Get premium membership and access questions with answers, video lessons as well as revision papers.
-Demand and Supply: Adequate demand for goods and a good source of supply are prerequisites for any transactions. Development countries usually demand raw materials from the developing counterparts. Developing countries on the other hand import finished products from the developed world. These forces of demand and supply thus, dictate the kind of trade that exists between various countries of the world.
-Transport and communication network: The supply of items is facilitated by an adequate means of transport and communication. Efficient transport and communication system reduces the cost of transporting the finished products to the market and leads to a decrease in the final cost of the item when finally sold to the consumer.
-Taxation: Trade between countries is restricted by the imposition of various taxes like tariffs and custom duties. To protect the local industries, a country producing similar goods like those being imported may charge higher duties to discourage importation.
-Political relations: Trading among countries require that they be in good terms. Political misunderstandings among countries discourage trade, hence denying their citizens the goods in demand.
-Capital: An important item in trade is money which is used in the exchange of goods and services. Traders require capital to start businesses either from their own savings or in the form of loans. In Kenya, for example, many businessmen get loans from Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC) and Kenya Industrial Estates (KIE) to set up their businesses. Other financial institutions include Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC).
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 15, 2019 at 13:56
- Study the table of energy consumption in Mt. Kenya Region.(Solved)
Study the table of energy consumption in Mt. Kenya Region.
(a) Using the scale 1 cm rep. 40 million tones, draw proportional circles to represent the consumption of the three sources of energy in Nairobi and Nyeri.
(b) (i) Calculate the percentage of gas consumption in Nyeri.
(ii) Comment on the high consumption of oil in Nairobi and wood in Nyeri.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- What factors have led to the success of the textile industry in Egypt?(Solved)
What factors have led to the success of the textile industry in Egypt?
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Describe the location of textile industries in Egypt.(Solved)
Describe the location of textile industries in Egypt.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- What reasons make tropical countries have the potential to develop hydroelectric power.(Solved)
What reasons make tropical countries have the potential to develop hydroelectric power.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Name any country in Africa where Nuclear power is produced.(Solved)
Name any country in Africa where Nuclear power is produced.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- State two problems associated with a decline of population in a developed country?(Solved)
State two problems associated with a decline of population in a developed country?
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- State three characteristics of the first phase/stage of demographic transition.(Solved)
State three characteristics of the first phase/stage of demographic transition.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Explain the meaning of the following terms:
(i) Implicit population policy
(ii) Explicit population policy.(Solved)
Explain the meaning of the following terms:
(i) Implicit population policy
(ii) Explicit population policy.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Differentiate natural population growth from numerical population growth.(Solved)
Differentiate natural population growth from numerical population growth.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Identify four functions of the National Council for Population and Development (NCPD)(Solved)
Identify four functions of the National Council for Population and Development (NCPD)
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Explain three main sources of water pollution along the Kenyan coastal waters.(Solved)
Explain three main sources of water pollution along the Kenyan coastal waters.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Besides fish farming, what other measures have African countries undertaken to promote the growth of fishing industry?(Solved)
Besides fish farming, what other measures have African countries undertaken to promote the growth of fishing industry?
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Explain any five advantages of fish farming in Kenya.(Solved)
Explain any five advantages of fish farming in Kenya.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Study the table below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Study the table below and answer the questions that follow.
(i) Draw a divided circle (pie chart) of a radius 5cm to represent the quantity of fish catch for 1975. Show your calculations.
(ii) Give the reasons behind the trend of the quantity of fish catches for Kenya and Japan from 1975 to 1983
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Explain four conditions necessary for fishing.(Solved)
Explain four conditions necessary for fishing.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Explain how over-dependence on minerals affects the economy.(Solved)
Explain how over-dependence on minerals affects the economy.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Name two countries in Africa which are over-dependent on the exports of metallic minerals.(Solved)
Name two countries in Africa which are over-dependent on the exports of metallic minerals.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Describe how bauxite is processed in Ghana.(Solved)
Describe how bauxite is processed in Ghana.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Explain four ways through which Liberia has benefited from iron ore exploitation.(Solved)
Explain four ways through which Liberia has benefited from iron ore exploitation.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Describe how iron ore is mined in Liberia.(Solved)
Describe how iron ore is mined in Liberia.
Date posted: August 15, 2019. Answers (1)