We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
This chapter offers an empirical study of the economic linkages that exist in one small region in Kenya. The region in question is defined by a market center and its hinterland. The chosen center is Kutus town, located in Kirinyaga district of Central Province in Kenya. Data collected to reveal production, consumption, income, and employment linkages in the Kutus area are used to estimate a social accounting matrix (SAM) for the region.
The chapter begins with some background information on the Kutus region; then the Kutus SAM is developed and presented; and finally the SAM is used to provide a further empirical picture of the local economy.
Kutus town and its hinterland
Kutus town is located in Kirinyaga District, Central Province. The district is located between latitude 1° 1' south and 0° 0.8' south and between longitude 37° and 38° east. It spans approximately 1,437 square kilometers, about 21 percent of which is occupied by Mount Kenya Forest. The district encompasses about 10.9 percent of the area of Central Province and 0.3 percent of the area of the entire nation. The district is bordered by Nyeri and Murang'a districts of Central Province and Embu and Machakos districts of Eastern Province.
Kutus lies virtually in the center of the district at the junction of the district's three divisions: Mwea, Ndia, and Gichugu. Kutus has been officially “twinned” with Kerugoya to form the Kerugoya-Kutus town council.
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.
