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Policy Brief No.9 of 2020-2021 on Exploiting Job Creation Potential for Youth in the Information and Communication Technologies Sector in Kenya

Onsomu, Eldah; Nyabaro, Violet; Munga, Boaz (Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2021)

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 ...

Policy Brief No. 11 of 2020-2021 on Exploiting Job Creation Potential for Youth in the Tourism Sector in Kenya

Munga, Boaz; Onsomu, Eldah; Nyabaro, Violet; Shibia, Adan (Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2020)

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 ...

Policy Brief No. 10 of 2020-2021 on Exploiting Job Creation Potential for Youth in Industries Without Smokestacks in Kenya

Onsomu, Eldah; Nyabaro, Violet; Munga, Boaz; Shibia, Adan (Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2021)

The Kenyan economy has over the last two decades experienced an upward trajectory in economic growth. The country’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) more than doubled from Ksh 2,150 billion in 2001 to Ksh 5,049 billion ...

Making it to the PhD: Gender and student performance in sub-Saharan Africa

Fisher, Monica; Nyabaro, Violet; Mendum, Ruth; Osiru, Moses (Plos One, 2020)

Women’s underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) impedes progress in solving Africa’s complex development problems. As in other regions, women’s participation in STEM drops progressively ...