Kenya has been the leading global pyrethrum producer for over four decades. The sub-sector has made significant contribution to economic growth through employment generation, foreign exchange earnings and livelihood ...

The pattern of poverty incidence in Kenya has changed over time, with some households moving in and out of poverty while others or their descendants have remained in poverty for decades. Rural poverty, for instance, increased ...

A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) is a consistent data framework that captures information contained in the national income and product accounts and the input-output table, as well as the monetary flows between institutions. ...

The importance of market microstructure in determining the success of a bonds market in allocating financial resources depends on the degree to which the microstructure elements have been designed to determine the proper ...

Industrialization has been embraced by many developing countries as a means of achieving structural transformation of their economies. In Kenya, the goal of industrialization has long been held as a strategy far ...

This study analyses the status, determinants and strategies for expanding access to secondary education in Kenya. A logit model is used to analyse the factors influencing access to secondary education schooling in Kenya. ...

Beef cattle production is important for livelihood sustenance, especially in the Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASALs) of Kenya, besides contributing a significant share of the agricultural Gross Domestic Product. Export ...

Achieving and sustaining high levels of economic growth has been a primary focus for policy makers in post-independent Kenya. However, economic growth has been episodic, and achieving sustainable growth remains elusive. ...

This paper provides estimates of technical efficiency in Kenya sugar factories. It examines factors that affect technical efficiency by applying a stochastic production frontier approach over the period 1996-2005 using ...

Economic growth and income distribution are two issues that are currently dominating policy decisions of both developed and developing countries. Governments across the globe are struggling to find an economic solution ...