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Discussion Paper No.43 of 2004 on Health and Growth in Africa
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)
The paper examines the relationship between health status and economic growth
in Africa over the period 1960-2000. Between 1960 and 1970s, health status in
many African countries expanded rapidly, slowed down in the ...
Discussion Paper No. 59 of 2006 on an Evaluation of the KIPPRA-Treasury Macro Model and Kenya's Economy Using Historical Simulations
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)
Model simulations are perfonned for different reasons, such as policy evaluation,
historical policy analysis and model testing. Ex ante simulations tend to be
more popular, particularly for the purposes of evaluating ...
Discussion Paper No. 48 of 2005 on Institutional Factors and Foreign Direct Investment Flows: Implications for Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2005)
This study looks at the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
flows and various institutional factors. The study uses data for developing
countries and draws implications for Kenya. Kenya has in the last ...
Discussion Paper No. 87 of 2008 on Growth and Distribution of Factor Incomes in Kenya: A Social Accounting Matrix Perspective
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2008)
Economic growth and income distribution are two issues that are
currently dominating policy decisions of both developed and developing
countries. Governments across the globe are struggling to find an
economic solution ...
Policy Brief No. 53 of 2018-2019 on Promoting Structural Transformation for High Productivity Jobs in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2018)
Structural transformation refers to the
transition of an economy from low
productivity and labour intensive
economic activities to higher productivity
and skills-intensive activities. The key driver
of structural ...
Policy Brief No. 51 of 2018-2019 on Boosting Investments for Delivery of the Kenya Vision 2030
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2018)
The quality and impact of higher
investments depend on incentives, innovations
and institutions. Improvement of the business
environment is also vital for greater utilization
of natural resources to accelerate ...