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Discussion Paper No. 10 of 2001 on Kenya's Exchange Rate Movement in a Liberalized Environment: An Empirical Analysis
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2001)
With globalization has come increased emphasis on an outward- looking and a market-oriented economy. Consequently, the 1990s were associated with a greater degree of liberalization of the financial, foreign exchange and ...
Discussion Paper No. 88 of 2008 on Factors Affecting Growth of Micro and Small Enterprises in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2008)
The study analyzes the current status of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Kenya and the factors affecting their growth. Analysis of the 1999 MSE National Baseline Survey data is done using multiple regression, where ...
Discussion Paper No. 112 of 2010 on Effects of Land Titling on Poverty in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2010)
Kenya has a 50 year history of ongoing land reform. However, with
multiple land tenure systems, including customary and statutory
systems, past tenure reforms have not resolved inherent land ownership
problems. These ...
Discussion Paper No. 92 of 2008 on Assessing Oil Vulnerability: Key Indicators and Policy Options
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2008)
Petroleum products are a key source of commercial energy in Kenya. The economic impacts of first and second oil shocks of the 1970s and current volatile crude oil prices have pushed supply vulnerability to the top of energy ...
Discussion Paper No. 13 of 2002 on Human Capital Externalities and Returns to Education in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2002)
This study has used micro data to analyse the effect of human capital
externality on earnings and returns to education. The parameters of the
earnings function are estimated using the ordinary least squares method.
The ...
Discussion Paper No. 83 of 2008 on Scaling-up Domestic Support for Sustainable Development of Agriculture in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2008)
Despite prospects for recovery of the agricultural sector in Kenya, there are a myriad of constraints and challenges. Among these are spiralling prices of key agricultural inputs such as fertilizer and energy, political ...
Discussion Paper No. 42 of 2004 on Healthcare Financing Through Health Insurance in Kenya: The Shift to A National Social Health Insurance Fund
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)
The overall goal of the Government of Kenya is to promote and improve the
health status of all Kenyans by making health services more effective, accessible,
and affordable. To address problems in the health sector, and ...
Discussion Paper No.153 of 2013 on the Effects of Regional Integration on Net Inward Foreign Direct Investment Flow in East African Countries
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2013)
This study investigates the effect of regional integration on Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) flow in EAC countries. It is based on a working hypothesis that
links integration to FD/. The model used was a variant of one ...
Discussion Paper No. 65 of 2006 on Supporting MSEs to Access Public Procurement Market in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2006)
Whereas market access remains a major growth factor, most MSEs in Kenya face formidable market-related constraints. Although the public procurement market is huge, estimated at 9.07 percent of GDP (or Ksh 71 billion), it ...
Discussion Paper No. 80 of 2007 on Implications of the Proposed WTO Tariff Reduction Modalities: Case of Kenya’s Agricultural Tariff Structure
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2007)
Various proposals in the World Trade Organization agricultural market access negotiations are explained and their implication to tariff reduction in terms of meeting stated objects evaluated in reference to Kenya’s ...