Speech Delivered to the National Assembly on 12th June 2003 by Hon. David Mwiraria E.G.H, M.P., Minister for Finance, Republic of Kenya When Presenting the Budget for Fiscal Year 2003/04

This National Housing Policy is intended to arrest the deteriorating housing conditions countrywide and to bridge the shortfall in housing stock arising from demand that far surpasses supply, particularly in urban areas. ...

One of the Government of Kenya's policy objectives is to put in place sound macroeconomic policies to achieve economic and social targets. Fiscal and monetary policies are two instruments, among others, whose design ...

The much expected economic recovery has started to pick up albeit at a slower pace than foreseen in the Government's Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment creation for this year. Economic indicators ...

This study evaluates the costs and benefits of the East African Community Customs Union to Kenya. In particular, the study assesses the potential impact (to Kenya) of removing tariffs on intra-EAC trade and establishing a ...

The International Labour Organization approximates that about 250 million children worldwide are involved in child labour, with most children working under harmful conditions; that is in circumstances that are detrimental ...

This study was motivated by the huge potential of Kenya’s cotton-textile sector in poverty reduction, its unprecedented decline since the second half of the 1980s and the market opportunities offered by African Growth and ...

Liquidity of the stock market is vital if the market is to play a significant role in the development by facilitating mobilisation of long-term capital. During the revitalisation period, a lot of efforts have been made ...

Measuring thelevelof an economy's potential output and output gap is essential in identifying a sustainable non-inflationary growth and in assessing appropriate macroeconomic policies. The estimation of potential output ...

This paper examines how bank earnings are affected by the bank’s choice of investment portfolios. It reveals that bank earnings increase with loans and advances, placements in other banking institutions, and government ...