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Policy Brief No. 48 of 2018-2019 on An Assessment of Health Care Delivery Under Devolution: County Briefs
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2018)
Quality health care is a basic right in Kenya as
granted by the 2010 Constitution. It is also a
priority government commitment under the “Big
Four” agenda on Universal Health Care (UHC) and
Vision 2030. Devolution of ...
Policy brief No. 60 of 2018-2019 on Focusing on Youth Entrepreneurship as an Alternative Source of Youth Employment in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2018)
Entrepreneurship has the potential of greasing
the wheels of sustainable development
through improving social aspects such as
poverty reduction and gender equality, and driving economic growth. It enables the
youth to ...
Policy Brief No. 05 of 2014 on Rebased Economy and Implications on Kenya's Participation in International Trade
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2014)
he Kenya National Bureau of Statistics completed the exercise of rebasing
the economy in September 2014. In this exercise, the old base year of 2001
was replaced with a new one of 2009. The main aim of rebasing an ...
Policy Monitor, Issue 4 No. 1, July-September 2011 on Unemployment in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2011)
In many countries, long term
unemployment and underemployment
continue to soar.
The unemployment rate of youth
agl'd 15-24 in Kenya was 24% in
2005/6 compared to the overall
unemployment rate of 12.7%.
Under-employment ...
Policy Monitor, Issue 4 No. 2, January-June 2012 on An Assessment of Kenya's Financial Governance
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2012)
I /enya participated in a
IK pilot exercise leading
I \to the roll out of the
African Governance Outlook
(AGO), a new flagship report on
financial governance in Africa.
The report, which is a flagship
publication ...
Policy Monitor, Issue 5 No. 1, July-December 2012 on Addressing Food Price Volatility in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2012)
Kenya is a low-income country
with a GOP per capita estimated
at USS 775. Agriculture is a major
economic activity. Currently, one out
of every four Kenyans suffers from
chronic food insecurity and poor
nutrition. ...
Discussion Paper No. 154 of 2013 on Analysis of Price Transmission for Selected Staple Food Commodities in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2013)
Markets play a primary role in facilitating forces of demand and supply to
interact such as through price adjustments across time and space. In many
developing countries such as Kenya, food markets are characterized by ...
Discussion Paper No. 163 of 2014 on Health Professionals in Kenya: Estimation of Minimum County Requirements
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2014)
This study forms part of the baseline information for use by counties as they take
up the functions of providing public health care. The study objectives therefore
includes determining the minimum number of health ...
Discussion Paper No. 160 of 2013 on Identity and Social Cohesion in Kenya: Linkage and Correlates
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2013)
Strategies aimed at enhancing social cohesion and reinforcing a “national
identity” need to identify factors that are strongly associated with social cohesion
as well as national attachment, and which are amenable to ...
Discussion Paper No. 166 of 2014 on Analysis of Electricity Consumption by Households in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2014)
An estimated 1.3 billion people around the world lack access to electricity, with
majority of them living in Sub-Saharan Africa, where two out of every three
households stay in darkness after sunset. In Kenya, according ...