Policy Brief No. 1 of 2017 on Sustaining Kenya's Economic Development by Deepening and Expanding Economic Integration in the Region

Abstract

This brief is based on the Kenya Economic Report 2017 by KIPPRA. The report has been prepared at a time when the government is taking stock on implementation of Medium Term Plan (MTP) II, and kick-starting preparations for the second last medium term plan (MTP III) of Vision 2030. Worth noting is that Kenya is currently classified as a lower middle income country as per the World Bank classification and to attain the upper middle income category, significant growth of economic activity is required to move from per capita income of US$ 1,361 in 2015 to upper middle income per capita of US$ 4,000...