The world economy is undergoing rapid change associated with globalization and liberalization, which has increased the need for industrial competitiveness. Kenya ranks low in global competitiveness and compares ...

The global economy is expected to grow by 6.0 per cent in 2021, with emerging markets and developing economies making the highest contribution to this growth. Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to grow by 3.4 per cent in 2021, ...

Maize is the most important staple food crop in the East Africa Community and define the food security for majority of communities, /is study commissioned by KIPPRA and UNECA demonstrate that maize production is highly ...

The government has focused on enrolment of children of school-going age into the schooling system, culminating in continued significant growth in enrolment rates over the years. Little focus is however directed to retention ...

Structural transformation refers to the transition of an economy from low productivity and labour intensive economic activities to higher productivity and skills-intensive activities. The key driver of structural ...

Kenya has rebased its economy to make the measure of GDP more inclusive in terms of productive sectors and industrial output. The rebasing included changing the base year from 2001 to 2009 and also incorporating new ...

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 ...

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 ...

This edition focuses on the important and sensitive topic of Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in National Development for Shared Prosperity. We explore and delve in topics covering Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities ...

This Edition of the Policy Monitor discusses recent economic developments, which show an anticipated rebound of economic activities following the relaxation of containment measures in the re-opening of the economy. Moreover, ...