This book is about everyday economics. It describes and analyses economic development in Kenya over the last fifty-seven years in a clear, concise and comprehensible manner. It alludes to the existence of economic leadership deficit and subsequent decay in public morality. It further explores the corruption that has plagued the Kenyan economy over the years. Potential solutions to prevent possible state failure are identified and discussed.
It is an attempt to convincingly and conveniently describe and analyze Kenya's economic development landscape for the last fifty plus years. It alludes to why the moral fibre of society, including public morality, has decayed to its lowest level. It presents an exploration of a dog-eat-dog society that is Kenya's corruption virus-infected economy. It gives a comprehensive and critical expos of how successive governments have unabatedly facilitated and/or tolerated the systemic infestation of the economy with harmful viruses which have manifested in skewed and unsustainable (i) ownership of economic resources, (ii) allocation of public resources and (iii) distribution of public goods and services against the majority of citizens. The phenomenon has created a new profession of "Public Finance Engineers" which is attracting many entrants. Its specialization is ensuring that there are enough loopholes (call them opportunities) in public policy, planning, budgeting, budget execution, accounting and reporting which are insulated by the existing public finance institutional and legal frameworks. Subsequently, most Kenyans, especially the young, are passionately inclined to "run" rather than "grow" financially.
A distinction is made to give a picture of the dual co-existence of the Wanainchi (Swahili word meaning citizens or the majority of ordinary people who inhabit the country and watch helplessly and hopelessly as the development drama unfolds) and the Wenyeinchi (colloquial Swahili term for the minority who own the econo- my). The resultant economic architecture portrays a dual society with skewed economic ownership, existence of myriad cartels/opportunists/schemers, reduced public morality and lack of ethics leading to economic decay and a man-eat-man type society.
The desire to empower Kenyans economically was an integral component of the push for political independence. The initial assumption was that once the country attained independence, Kenyans would own the economy; and that economic policies would be put in place to facilitate rapid economic growth distributed in such a manner that all people would be free of disease, poverty and illiteracy, in addition to guaranteeing equal opportunities and social justice. This was to be the foundation of a people's economy.
Автор: Nixon Название: Endemic ISBN: 1137521406 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137521408 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18167.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book develops a new multimodal theoretical model of contagion for interdisciplinary scholars, featuring contributions from influential scholars spanning the fields of medical humanities, philosophy, political science, media studies, technoculture, literature, and bioethics. Exploring the nexus of contagion's metaphorical and material aspects, this volume contends that contagiousness in its digital, metaphorical, and biological forms is a pervasively endemic condition in our contemporary moment.
The chapters explore both endemicity itself and how epidemic discourse has become endemic to processes of social construction. Designed to simultaneously prime those new to the discourse of humanistic perspectives of contagion, complicate issues of interest to seasoned scholars of science and technology studies, and add new topics for debate and inquiry in the field of bioethics, Endemic will be of wide interest for researchers and educators.
Автор: Stanbury John B., Brownell Gordon L., Riggs Douglas S. Название: Endemic Goiter ISBN: 0674367243 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674367241 Издательство: Harvard University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 8966.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: John Dennison; Charles Oxnard; Peter Obendorf Название: Endemic Cretinism ISBN: 1489997822 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781489997821 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 23757.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Responding to a renewed interest in the growing problem of iodine deficiency worldwide, Drs. Charles Oxnard and Peter Obendorf, along with experienced translator and anatomist John Dennison, take a fresh look at the classic text, Der endemische Kretinismus, published in 1936 by Springer. Translated here for the first time into English, this landmark text will be a welcome resource for researchers confronting the problem of iodine deficiency. Oxnard and Obendorf point out that there is very little detailed knowledge or numerical data on cretinism available in the English-speaking world. In addition, highly-renowned Professor Basil S. Hetzel, recently-retired World Health Organization Chairman of the International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, published in 2009 with Dr Chen Zu-pei on the resurgence of iodine deficiency in China. Indeed, throughout the entire developing world there may be as many as two billion people at risk to iodine deficiency; perhaps three quarters of a billion have goiter, and ten million may be cretins. Even in developed countries, iodine deficiency is re-emerging (as in New South Wales in 19% of children) with the result of significantly reduced numbers of gifted children (though this is not cretinism per se). Certain to be of significant interest to a wide range of researchers, health providers and professionals, including government health administrators, this English translation of Endemic Cretinism is a major contribution to the literature.
Автор: Jamrozik Название: Human Challenge Studies in Endemic Settings ISBN: 3030414795 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030414795 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 2794.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This open access book provides an extensive review of ethical and regulatory issues related to human infection challenge studies, with a particular focus on the expansion of this type of research into endemic settings and/or low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Описание: Das Spektrum der in den westlichen Industrienationen filhren- den Krankheiten und der darauf basierenden Thdesursachen hat sich in den letzten J ahrzehnten gewandelt. Wahrend frliher die Infektionskrankheiten und speziell die Thberkulose den hochsten Todeszoll forderten, sind in den Jahrzehnten nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg mit steigendem Wohlstand die Herz- und GefaBkrankheiten an die erste Stelle gerlickt. Trotz gewis- ser Erfolge in der Pravention in einigen Uindern wie z. B. in den USA, Kanada, Australien; aber auch in einigen Gebieten West- europas, in denen die Zahl der tOdlichen Hirnschlage und Herzinfarkte inzwischen wieder rlicklaufig ist, wird die Spit- zenposition in der Todesursachenstatistik hier auch weiterhin von diesen Krankheiten eingenommen. In anderen Uindern wie z. B. in Osteuropanehmen die Erkrankungsraten weiter zu. Wenn man sich fragt, was getan werden kann, urn weitere Er- fqlge auf diesem Gebiet zu erzielen, dann ist ein Blick in die Lander des Fernen Ostens hilfreich. In der Volksrepublik Chi- na undin J apanliegt die Sterblichkeit an koronarer Herzkrank- heit bzw. an Herzinfarkten flinf- bis zehnmal niedriger als in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Arteriosklerotische Durch- blutungsstorungen der unteren Extremitaten, auch diabeti- sche GefaBerkrankungen kommen dort kaum vor. Vergleicht man die Lebensweise der Bevolkerung in diesen Uindern mit den Verhaltnissen in den westlichen Industriena- tionen, so fallenerhebliche Unterschiedeinder Ernahrungauf. Wahrend in China Fleisch und Molkereiprodukte in deutlich geringeren Mengen als bei uns verzehrt werden, besteht der Hauptanteil der Ernahrung aus einer an pflanzlichem EiweiB und Schlackenstoffen reichen Kost.
