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Policy Brief No. 1 of 2004 on Economic Growth Scenarios for Employment Creation in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)
Employment creation in Kenya is a major concern to the government. The 1998/99 Labour Force Survey estimates Kenya’s active labour force at 10.5 million people, and unemployment at 14.6% of the active labour force. Given ...
Discussion Paper No. 31 of 2004 on Globalisation and the Labour Market in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)
This paper analyses the effect of globalisation on the labour market outcomes
in Kenya using micro datasets complemented with secondary data. The analysis
shows that during the economic reform period (1970s to 1990s), ...
Discussion Paper No. 103 of 2009 on Youth Unemployment in Kenya: Its Nature and Covariates
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2009)
Unemployment among the youth is one of the major policy concerns of
the Government of Kenya, because it imposes costs on individual youth,
their families and the economy. Aware of this policy concern, this study
uses a ...
Discussion Paper No. 78 of 2007 on Employment Outcomes and Export Orientation of Firms in Kenya's Manufacturing Sector
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)
Kenya's manufacturing sector accounts for over 10 per cent of GDP. Intensification of trade liberalization reforms in the 1990s saw the share of exporting firms increase. This seems to have coincided with a rise in use of ...
Working Paper No. 04 of 2001 on Education Indicators in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2001)
This paper looks at the education indicators and their trends, paying special
attention to variations across gender and regions. Although Kenya has made
an impressive achievement in the development of education since ...