nigeria
- M. Kimenyi, J. Adibe, M. Djiré, A. Jirgi, A. Kergna
- Political Science
- 1 July 2014
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Does Abolishing Fees Reduce School Quality?Evidence from Kenya.
- T. Bold, M. Kimenyi, G. Mwabu, J. Sandefur
- Political Science
- 2011
In 2003 Kenya abolished user fees in all government primary schools. We find that this Free Primary Education (FPE) policy resulted in a decline in public school quality and increased demand for… Expand
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Human Capital Externalities and Private Returns to Education in Kenya
- D. K. Manda, G. Mwabu, M. Kimenyi
- Economics
- 1 April 2004
We use micro data to analyse the effect of human capital externality on earnings and private returns to education. The earnings equations are estimated using the OLS method for a sample of full-time… Expand
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