Browsing by Author "Manda, Damiano K."
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Discussion Paper No. 13 of 2002 on Human Capital Externalities and Returns to Education in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2002)This study has used micro data to analyse the effect of human capital externality on earnings and returns to education. The parameters of the earnings function are estimated using the ordinary least squares method. The ... -
Discussion Paper No. 14 of 2002 on the Decline in Primary School Enrolment in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2002)Since independence in 1963, Kenya has invested substantial resources in education. For almost three successive decades, these investments and other government policies led to impressive gains in educational access at all ... -
Discussion Paper No. 32 of 2004 on User Charges and Utilization of Health Services in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)This paper uses data from Kenya to examine the role of user charges and quality of health services in determining the choice of healthcare providers. We find that an increase in the price of public health services diverts ... -
Discussion Paper No. 33 of 2004 on Poverty and Employment in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)At the time of independence in 1963, the Government of Kenya identified illiteracy, disease, ignorance and poverty as the main problems to be addressed in the post-independence era. In spite of the antipoverty measures ... -
Discussion Paper No. 37 of 2004 on Budget Mechanisms and Public Expenditure Tracking in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)Public expenditures are faced with numerous problems of wastage and leakages of resources mainly due to weak procurement procedures, corruption and weak monitoring systems. Nevertheless, in most developing countries, central ... -
Discussion Paper No. 42 of 2004 on Healthcare Financing Through Health Insurance in Kenya: The Shift to A National Social Health Insurance Fund
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)The overall goal of the Government of Kenya is to promote and improve the health status of all Kenyans by making health services more effective, accessible, and affordable. To address problems in the health sector, and ... -
Discussion Paper No. 46 of 2004 on Achieving Universal Primary School Education in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)The Kenya government has given education a high priority as a vehicle of national development. As a result, the national education system has expanded rapidly since independence. Before the implementation offr ee primary ... -
Discussion Paper No. 57 of 2006 on Mainstreaming Social Budgeting into the Budgetary Process in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)This study analyses the current MTEF budgetary process in Kenya with the aim of examining the extent to which it addresses the concerns of the social sector. It reveals that the MTEF budget process is not efficient in ... -
Discussion Paper No. 67 of 2007 on Impact of Minimum Wages on Formal Employment in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2007)This paper uses time series data to analyze the impact of minimum wages on employment in the private and public formal sectors in Kenya. An error correction model is used to analyse the long-run and short-run effect of ... -
Discussion Paper No. 70 of 2007 on Skills Needs, Availability and Competitiveness: A Case for Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)Kenya has put a lot of emphasis on human capital development as a way of facilitating economic growth. The link between human capital (skills) and growth is through high productivity and improved competitiveness. This ... -
Discussion Paper No. 81 of 2007 on Impact of Primary School Education Inputs and Outputs in Kenya: Empirical Evidence
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2007)This paper examines a range of factors that determine primary school output (proxied by examination performance) with an aim of identifying the main inputs that are of policy relevance in the improvement of quality of ... -
Discussion Paper No.63 of 2006 on Determinants and Strategies for Expanding Access to Secondary Education in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)This study analyses the status, determinants and strategies for expanding access to secondary education in Kenya. A logit model is used to analyse the factors influencing access to secondary education schooling in Kenya. ...
