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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
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)
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. 12 of 2007 on Subsidizing Secondary Education in Kenya:Costs,Financing Sources and Implications
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2007)
Public intervention in the provision of secondary
education is sometimes necessary to safeguard
against inequalities in access given the
relatively high household poverty incidence in
Kenya. Furthermore, educating ...
Policy Brief No. 08 of 2007 on Strategies for Securing Energy Supply in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2007)
There is a close relationship between economic growth and quality of life, on one hand, and
demand for energy, on the other. Acountry cannot experience high levels of economic growth if
energy supplies are constrained. ...
Policy Brief No. 01 of 2007 on Options for Sustaining Kenya’s Economic Growth Pattern
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2007)
Achieving sustainable economic growth in Kenya has continued to be elusive. Economic growth has
been characterized by episodes of both high growth rates (1960s, 1970s and after 2003 to present)
and recession (around 2000 ...