Germano Mwabu
Biographic Data
| ID | 340160 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Germano Mwabu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Germano |
| FAMILY NAME | Mwabu |
| SIGNATURE | MWABU G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nairobi |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4570-6317 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Inequalities in Safe Water, Improved Sanitation and Hand Hygiene Among Poverty‐Vulnerable Households
Access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation and hand hygiene (WASH) is fundamental to human health and sustainable development, yet large segments of the population in sub‐Saharan Africa continue to lack adequate access to these essential services. Moreover, even households already with access face the risk of water shortages due to climate change and related factors. Existing evidence on WASH inequality has largely focused on observed pov…
The Foster-Greer-Thorbecke approach applied to the measurement of population aging
The Nexus Between Consumption Inequality and Multidimensional Poverty in Ghana
Consumption Inequality and Multidimensional Child Poverty in Ghana
Asymmetric non-separation and rural labor markets
Adoption and farm-level impact of conservation agriculture in Central Ethiopia
Incomes, inequality, and poverty in Kenya
This paper seeks to measure and explain changes in incomes, inequality, and poverty in Kenya. It starts from a very long-term perspective covering the last century, but then focuses on a more detailed analysis of the recent period for which data from household surveys are available. We seek to provide consistent estimates of what has happened to national income, inequality and poverty over time, and to explain why they evolved in the way they did…
Is low fertility really a problem? Population aging, dependency, and consumption
Longer lives and fertility far below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman are leading to rapid population aging in many countries. Many observers are concerned that aging will adversely affect public finances and standards of living. Analysis of newly available National Transfer Accounts data for 40 countries shows that fertility well above replacement would typically be most beneficial for government budgets. However, fertility near rep…
Technical efficiency of Kenya’s smallholder food crop farmers
Social Provision in Low-Income Countries
During recent years, provision of key social services in low-income countries has been affected by adverse macroeconomic conditions and by radical changes in economic thinking. For example, the welfarist approach, which gives prominence to the state in delivering and financing social services, has been challenged by the neoliberal approach, which limits the role of the government to that of residual provider for the very poor. According to the ne…
Financing rural health services in Kenya
Labor Unions and the Distribution of Wages and Employment in South Africa
Few countries have higher wage inequality than South Africa, where wages of African and white workers differ by a factor of five. Using survey data collected in 1993, the authors analyze the complex effect of unions on this wage gap. Among male African workers in the bottom decile of the wage distribution, union membership was associated with wages that were 145% higher than those of comparable nonunion workers, and among those in the top decile …
User charges in government health facilities in Kenya
In this paper we study demand effects of user charges in a district health care system using cross-sectional data from household and facility surveys. The effects are examined in public as well as in private health facilities. We also look briefly at the impact of fees on revenue and service quality in government facilities. During the period of cost-sharing in public clinics, attendance dropped by about 50%. This drop prompted the government to …
Agricultural land use patterns and malaria conditions in Kenya
Referral systems and health care seeking behavior of patients
Nonmonetary Factors in the Household Choice of Medical Facilities
Economics of health and nutrition in Kenya
Health care decisions at the household level
Health care financing in Kenya
Social Provision in Low-Income Countries
During recent years, provision of key social services in low-income countries has been affected by adverse macroeconomic conditions and by radical changes in economic thinking. For example, the welfarist approach, which gives prominence to the state in delivering and financing social services, has been challenged by the neoliberal approach, which limits the role of the government to that of residual provider for the very poor. According to the ne…
Health care decisions at the household level
User charges in government health facilities in Kenya
In this paper we study demand effects of user charges in a district health care system using cross-sectional data from household and facility surveys. The effects are examined in public as well as in private health facilities. We also look briefly at the impact of fees on revenue and service quality in government facilities. During the period of cost-sharing in public clinics, attendance dropped by about 50%. This drop prompted the government to …
Labor Unions and the Distribution of Wages and Employment in South Africa
Few countries have higher wage inequality than South Africa, where wages of African and white workers differ by a factor of five. Using survey data collected in 1993, the authors analyze the complex effect of unions on this wage gap. Among male African workers in the bottom decile of the wage distribution, union membership was associated with wages that were 145% higher than those of comparable nonunion workers, and among those in the top decile …
Health care financing in Kenya
Asymmetric non-separation and rural labor markets
Nonmonetary Factors in the Household Choice of Medical Facilities
Consumption Inequality and Multidimensional Child Poverty in Ghana
Referral systems and health care seeking behavior of patients
Financing rural health services in Kenya
Economics of health and nutrition in Kenya
Economics of health and nutrition in Kenya
Health care decisions at the household level
Health care financing in Kenya
Referral systems and health care seeking behavior of patients
Nonmonetary Factors in the Household Choice of Medical Facilities
Agricultural land use patterns and malaria conditions in Kenya
User charges in government health facilities in Kenya
In this paper we study demand effects of user charges in a district health care system using cross-sectional data from household and facility surveys. The effects are examined in public as well as in private health facilities. We also look briefly at the impact of fees on revenue and service quality in government facilities. During the period of cost-sharing in public clinics, attendance dropped by about 50%. This drop prompted the government to …
Financing rural health services in Kenya
Labor Unions and the Distribution of Wages and Employment in South Africa
Few countries have higher wage inequality than South Africa, where wages of African and white workers differ by a factor of five. Using survey data collected in 1993, the authors analyze the complex effect of unions on this wage gap. Among male African workers in the bottom decile of the wage distribution, union membership was associated with wages that were 145% higher than those of comparable nonunion workers, and among those in the top decile …
Social Provision in Low-Income Countries
During recent years, provision of key social services in low-income countries has been affected by adverse macroeconomic conditions and by radical changes in economic thinking. For example, the welfarist approach, which gives prominence to the state in delivering and financing social services, has been challenged by the neoliberal approach, which limits the role of the government to that of residual provider for the very poor. According to the ne…
Incomes, inequality, and poverty in Kenya
This paper seeks to measure and explain changes in incomes, inequality, and poverty in Kenya. It starts from a very long-term perspective covering the last century, but then focuses on a more detailed analysis of the recent period for which data from household surveys are available. We seek to provide consistent estimates of what has happened to national income, inequality and poverty over time, and to explain why they evolved in the way they did…
Is low fertility really a problem? Population aging, dependency, and consumption
Longer lives and fertility far below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman are leading to rapid population aging in many countries. Many observers are concerned that aging will adversely affect public finances and standards of living. Analysis of newly available National Transfer Accounts data for 40 countries shows that fertility well above replacement would typically be most beneficial for government budgets. However, fertility near rep…
Technical efficiency of Kenya’s smallholder food crop farmers
Adoption and farm-level impact of conservation agriculture in Central Ethiopia
Asymmetric non-separation and rural labor markets
Social Provision in Low-Income Countries
During recent years, provision of key social services in low-income countries has been affected by adverse macroeconomic conditions and by radical changes in economic thinking. For example, the welfarist approach, which gives prominence to the state in delivering and financing social services, has been challenged by the neoliberal approach, which limits the role of the government to that of residual provider for the very poor. According to the ne…
The Nexus Between Consumption Inequality and Multidimensional Poverty in Ghana
Consumption Inequality and Multidimensional Child Poverty in Ghana
Inequalities in Safe Water, Improved Sanitation and Hand Hygiene Among Poverty‐Vulnerable Households
Access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation and hand hygiene (WASH) is fundamental to human health and sustainable development, yet large segments of the population in sub‐Saharan Africa continue to lack adequate access to these essential services. Moreover, even households already with access face the risk of water shortages due to climate change and related factors. Existing evidence on WASH inequality has largely focused on observed pov…
The Foster-Greer-Thorbecke approach applied to the measurement of population aging
Economics (18 works) · Economic growth (14 works) · Business (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Health care (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Socioeconomics (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Inequality (5 works) · Political science (5 works)