Kenya Economic Report 2017 on Sustaining Kenya's Economic Development by Deepening and Expanding Economic Integration in the Region

Abstract

The Kenya Economic Report 2017 is the 9th edition of the series of these annual reports. The theme for the Kenya Economic Report 2017 is Sustaining Kenya’s Economic Development by Deepening and Expanding Economic Integration in the Region. The theme enables us to reflect on the gains, opportunities, and challenges of Kenya’s active participation in various regional integration initiatives, especially the East Africa Community.This report focuses on regional integration, capturing the gains, challenges and potential opportunities that Kenya can exploit in implementing her economic development agenda. his is important in that Kenya needs to exploit available opportunities in expanding its markets. African leaders have been championing regional economic integration as a framework to facilitate implementation of economic transformation and diversification agenda. Under the African Union, a lot of effort has been put on advancement of a Continental Free Trade Area that would bring together all the existing regional blocs.