Browsing Policy Briefs by Issue Date
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Policy Brief No. 05 of 2006 on Multiplicity of Taxes and Licenses in the Trucking Industry in Kenya. Is there a Case for Deregulation?
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)The trucking industry comprises of heavy commercial vehicles (lorries and trailers), which transport commercial products within the domestic market and on transit to the neighbouring countries within the region. The ... -
Policy Brief No. 11 of 2006 on Improving the Enabling Environment for Business in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)An enabling environment for business improves investment climate and competitiveness of a country, thereby enhancing economic performance for eventual poverty reduction. In this regard, the Government of Kenya in its ... -
Policy Brief No. 10 of 2006 on Lessons From Kenya's Tax Reform Experience
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)Kenya, like many developing nations, has attempted to reform its tax system over time, with the impetus coming from the increasing complexity of the tax codes, narrow tax base and concerns with fair distribution of tax ... -
Policy Brief No. 08 of 2006 on Enhancing Growth of the Nairobi Stock Exchange Primary Market
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)Stock market development is crucial in financing economic growth. In the financial sector reform process, the government has prioritized the reform of the stock market with the aim of enhancing its activities and making ... -
Policy Brief No. 12 of 2006 on Reducing Implicit Taxation of the Agricultural Sector in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)Agriculture is the dominant sector in terms of its contribution to Gross Domestic Product in Kenya (27% of GDP), employment (66% of labourforce), and exports (70% of export earnings, excluding refined petroleum exports). ... -
Policy Brief No. 07 of 2007 on Improving the Security Situation in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)Since the advent of the Economic Recovery Strategy (ERS) in 2003, the government has indicated its commitment to tackle insecurity in an attempt to provide a favourable environment for economic growth. In the ERS, provision ... -
Policy Brief No. 09 of 2007 on Explaining Chronic Poverty in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)Chronic poverty can be defined in terms of the duration households are trapped in poverty. The chronically poor are those who are always poor, or usually living below the poverty line. The chronic poor suffer persistent ... -
Policy Brief No. 15 of 2007 on Enhancing Investment Performance for Sustained Economic Growth in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)The Kenya Vision 2030 aims at achieving a high and non-inflationary real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 10 per cent by 2012, and sustaining it thereafter. To achieve this growth, Kenya needs to increase public ... -
Policy Brief No. 04 of 2007 on Governance Challenges in Public Expenditure Management in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)The concept of governance covers the social, economic, corporate, political and cultural aspects of how power is exercised in an organization or society. The common principles in the exercise of power include: accountability, ... -
Policy Brief No. 03 of 2007 on Strategies for Expanding Access to Secondary Education in Kenya
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Policy Brief No. 10 of 2007 on Improving the Technology Competitiveness of Small Enterprises in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)The Sessional Paper No. 2 of 2005 on Development of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) for Wealth and Employment Creation for Poverty Reduction singles out restricted levels of technology as one of the major constraints ... -
Policy Brief No. 11 of 2007 on Effectiveness of Financial Sector Reforms in Promoting Domestic Private Investment in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)The Kenyan government has over the last decade been implementing financial sector reforms aimed at promoting private investment. The main focus of the reforms was liberalization of interest rate and exchange rate, ... -
Policy Brief No. 01 of 2014 on Rebasing GDP: Rationale and the Economic Implications
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2014)A country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) changes in size, structure and composition over time. GDP is the total value of all goods and services produced within the country's borders over a period of one year, valued ... -
Policy Brief No. 04 of 2014 on Implications of GDP Rebasing on Skills and Professional Development
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2014)n September 2014, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) announced that the Kenya economy is 25.3% larger than it had earlier been estimated. The 2013 GDP was estimated at Ksh 4.76 trillion.This means that Kenya's ... -
Policy Brief No. 05 of 2014 on Rebased Economy and Implications on Kenya's Participation in International Trade
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2014)he Kenya National Bureau of Statistics completed the exercise of rebasing the economy in September 2014. In this exercise, the old base year of 2001 was replaced with a new one of 2009. The main aim of rebasing an ... -
Policy Brief No. 03 of 2014 on Rebasing of Kenya's Economy: Factors Contributing to Agricultural Growth
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2014)Agriculture provides most of the food for the majority of Kenyans and employs most people in the rural areas. In the 1980s to 1990s, agriculture declined substantially because of lack of good economic management. This ... -
Policy Brief No. 02 of 2014 on Kenya now a Middle Income Economy but Wanjiku Still Crying
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2014)Kenya has rebased its economy to make the measure of GDP more inclusive in terms of productive sectors and industrial output. The rebasing included changing the base year from 2001 to 2009 and also incorporating new ... -
Mitigating Road Traffic Congestion in the Nairobi Metropolitan Region
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2015)Traffic congestion is one of the key concerns affecting the performance of the transport system in Nairobi. In 2008, the economic cost of traffic jams in Nairobi Metropolitan Region was etimated at Ksh 1.9 Billion annually -
Policy Brief No. 03 of 2015 on Wage Disparities in the Formal Sectors: Policy Options for Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2015)Wage employment in the public and private sectors accounts for a significant proportion of formal employment in most developing countries. In Kenya, nearly 655,000 wage earners were employed in the public sector in ... -
Policy Brief on Extractive Industries, Political Settlements and Conflict
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2016)Kenya's oil and gas discoveries have coincided with the devolution of political power and resource distribution under the 2010 Constitution. The mining sector has also expanded during this time with investments in titanium, ...
