Policy Monitor, Issue 12 No. 2, October-December 2020 on Responding to COVID-19 Crisis: Perspectives from the Education, Trade, and Policy and Legislative Environment in Kenya

Abstract

This Edition of the Policy Monitor discusses recent economic developments, which show an anticipated rebound of economic activities following the relaxation of containment measures in the re-opening of the economy. Moreover, this Issue covers various activities and events undertaken by the Institute during the quarter. The key highlights include a two-day researchers’ workshop organized by KIPPRA; Induction of new board members; Graduation of the 17th Cohort of the KIPPRA Young Professionals programme; launch of the County COVID-19 socio-economic re-engineering recovery strategy; County on-job-support workshops on children, women, youth, PWDs and gender-sensitive planning and budgeting; commemoration of the World AIDS Day; and KIPPRA participation in various think tanks’ summits. Finally, the Policy Monitor provides key highlights of policy news at domestic, regional and international levels; and legislative developments at the National Assembly and the Senate, and concludes with upcoming KIPPRA events.