This study relates to one of the components of a three-year USAID-supported project on "Enhanced Policy Formulation and Implementation for Micro and Small Enterprises - MSEs" as proposed and implemented by KIPPRA (2003). ...

The budget for fiscal year 2004/ 05 is the second budget in the implementation of the Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation (ERSWEC) 2003-2007 and fourth under the Medium Term Expenditure Framework ...

The review of the Government of Kenya 2005/06 budget sought to ascertain how the annual budget allocations traced the broad fiscal and macroeconomic targets set out in the Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and ...

Government legislation and regulations, while necessary in any modern society, impose a considerable cost burden on businesses. The regulatory framework of a country affects all businesses in that it imposes costs ...

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 ...

Many developing countries in Africa introduced planning systems after attaining independence but very little attention was given to budget systems as a tool for achieving plan targets. Recent recognition of the need to ...

Since independence in 1963, Kenya has continued to design and implement policies aimed at promoting coverage of and access to modern healthcare in an attempt to attain the long-term objectives of health for all. On ...

Counties all over the world have reformed or are attempting to reform their tax systems, with the main impetus being the increasing complexity of tax codes, narrow tax bases, and concerns with horizontal equity. Kenya's ...

Industrialization has been embraced by many developing countries as a means of achieving structural transformation of their economies. In Kenya, the goal of industrialization has long been held as a strategy far ...