This policy brief summarizes the key findings of the research work undertaken by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) and ...

This is a quarterly market analysis report prepared by The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis on the performance of the Financial market of Kenya. The report focuses on different sectors of the economy ...

Agriculture plays a critical role in the Kenyan economy. The sector contributes approximately 34.2 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product and employs over 60 per cent of the population of which 70 per cent are ...

Countries that are endowed with resources globally are progressively tightening their local content requirements with a view to deriving maximum benefits from their resources. Local content can be defined as the value ...

The agriculture sector contributed 21.2%, the equivalent of US$ 10.3 billion (2009 constant prices) of the country’s GDP in 2019. Of this, the crops subsector contributed the lion share of 27.8% or US$ 7.58 billion. In the ...

The frequency and severity of droughts and floods hazards are projected to increase with climate change. Households are affected through various mechanisms including income and asset losses that translate to other undesirable ...

The challenge of creating jobs for the youth is at the core of the development agenda in Kenya. This agenda has been driven by the youth bulge that the country is experiencing which calls for adoption of targeted initiatives ...

Solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies are emerging as an important factor input in promoting inclusive and sustainable economic development. Particularly, the high job intensity nature of the solar PV industry makes it ...

The objective of this study is to map the tea value chain in Kenya, identify constraints that hinder the growth of the tea sector, determine employment creation potential of the tea sector, and finally determine sectoral ...

The road transport sector through two- and three-wheeler (TTW) operation, though informal, has helped fill the youth employment gap. That said, to fully exploit the employment potential for the youth, it is important to ...