Droughts and floods are becoming more frequent and increasingly severe in Kenya, with serious health ramifications. This paper discusses the nature of health risks and effects emanating from droughts and floods in prone ...

The energy sector is a crucial enabler to economic growth in many countries. Consequently, there are a number of private firms, governments and development partners who are heavily investing huge amounts of money on energy ...

In many economies, private sector credit plays a critical role by efficiently allocating resources for investment and is considered to be an engine of economic growth. This study examined the impact of the interest rate ...

Achieving food and nutritional security by all people at all times is a key development goal at the global, regional and national levels. Gender mainstreaming in food and nutritional policies, programmes and projects is ...

Fiscal policy sustainability is key for medium to long-term growth of any economy. Maintaining fiscal sustainability helps create enough fiscal space to mitigate economic shocks. Over the years, fiscal space in Kenya has ...

The affordable housing programme is being implemented by the Government of Kenya to address housing adequacy challenges in the country. Access to affordable and decent housing is imperative to improving the quality of life ...

Kenya’s Vision 2030 aims at achieving and maintaining a sustainable and inclusive annual growth of 10 per cent. To achieve this, the government embarked on expansionary fiscal policy, which involves investing in growth ...

This study sought to determine whether Kenya’s fiscal policy is on a sustainable path by estimating a fiscal reaction function. A fiscal reaction function is a rule derived from an inter-temporal government budget ...

Participation in commercial agriculture has considerable potential for improving the livelihoods of many smallholder farmers. However, numerous constraints hamper their efforts in market-oriented production. This study ...

One of Kenya’s development goals is to provide an enabling environment for both local and foreign investors. An important element of such an environment is the physical infrastructure especially land and workspaces. An ...