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Publications

2016

Bigsten, A, Manda DK, Mwabu G, Wambugu A.  2016.  Incomes, Inequality, and Poverty in Kenya. Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa 343.
Kirigia, JM, Mwabu GM, Orem JN, Muthuri RK.  2016.  Indirect cost of maternal mortality in the WHO African Region. . International Journal of Social Economics. 43(5):pp532-548.

2014

Mwabu, G, Bold T, Kimenyi M, Sandefur J.  2014.  Can Free Provision Reduce Demand for Public Services? World Bank Economic Review, doi:10.1093/wber/lht038.
Mwabu, G, Kirigia J.  2014.  Indirect cost of maternal deaths in the WHO African Region. WHO African Region, Brazzaville.

2013

Mwabu, G, Kioko U, Kimuyu P.  2013.  The Economic Impact of Malaria on Wage Earnings in Kenya. International Journal of Education and Research.
Mwabu, G, Munga B, Nyanjom O, Onsomu E, Mwange N.  2013.  Inequalities and Social Cohesion in Kenya: Evidence and Policy Implications. KIPPRA Report.
Mwabu, G, Henstridge M, Hamaguchi N, Hino H.  2013.  Empowering Young Africans to Live Their Dreams, June 1-3. ), Report to TICAD V, Yokohama, Japan.
Mwabu, G, Muriithi M.  2013.  Demand for Health Care in Kenya: The Effects of Information About Quality. Econometric Methods for Analyzing Economic Development. : Business Science Reference, Hershey, PA: IGI Global
Mwabu, GM, Ajakaiye O.  2013.  Reproductive health, economic growth and poverty reduction in Africa. Website
Mwabu, G, Ajakaiye O.  2013.  Health Effects of Socioeconomic Status: Methods and Findings. African Development Review. 24(4)

2012

Mwabu, G, Bold T, Kimenyi M, Sandefur J.  2012.  Interventions and Institutions: Experimental Evidence on Scaling UP Education Reforms in Kenya. Center for Global Development, Washington, D.C., Mimeo.
Mwenda, K.  2012.  Poverty in Kenya: Profiles and Determinants. Website
Mwabu, G, Soyibo A, Olaniyan, Muriithi M.  2012.  National Transfer Accounts for Kenya and Nigeria: Some Estimation . African Statistical Journal. 15
Mwabu, G, Arrow K, Danzon P, Gelband H, Jameson D, Laxminarayan R, Mills A, Panosian C, Peto R, White N.  2012.  Affordable Medicines Facility--malaria: killing it slowly. The Lancet. 380(9857)

2011

  2011.  Reforming Health Care in Kenya: Prospects for Health-In-All-Policies Approach. World Health Organization and Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Kenya, Final Report.
Mwabu, G.  2011.  Exploring Social Protection as an Instrument for Achieving Millennium Development Goals in Kenya. United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Final Report.
Mwabu, G, Bold T, Kimenyi M, Sandefur J.  2011.  The High Return to Private Schooling in a Low Income Country. Center for Global Development, Washington, D.C., Working Paper No. 279.
Mwabu, G, Bold T, Kimenyi M, Sandefur J.  2011.  Why Did Abolishing Fees Not Increase Public School Enrollment in Kenya? Center for Global Development, Washington, D.C., Working Paper No. 271.

2010

Mwabu, G.  2010.  Health Systems Strengthening. African Medical and Research Foundation, Nairobi, January, 2010, Manuscript.
Mwabu, G, Fosu A.  2010.  Human Development in Africa. UNDP Working Paper No. 8, New York.
Mwabu, G, Adam C, Collier P, Ndung’u N.  2010.  Education for Prosperity: Improving Access and Quality. Kenya: Policies for Prosperity. , Oxford: Oxford University Press
Mwabu, G, Mariara J.  2010.  Poverty-environmental Links: The Impact of Soil and Environmental Conservation and Tenure Security on Household Welfare in Kenya. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics. 2(2):41-53.
Mwabu, G, Tura M, Aredo D, Tsegaye W, TG, Mwangi W.  2010.  Adoption and Continued Use of Improved Maize Seeds: Case Study of Ethiopia . African Journal of Agricultural Research. 5(17):2350-2358.

2009

Mwabu, G, Fosu A, Thorbecke E.  2009.  Poverty in Africa: Analytical and Policy Perspectives. Website
Mwabu, G, Carrin G.  2009.  The Demand for Health Care. WHO Health Systems Policy, Finance and Organization. : Academic Press
Mwabu, G.  2009.  The Production of Child Health in Kenya: A structural Model of Birth Weight. Journal of African Economies. 18(2):212-260.

2008

Mwabu, G, kibua TN.  2008.  Decentralization and Devolution in Kenya: New Approaches. Website
Mwabu, G, Schultz PT, Strauss J.  2008.  Health Economics for Low-income Countries. Handbook of Development Economics. , Amsterdam: Elsevier
Mwabu, G.  2008.  The Demand for Health Care. Encyclopedia of Public Health. , San Diego: Elsevier

2007

Mwabu, G, Ajakaiye O.  2007.  The demand for reproductive health services: frameworks of analysis.
Mwabu, G, Ajakaiye O.  2007.  The demand for reproductive health services: an application of control function approach. Paper prepared for presentation to the 12th annual conference of the African Econometric society, 4-6 July 2007, university of cape town, South Africa. This is a dis.
Mwabu, G, Fosu A.  2007.  Malaria and Poverty in Africa. Website
Mwabu, G, Kimenyi MS.  2007.  Policy Advice During a Crisis. Journal of Third World Studies. XXIV(2):11-26.

2006

Mwabu, G, Atieno R, Kabubo MJ, Vincent L, Kruseman G.  2006.  “Household Welfare, Investment in Soil and Water Conservation and Tenure Security: Evidence from Kenya”. Website
MWIGA, PROFMWABUGERMANO.  2006.  "Human Capital Externalities and Returns to Education in Kenya," (Damiano K. Manda and S. Mwangi Kimenyi), Eastern Economic Journal, 32(3): 493-513. Proceedings Sixth College on Thin Film Technology, July 24th . : University of Nairobi Abstract
The role of pastoralist women in conflict resolution and management (study funded by SIDA though IMPACT)

2005

MWIGA, PROFMWABUGERMANO.  2005.  "Health Economics: Potential Applications in HIV/AIDS Control in Africa" (with Joses M. Kirigia, Luis G. Sambo, Emilienne Anikpo and Eddie Karisa), African Journal of Health Sciences, 12: 1 (2005), pp. 1-12.. Proceedings Sixth College on Thin Film Technology, July 24th . : University of Nairobi Abstract
The role of pastoralist women in conflict resolution and management (study funded by SIDA though IMPACT)
MWIGA, PROFMWABUGERMANO.  2005.  "Determinants of Health Insurance Ownership Among South African Women" (with Joses M. Kirigia, Luis G. Sambo, Benjamin Nganda, Rufaro Chatora and Takondwa Mwase), BMC Health Services Research 2005, 5:17doi:10.1186/1472-6963-5-17.. Proceedings Sixth College on Thin Film Technology, July 24th . : University of Nairobi Abstract
The role of pastoralist women in conflict resolution and management (study funded by SIDA though IMPACT)

2004

  2004.  Provision of nonclinical services in a Kenyan District Hospital, in Improving Health Policy in Africa. : University of Nairobi
MWIGA, PROFMWABUGERMANO.  2004.  "Impact of Disaster-related Mortality on Gross Domestic Product in the WHO Africa Region" (with Joses M. Kirigia, Luis G. Sambo and William Aldis), BMC Emergency Medicine 2004, 4:1doi:10.1186/1471-227X-4-1.. Proceedings Sixth College on Thin Film Technology, July 24th . : University of Nairobi Abstract
The role of pastoralist women in conflict resolution and management (study funded by SIDA though IMPACT)
MWIGA, PROFMWABUGERMANO.  2004.  "Rural Development, Growth and Poverty in Africa," (with Erik Thorbecke), Journal of African Economies, 13: AERC Supplement (2004), pp. i16-i65, July.. Proceedings Sixth College on Thin Film Technology, July 24th . : University of Nairobi Abstract
The role of pastoralist women in conflict resolution and management (study funded by SIDA though IMPACT)

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