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Discussion Paper No. 230 of 2020 on Assessing the Employment Creation Potential of the Tea Sector in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2020-11)
The objective of this study is to map the tea value chain in Kenya, identify constraints that hinder the growth of the tea sector, determine employment creation potential of the tea sector, and finally determine sectoral ...
Discussion Paper No. 245 of 2020 on Optimization of Public Debt and its Impact on Kenya's Economic Growth
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2020)
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 ...
Discussion Paper No. 244 of 2020 on Assessment of Meteorological Drought in Main Climatic Zones of Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2020)
This paper presents a spatio-temporal assessment of meteorological drought in
four counties of Kenya using Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI). Monthly
rainfall data from the Climate Hazards group InfraRed Precipitation ...
Discussion Paper No. 160 of 2013 on Identity and Social Cohesion in Kenya: Linkage and Correlates
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2013)
Strategies aimed at enhancing social cohesion and reinforcing a “national
identity” need to identify factors that are strongly associated with social cohesion
as well as national attachment, and which are amenable to ...
Discussion Paper No. 155 of 2013 on Demand for Health Care in Kenya: The Effect of Health Insurance
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2013)
The health of the general population has been a major concern of the Government
of Kenya since independence. There is evidence suggesting that positive health
outcomes can be achieved if health care is made broadly ...
Discussion Paper No. 154 of 2013 on Analysis of Price Transmission for Selected Staple Food Commodities in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2013)
Markets play a primary role in facilitating forces of demand and supply to
interact such as through price adjustments across time and space. In many
developing countries such as Kenya, food markets are characterized by ...
Discussion Paper No. 166 of 2014 on Analysis of Electricity Consumption by Households in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2014)
An estimated 1.3 billion people around the world lack access to electricity, with
majority of them living in Sub-Saharan Africa, where two out of every three
households stay in darkness after sunset. In Kenya, according ...
Discussion Paper No. 163 of 2014 on Health Professionals in Kenya: Estimation of Minimum County Requirements
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2014)
This study forms part of the baseline information for use by counties as they take
up the functions of providing public health care. The study objectives therefore
includes determining the minimum number of health ...
Discussion Paper No. 164 of 2014 on Alcohol Consumption and Healthcare Expenditure in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2014)
This study investigates the factors influencing alcohol consumption and the effects
of alcohol consumption on healthcare expenditure in Kenya using data from the
2005 Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS). The ...
Discussion Paper No. 165 of 2014 on Predictors of Availability of Maternal Health Medicines in Kenya's Health Facilities
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2014)
This study examines the state of and factors that influence the availability of
two maternal health medicines–oxytocin and misoprostol–in Kenya’s health
facilities that offer basic emergency obstetric care (BEmOC). These ...