Browsing Conference Proceedings by Issue Date
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Conference Proceeding No. 01 of 2000 on Report of the Proceedings of the AERC-KIPPRA World Trade Organization (WTO) Workshop
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2000)The Uruguay Round of the multilateral trade negotiations led to the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1994, with the mandate of fostering progressive liberalization of world trade in goods and services. ... -
Conference Proceeding No. 02 of 2002 on the Report of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Finance and Development: Evidence and Policy Issues
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2002)A lot of research has been done in finance and development with the aim of establishing the direction of causality. This effort has been necessitated by the fact that important links exist between finance and ... -
Conference Proceeding No. 03 of 2005 on Urban and Regional Planning as an Instrument for Wealth and Employment Creation
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2005)According to estimates by the UN-Habitat, nearly 50% of the population in developing countries will be urban by the year 2020 as more people abandon traditional rural areas to live and work in cities. In Kenya, as in ... -
Conference Proceeding No. 08 of 2018 on Building Resilience to Mitigate the Impact of Droughts and Floods
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2018)Kenya’s geography makes it highly vulnerable to climate-induced hazards, namely droughts and floods. This is because over 80 per cent of the country is arid and semi-arid lands which receive erratic rains, and drought is ... -
Conference Proceeding No. 09 of 2019 on A Gendered Approach to Unlocking the Potential for Sustainable Development
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2019)Gender equality is part of a wider struggle for overall equality for all. The struggle for gender equality can be traced to the first United Nations (UN) Women Conference held in Mexico in 1975 solely focused on women ... -
Conference Proceeding No. 10 of 2020 on Enhancing Inclusivity Through Empowering Persons with Disabilities
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2020)The choice of the theme focusing on persons with disabilities arose from the previous two conferences, in which delegates observed that issues affecting PWDs and their contribution to socio-economic development had not ... -
Conference Proceeding No. 11 of 2021 on Science, Technology, and Innovation in Enhancing Delivery of the Big Four Development Agenda
(Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2021)The KIPPRA Annual Regional Conference (KARC) was successfully held from 23rd to 25th June 2021 at the Bomas of Kenya, with the theme: “Science, Technology, and Innovation (ST&I) in Enhancing Delivery of the ‘Big Four’ ... -
Conference Proceedings on Policy Makers and Think Tanks Engagement in Strengthening Evidence Informed Policy Making
(Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2022)The theme of this symposium, “Policy Makers and Think Tanks Engagement for Evidence Informed Decision Making” is very timely since it is a step towards establishing a platform for exchange of views on development and policy ...
