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Discussion Paper No. 122 of 2010 on Efficiency of the Financial Market Intermediation Process in Kenya: A Comparative Analysis
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2010)
Interest rate margins have been used severally in literature to indicate the extent of financial sector repression and inefficiency. Wide interest margins are detrimental for savings mobilization and stifle investment ...
Discussion Paper No. 117 of 2010 on Liberalization of Services and Its Implications on Agricultural Trade in Eastern Africa Region
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2010)
This study analyses the effects of services liberalization on trade in agricultural commodities within the East African Community (EAC). Intra-EAC trade flows in agricultural goods are examined, as the region is frequently ...
Discussion Paper No. 121 of 2010 on A Panel Data Analysis of the Determinants of Tourism Destination Competitiveness: Kenya and Compactor Countries in Africa
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2010)
This study analyzes the determinants of tourism destination competitiveness using panel data for the period 1980 to 2008, based on an augmented version of an empirical model by Craigwell (2007). The analysis is based on ...
Discussion Paper No. 109 of 2010 on Evaluating the Impact of Microfranchising the Distribution of Anti-Malaria Drugs in Kenya on Mortality and Morbidity
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2010)
In an effort to increase access to effective anti-malaria drugs to the
rural poor, the Kenyan government has partnered with a local nongovernmental
organization to distribute the drugs free of charge using
a micro-franchise ...
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. 108 of 2010 on Equilibrium Real Exchange Rates and Real Misalignment in Kenya: A Fundamental Equilibrium Approach
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2010)
With the liberalization of exchange rate in most countries, policy
makers have to contend with erratic movements in exchange rates
in the short-run, causing exchange rate misalignments in the long
run. Exchange rate ...
Discussion Paper No. 107 of 2010 on Are Prior Restrictions on Factor Shares Appropriate in Economic Growth Accounting Estimations?
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2010)
Several studies make different prior assumptions on the magnitude of
factor shares and scale of production when accounting for economic
growth. The initial Solow estimations, for instance, assumed a
capital share of 0.3 ...