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Occasional Paper No. 01 of 2001 on Strengthening the Link Between Policy Research and Implementation
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2001)The specific purpose of this paper is to identify issues that can strengthen the link between policy research and implementation. This subject matter is the mind of many Africans, and especially in the minds of decision-makers ... -
Occasional Paper No. 02 of 2001 on Effective Private Sector Representation in Policy Formulation and Implementation
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2001)This paper highlights some of the key issues concerning the role of interest groups in policy formulation, with particular reference to the private sector. It shows that economic interest groups, as opposed to other groups ... -
Occasional Paper No. 03 of 2002 on Agriculture, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2002)Reducing poverty is a primary focus of public policy in most developing countries, a fact that is underscored by the recent emphasis on the formulation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) by African governments, ... -
Occasional Paper No. 04 of 2002 on Post-Doha African Challenges in the Sanitary and Phytosanitary and Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2002)The World Trade Organization agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) and Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) present various challenges and opportunities for sub-Saharan African countries to expand ... -
Occasional Paper No. 05 of 2004 on Principles of Research
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)In Section 1, I introduce the subject matter of research, with a theoretical discussion of characters in a research enterprise. I do a thought experiment that expels some characters and retains others. I introduce (also ... -
Occasional Paper No. 06 of 2006 on State-Private Sector Nexus in National Wealth Creation: A Framework for Analysis and its Application to Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)This study discusses a theoretical framework that is used to explore the interaction between the state and private sector. Three classes of businesses are identified, namely: makers or producers; traders/merchants or ... -
Occupational Safety and Health Policy for the Health Sector in Kenya 2014
(Ministry of Health, 2014)Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) is an area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goals of occupational safety and health programs include fostering a ... -
Physical Education and Sports Policy for Basic Education 2021
(Ministry of Education, 2021)This policy has been developed with an overarching goal of promoting the provision of P.E and sport in basic education institutions. Development of this policy is therefore embedded in the ongoing educational reforms to ... -
Pokot Central District Development Plan 2008-2012
(Government printers, 2009)The 8th District Development Plan (DDP) for the period 2008-2012 was prepared by the District Planning and Monitoring Unit in close collaboration with members of the various Sector Working Groups (SWGs). Considerable ... -
Policy Brief No 48 of 2018/2019 on An Assessment of Health care Delivery Under Devolution: County Briefs
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2019)Quality health care is a basic right in Kenya as granted by the 2010 Constitution. It is also a priority government commitment under the “Big Four” agenda on Universal Health Care (UHC) and Vision 2030. Devolution of the ... -
Policy Brief No. 01 of 2004 on Vision and Long Term Development Strategy for Kenya's Tourism Industry
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)The capacity of the country to offer luxury tourism has been largely compromised crowding, over-development of facilities, competition for tourists, insecurity, poor infrastructure in general, and environmental ... -
Policy Brief No. 01 of 2006 on Negotiating Trade in Services Under an Economic Partnership Agreement: A Proposal for Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2006)Kenya and other African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries have enjoyed non-reciprocal preferential trade arrangements with the European Union (EU) since the 1970s under the successive Lomé Conventions.For ACP countries ... -
Policy Brief No. 01 of 2007 on Options for Sustaining Kenya’s Economic Growth Pattern
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2007)Achieving sustainable economic growth in Kenya has continued to be elusive. Economic growth has been characterized by episodes of both high growth rates (1960s, 1970s and after 2003 to present) and recession (around 2000 ... -
Policy Brief No. 01 of 2014 on Rebasing GDP: Rationale and the Economic Implications
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2014)A country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) changes in size, structure and composition over time. GDP is the total value of all goods and services produced within the country's borders over a period of one year, valued ... -
Policy Brief No. 01 of 2017 on Sustaining Kenya's Economic Development by Deepening and Expanding Economic Integration in the Region
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2017)The report has been prepared at a time when the government is taking stock on implementation of Medium Term Plan (MTP) II, and kick-starting preparations for the second last medium term plan (MTP III) of Vision 2030. ... -
Policy Brief No. 01 of 2020-2021 on Short-Term Effects of Covid-19 and Containment Measures on Kenyan's Economy
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2020)This policy brief summarizes the key findings of the research work undertaken by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) and ... -
Policy Brief No. 01 of 2021-2022 on MSEs’ Business Environment in Baringo County
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2021)The County Business Environment for MSEs (CBEM) framework was first developed by KIPPRA in 2019 to provide a tool for monitoring the process of improving business environment for growth and survival of MSEs. The four ... -
Policy Brief No. 01 of 2022-2023 on Towards Effective Regulation of Wholesale and Retail firms in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2022)The wholesale and retail firms are very significant in the country’s development process and, as such, the sector was identified as a contributor to the achievement of the Kenya Vision 2030 through job creation. That ... -
Policy Brief No. 01 of 2023-2024 on Cost of Living and the Role of Markets
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2023)This Policy Brief is based on the Kenya Economic Report (KER) 2023, themed ‘Cost of Living and the Role of Markets’. As the economy started recovery from the adverse effects of COVID-19 pandemic, it was hit by a prolonged ... -
Policy Brief No. 02 of 2006 on Enhancing the Role of Development Finance Institutions in Kenya’s Development Process
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2006)Development finance is vital in the implementation of government development strategy. For example, when me government earmarks the private sector as the engine of economic growth in the Economic Recovery Strategy for ...