Abdillahi A Aboud

Biographic Data

ID190439
NAMEAbdillahi A Aboud
GIVEN NAMESAbdillahi A
FAMILY NAMEAboud
SIGNATUREABOUD A A
AFFILIATIONSEgerton University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS29
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX1

  • Can Formal Education Reduce Risks for Drought-Prone Pastoralists

    P D Little, Abdillahi A Aboud et al.ARTICLEHuman Organization2009

    This article addresses an increasingly important but under-researched and controversial topic in anthropology, the role of formal education in pastoral societies. Only minimal research on the benefits and costs of education for pastoralists has been conducted, in part because, until recently, formal education has not been widespread among herding communities. It argues that education should figure prominently in discussions of contemporary pastor…

  • The role of popular participation and community work ethic in rural development

    Phillip K Rono, Abdillahi A AboudARTICLEJournal of Social Development in…2004

    This paper examines the performance of rural community development projects in relation to the work ethic, gender and the level of participation in the process of rural development among the Nandi people of western Kenya. Data for the study were obtained from a survey of 25 randomly-selected community development projects and a sample of 305 respondents involved in these projects. Rural development projects were found to achieve on average 53 per…

  • The impact of socio-economic factors on the performance of community projects in western Kenya

    Philip K Rono, Abdillahi A AboudARTICLEJournal of Social Development in…2001

    This paper examines the impact of selected socio-economic factors including the work ethic and the level of participation in rural development performance via community development projects among the Nandi people of western Kenya. Data was sourced from a social survey of 27 randomly selected community development projects and a sample of 329 respondents - the intended beneficiaries of the projects. The findings support the prediction that the pre…

  • Income diversification, poverty traps and policy shocks in Côte d’Ivoire and Kenya

    Open AccessChristopher B Barrett, Mesfin Bezuneh et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2001Cited by: 29References: 9

  • The effect of gender on adoption of conservation practices by heads of farm households in Kenya

    Abdillahi A Aboud, Abdillahi Aboud et al.ARTICLESociety & Natural Resources1996References: 3

    This study explores the extent to which gender is a factor in the adoption of a set of conservation practices in an area of Kenya that is experiencing increased population density. The findings from a comparison of male and female farm household heads reveal that female‐headed households have slightly higher levels of adoption on several conservation practices. The comparison also shows gender differences on farm and other farm operator character…