In order to enhance the capacity of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) to create jobs and reduce poverty, the Government has reviewed the policies and strategies outlined in Sessional Paper No.2 of 1992, and adopted a ...

The overall objective of the policy changes is to introduce greater efficiency in the structure and institutional management in the coffee industry through redefinition of roles, elimination of conflict of interest between ...

The main objective of this policy is to help the sugar industry in Kenya Undertake the following; achieve self-sufficiency in the most cost-effective and efficient manner with the ultimate goal of becoming a sugar exporting ...

This paper provides a birds-eye view of the theoretical underpinnings of the KIPPRATreasury macroeconomic model. The model is built mostly along the now fairly standard lines of the aggregate demand–aggregate supply ...

A major concern in liberalizing the coffee trade is the need to harmonize the legal framework with policy reform. In particular, the legal framework must change so the institutions previously involved in controlling ...

This paper analyses the likely impact of the visa waiver introduced in June 1999 and the increase in airport tax in December 1999 on Kenya’s tourism industry. The visa waiver policy was intended to resuscitate the tourism ...

This Condom Policy and Strategy is the product of a review of key policy and strategy documents and interviews with stakeholders at the national, provincial and district levels. Policy and strategy gaps were identified in ...

Formulating research questions and carrying out empirical analysis is not an easy task. It is particularly difficult for practitioners in government ministries, who are bogged down with the day-to-day running of the ministry ...

In Kenya, excise taxes on beer contribute a significant share of government revenue. The government is therefore interested in establishing the optimal excise tax rates for the different types of beer-lager and stout. The ...

Strategies aimed at reducing poverty need to identify factors that are strongly associated with poverty and that are amenable to modification by policy. This paper uses household-level data collected in 1994 to examine ...