Imports are fundamental for the survival of a small open economy such as Kenya. Various trade reforms have been implemented to achieve several objectives including raising revenue, maintaining favourable balance of ...

Cash transfers are important in relieving both the direct and opportunity costs of utilizing public social services such as health and education. Cash transfers have a direct effect on the welfare of poor households and ...

The agriculture sector contributed 21.2%, the equivalent of US$ 10.3 billion (2009 constant prices) of the country’s GDP in 2019. Of this, the crops subsector contributed the lion share of 27.8% or US$ 7.58 billion. In the ...

The need to have shelter is indispensable to humanity and is classified among the top three basic needs. However, increase in population, scarcity of fixed assets such as land, escalating house prices, and the rising ...

This study examines the state of and factors that influence the availability of two maternal health medicines–oxytocin and misoprostol–in Kenya’s health facilities that offer basic emergency obstetric care (BEmOC). These ...

Kenya’s Vision 2030 identifies the financial sector as one of the key sectors, as it plays a key role in mobilizing savings that are necessary for economic development. Financial deepening accelerates economic growth through ...

An estimated 1.3 billion people around the world lack access to electricity, with majority of them living in Sub-Saharan Africa, where two out of every three households stay in darkness after sunset. In Kenya, according ...

Information Communication Technology (ICT) is a promising emerging sector in transforming the global economy. Digital technologies are opening new possibilities for developing countries to grow and transform to digital ...

The tourism sector in Kenya offers three major product lines, namely: safari, coastal, and business and conference travel. The tourism sector contributes to socio-economic development through supply chain linkages with ...

The Kenya Vision 2030 recognizes fish farming and aquaculture as a source of food security, poverty reduction, and employment creation. The various Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) economic surveys show that there ...