This edition mainly focuses on the opportunities and challenges of devolution in the country. it delves into some experiences of devolved units in Kenya including county expenditures, own county revenues and county pending ...

Imports are fundamental for the survival of a small open economy such as Kenya. Various trade reforms have been implemented to achieve several objectives including raising revenue, maintaining favourable balance of ...

This study investigates the effects of population dynamics as Kenya strives to reap from demographic dividend arising from accelerated economic growth as the population changes. Now, 78 per cent of Kenya’s population is ...

This study addresses the key research question of whether differences in financial development are significantly associated with differences in economic growth for 13 African countries using panel data from 1984 to 2002. ...

This study investigates the effects of integration process, trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth of East African Community (EAC) member countries. Using a panel data and a single equation model, ...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of investment climate and firm-specific variables on the growth of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Kenya. The paper utilized a cross-section survey data of 2,536 ...

This study investigates the determinants of current account balance (CAB) in Kenya using intertemporal approach. By use of time series analytical framework, an error correction model is estimated in order to examine ...

Several studies make different prior assumptions on the magnitude of factor shares and scale of production when accounting for economic growth. The initial Solow estimations, for instance, assumed a capital share of 0.3 ...

Agriculture is the most important sector in the Kenyan economy given its contribution to employment, foreign exchange, food, and its linkages with other sectors of the economy. Indeed, the sector’s performance directly ...

Kenya’s bilateral exports were positively affected by its productive capacity, absorptive capacity of its trading partners, and Kenya’s increased involvement in regional integration. Progression of COMESA from Preferential ...