John King'athia Karuitha

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Do you know of Microfinance institutions listed in stock exchanges?

I am looking for names of microfinance institutions across the globe that have listed their shares in stock exchanges. If you know one please send me a name. I have access to the MIX database so I...

27 February 2019 8,744 8 View

Is having infinitely many models really a sign of progress in economics?

I came accross this question by Lars Syll, and it overlapped with what i have thought for a while and reminded me of the many academic debates I have had with Gideon Thuku at Karatina University....

26 April 2017 9,837 4 View

Do you think the value chain could discourage smallholder farmers from adopting risk management?

In Kenya, as in many other countries, once tea is picked, it passes through a value chain before it is eventually exported (Farmer to transporter to tea processor then eventually transport to the...

20 January 2015 6,698 4 View

What happens to smallholder farmers who take out microloans from banks then the crop fails?

Was talking to a smallholder farmer in rural Kenya. He took a loan from a local bank to do maize (corn). Unfortunately the crop failed. The Bank is on his neck. do you think there could be a...

28 December 2014 5,327 7 View

How can one measure the degree of the adoption of risk management strategies by smallholder farmers?

I am interesting in measuring the degree of the adoption of risk management mechanisms by smallholder farmers. Does anyone have an idea how to go about it? Note that in this case I want to measure...

17 December 2014 1,024 5 View

Which are the key elements of the institutional transformation of microfinance institutions. How can they be measured?

Microfinance institutions have been undergoing a transformation from the donor funding model to commercialization. What are other elements of this transformation and how can they be measured?

10 December 2014 4,195 5 View

What are some of the factors that affect the adoption of risk management by smallholder farmers?

In smallholder agriculture, risk management is desirable, just like in any other business venture. Despite efforts to design schemes like agricultural insurance and other micro-insurance schemes,...

03 December 2014 7,933 5 View

Does perception of (sovereign) risk influence the flow of capital to developing nations?

Robert Lucas (1990) observed that little capital flows to poorer nations where returns are higher. The explanations put forth so far and empirical studies conducted do not fully account for this...

20 April 2014 9,300 12 View

Are the effects of stock splits on ownership structure region specific?

It appears that the effect of stock splits on ownership structure is country (or region) specific. In our study, ownership structure post-split exhibited a more concentrated ownership. Our results...

11 November 2013 7,615 2 View