Browsing by Subject "Unemployment"
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Discussion Paper No. 103 of 2009 on Youth Unemployment in Kenya: Its Nature and Covariates
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2009)Unemployment among the youth is one of the major policy concerns of the Government of Kenya, because it imposes costs on individual youth, their families and the economy. Aware of this policy concern, this study uses a ... -
Discussion Paper No. 118 of 2010 on The Role of Education and Training in Reducing Poverty and Unemployment in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2010)Unemployment and poverty are major socio-economic challenges affecting most countries. They are associated with under-utilization of resources, while leading to low welfare status. In the past, the Kenya government has ... -
Discussion Paper No. 157 of 2013 on Child Labour and Its Determinants in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2013)Child labour is a major policy concern in Kenya because it has implications that persist over a child’s life cycle and across generations. This study examines the levels of child labour participation across sectors and ... -
Discussion Paper No. 31 of 2004 on Globalisation and the Labour Market in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)This paper analyses the effect of globalisation on the labour market outcomes in Kenya using micro datasets complemented with secondary data. The analysis shows that during the economic reform period (1970s to 1990s), ... -
Discussion Paper No. 78 of 2007 on Employment Outcomes and Export Orientation of Firms in Kenya's Manufacturing Sector
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)Kenya's manufacturing sector accounts for over 10 per cent of GDP. Intensification of trade liberalization reforms in the 1990s saw the share of exporting firms increase. This seems to have coincided with a rise in use of ... -
Discussion Paper No.130 of 2012 on Job Search in Developing Countries: Empirical Evidence from Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2012)This study considers empirical evidence concerning job search behaviour of non-working individuals in Kenya. The study uses data from a nationally representative Labour Force Survey and discrete choice models to analyse ... -
Isiolo County Budget Review and Outlook Paper 2021
(County Government of Isiolo, 2021)The 2021 County Budget Review and Outlook Paper (CBROP) has been prepared against a background of expected global recovery after a slump in 2020 occasioned by the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The global economy ... -
Policy Brief No. 1 of 2004 on Economic Growth Scenarios for Employment Creation in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)Employment creation in Kenya is a major concern to the government. The 1998/99 Labour Force Survey estimates Kenya’s active labour force at 10.5 million people, and unemployment at 14.6% of the active labour force. Given ... -
Policy Brief No. 10 of 2020-2021 on Exploiting Job Creation Potential for Youth in Industries Without Smokestacks in Kenya
(Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2021)The Kenyan economy has over the last two decades experienced an upward trajectory in economic growth. The country’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) more than doubled from Ksh 2,150 billion in 2001 to Ksh 5,049 billion ... -
Policy Monitor, Issue 11 No. 1, July-September 2019 on Creating Jobs and Transforming lives-for Inclusive Growth
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2019)The theme of this edition is informed by budget 2019/20 with a focus on Creating Jobs and Transforming lives-for Inclusive Growth. three articles under this theme are presented, which include the role of manufacturing in ... -
Policy Monitor, Issue 4 No. 1, July-September 2011 on Unemployment in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2011)In many countries, long term unemployment and underemployment continue to soar. The unemployment rate of youth agl'd 15-24 in Kenya was 24% in 2005/6 compared to the overall unemployment rate of 12.7%. Under-employment ... -
Sector Plan for Labour and Employment 2013-2017
(Government of the Republic of Kenya, 2013)This Sector Plan for Labour and Employment has been formulated alongside the Second Medium Term Plan (MTP) 2013-2017, of the Kenya Vision 2030. The Sector Plan highlights in detail the policies, programmes and projects ... -
Sessional Paper No. 01 of 1994 on Recovery and Sustainable Development to the year 2010
(Republic of Kenya, 1994)This Sessional Paper is intended to complement and build on Sessional Paper No.1 of 1986, on Economic Management for Renewed Growth. It provides a reaffirmation of our medium to long term strategy to maintain measures for ... -
Sessional Paper No. 02 of 1985 on Unemployment
(Government of Kenya, 1985)This Sessional Paper is, the Governments response to the Report of the Presidential Committee, on Unemployment, 1982,/ 83, which was ,appointed by His Excellency the President to examine the problem of unemployment and ... -
Sessional Paper No. 04 of 2005 on Youth Development
(Ministry of Sports, Culture and Social Services, 2005)Sessional Paper No. 4 on Kenya National Youth Policy is aimed at ensuring the youth play their role, alongside adults, in the development of the country. The policy's goal is to promote youth participation in community and ... -
Sessional Paper No. 06 of 2006 on Employment Policy and Strategies for Kenya.
(Republic of Kenya, 2006)This sessional paper provides the strategies to mitigate and address the problems of unemployment. among key interventions proposed in the paper besides accelerated and sustained economic growth are; the promotion of labour ... -
Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1959/60 on Unemployment
(The Government Printer, 1960)Recognizing the need to ensure that the Governments existing and future plans for dealing with unemployment are soundly based the Government has prior to, during and since the period of Mr. Dalgleish's work, been making ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Daniel T. Arap Moi, C.G.H., M.P., on Moi Day, October 10, 1997
(Office of the President, 1997)Moi day was a national holiday in Kenya, celebrated on the 10th day of the month of October, to commemorate the inauguration of His Excellency Daniel T. Arap Moi, as the second President of the Republic of Kenya. President ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Daniel T. Arap Moi, C.G.H., M.P., on Moi Day, October 10, 1998
(Office of the President, 1998)Moi day was a national holiday in Kenya, celebrated on the 10th day of the month of October, to commemorate the inauguration of His Excellency Daniel T. Arap Moi, as the second President of the Republic of Kenya. President ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, C.G.H., M.P., on Madaraka Day, June 1, 1976
(Office of the President, 1976)Madaraka is a Swahili word for power. Madaraka day is a national holiday in Kenya, celebrated on the 1st day of the month of June every year, to commemorate the attainment of Kenya’s internal self-rule from the British ...
