Exchange rate and inflation dynamics in Kenya: Does the threshold level matter?

This study empirically examined the threshold effect of exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) on inflation in Kenya, while augmenting the exchange rate depreciation in the monetary policy rate using the Taylor rule. The monthly time series data spanning January 2005 to November 2023 was collected for analysis, in which the non-linear threshold autoregressive (TAR) model was employed as the main econometric model. This study's ERPT results reveal that, exchange rate depreciation has positive and significant effect on inflation only when it raises above the monthly threshold level of 0.

Analysis of the Regional Efficiency of European Funds in Spain from the Perspective of Renewable Energy Production: The Regional Dimension.

During the 2010-2020 period, the European Union (EU) launched a growth strategy based on three fundamental pillars: smart growth, sustainable growth, and inclusive growth. Aiming to finance the projects related to these growth pillars, the EU used mainly the Rural Development Funds, the Structural Funds, those derived from the R&D Framework Program, the Trans-European Networks, and the European Investment Bank. This research aimed to determine whether the Spanish regions maintain homogeneous efficiency levels by using these resources to improve the levels of environmental quality related to renewable energies.

Climatic, socio-economic, and health factors affecting human vulnerability to cholera in the Lake Victoria basin, East Africa.

Cholera epidemics have a recorded history in the eastern Africa region dating to 1836. Cholera is now endemic in the Lake Victoria basin, a region with one of the poorest and fastest growing populations in the world. Analyses of precipitation, temperatures, and hydrological characteristics of selected stations in the Lake Victoria basin show that cholera epidemics are closely associated with El Niño years.