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Policy Monitor, Issue 8 No. 2, January-June 2016 on Improving Public Policy Making for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2016)
In this issue of the Policy Monitor, we take a detailed look at various dynamics in a number of sectors and sub-sec- tors of Kenya’s economy. The first article takes an overview of the macro trends of the economy, considering ...
Policy Monitor, Issue 9 No. 2, October-December 2017 on Taming the Road Safety Challenge through Effective Policy Response
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2017)
Welcome to the October-December 2017 edition of the KIPPRA Policy Monitor. Market confidence is gradually holding after a prolonged electioneering period that spilled over into the fourth quarter of the calendar year 2017. ...
Policy Paper No. 03 of 2001 on Effects of Visa Waiver and Increase in Airport Tax on Kenya's Tourism Industry
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2001)
This paper analyses the likely impact of the visa waiver introduced in June 1999 and the increase in airport tax in December 1999 on Kenya’s tourism industry. The visa waiver policy was intended to resuscitate the tourism ...
Policy Paper No. 01 of 2000 on Policy and Legal Framework for the Tea Subsector and the Impact of Liberalization in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2000)
Growth in tea production in Kenya has slowed in recent years. This
slowdown is attributed partly to policy reforms in the industry, which
reduced government control on providing production, processing and
marketing ...
Policy Brief No. 21 of 2020-2021 on Kenya in the Covid-19 Era: Fast-Tracking Recovery and Delivery of the "Big Four" Agenda
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2021)
This Policy Brief is based on the Kenya Economic
Report (KER) 2021. The theme of the Kenya
Economic Report 2020 is Kenya in COVID-19
Era: Fast-Tracking Recovery and Delivery of the “Big
Four” Agenda. The theme was ...
Working Paper No. 25 of 2017 on An Assessment of Uganda's Agricultural Production, Climate Change, Agricultural Trade and Food Security
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2017)
Recent research has demonstrated that climate change has potential impact on ecosystems globally, with enormous resultant effects on habitants. Evidence exists from observation over half a century demonstrating extreme ...
Discussion Paper No. 08 of 2001 on Specifying and Estimating Partial Equilibrium Models for Use in Macro Models: a Road Map for the KIPPRA-Treasury Macro Model
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2001)
Formulating research questions and carrying out empirical analysis is not
an easy task. It is particularly difficult for practitioners in government
ministries, who are bogged down with the day-to-day running of the
ministry ...
Discussion Paper No. 01 of 2000 on the Exchange Rate and the Interest Rate Differential in Kenya: A Monetary and Fiscal Policy Dilemma
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2000)
The paper analyses the relationship between the real exchange rate and the
real interest rate differential on one hand and the implications they have on
portfolio capital flows on the other. It shows that the nominal ...
Working Paper No. 28 of 2017 on Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Production, Trade and Food Security in the East Africa Community: The Trade Model
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2017)
The linkage between climate change, trade and food security is important
in achieving development at both national and regional level in cases where
neighbouring countries have a strong integration framework as is the ...
Discussion Paper No. 05 of 2000 on Banking Sector Interest Rate Spread in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2000)
A key indicator of financial performance and efficient is the spread between lending and deposit rates. If this spread is large, it works as an
impediment to the expansion and development of financial intermediation. This ...