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Policy Brief No. 07 of 2006 on Strengthening Budget Reforms in Kenya: Issues and Challenges
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)
The Government has been undertaking budget reforms with a view to improving fiscal policy,
planning and budget management functions. Following a 1997 assessment of public
expenditure composition and management, the ...
Policy Brief No. 15 of 2006 on Attractig Foreign Direct Investment into Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)
Kenya has witnessed a decline in net flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the last two decades. A significant
decline occured in the 1990s when the economy was going through various policy and institutional ...
Policy Brief No. 13 of 2006 on High Maize Prices in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)
Maize is the primary staple food crop in Kenya. It is the most frequently produced and marketed crop,grown by 90 percent of households and sold by more than 30 percent of the households in areas where the crop is grown. ...
Policy Brief No. 17 of 2006 on the Future of Monetary Policy Regime in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)
Monetary policy is one of the key macroeconomic policy tools that are used to influence
macroeconomic variables by regulating monetary aggregates and/or terms and availability of
credit in the economy. Its implementation ...
Policy Brief No. 01 of 2004 on Vision and Long Term Development Strategy for Kenya's Tourism Industry
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)
The capacity of the
country to offer luxury
tourism has been largely
compromised
crowding, over-development
of facilities, competition for
tourists, insecurity, poor infrastructure in general, and
environmental ...
Policy Monitor, Issue 10 No. 1, July-September 2018 on Development's in Kenya's Public Debt 2007-2017
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2018)
During this Quarter, the institute engaged stakeholders in various forums including Policy seminars, dissemination workshops and the Launch of KIPPRA Mentorship Programmes for Universities. Kenya’s economic growth during ...
Policy Monitor, Issue 9 No. 4, April-June 2018 on Building Resilience to Droughts and Floods
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2018)
After many years, the Institute successfully hosted the KIPPRA Regional Annual Conference from 5th-7th June 2018 whose theme was “Building Resilience to Mitigate the Effects of Droughts and Floods”. The conference attracted ...
Policy Monitor, Issue 1 No. 3, January-March 2004 on Kenya's Domestic Debt: Risks and the Challenge of Sustaining Recent Economic Gains
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)
One of the fundamental public goods that a government can
provide to its citizens is a stable macroeconomic environment
supported by prudent fiscal policies. Prudent fiscal policies
enable the government to, among other ...
Policy Brief No. 14 of 2006 on Policy Options for Financing Secondary Education in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)
Secondary education is important in generating opportunities for social and economic
development. Besides being a transitional level between primary and tertiary education,
secondary schooling provides a base for acquiring ...
Policy Brief No. 15 of 2007 on Enhancing Investment Performance for Sustained Economic Growth in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)
The Kenya Vision 2030 aims at achieving a high and non-inflationary real Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) growth of 10 per cent by 2012, and sustaining it thereafter. To achieve this
growth, Kenya needs to increase public ...