This study highlights critical issues on food security in the Nile Basin countries and priority investment areas to enhance food security. It presents the main causes of food insecurity at the household, national and ...

Agriculture is the mainstay of Tanzania’s economy. The sector contributes significantly to national GDP and export earnings, supplies raw materials for agroindustry’s, supports rural livelihoods and feeds the urban population. ...

Development of bonds market widens the financing options for firms and enables the government to shift its domestic debt to longer-term securities. However, development of bonds market requires that certain conditions ...

Kenya has since independence from Britain in 1963 undergone a number of political and economic phases. Like most African countries, Kenya's economy in the 1960s and 1970s was characterised by controls and a protective, ...

Understanding and confidence on climate change and its potential impacts have grown greatly over the last few years. While the evidence for climate change grows stronger, uncertainty prevails over the precise nature of ...

A recent green economy assessment report (UNEP, 2014) on Kenya reveals that the transition to a green economy can deliver important benefits, such as long-term economic growth, a cleaner environment and high productivity. ...

Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in Kenya were set up to provide longterm finance to prioritized sectors as part of the industrialization strategy. Despite the existence of DFIs since the 1960s and 1970s, there ...

The Nile Agreement of 1929 established two substantive rules. First, it granted Egypt the exclusive property rights over the waters of the River Nile based on prior use. According to Coasian analysis, such a framework ...

Kenya’s geography makes it highly vulnerable to climate-induced hazards, namely droughts and floods. This is because over 80 per cent of the country is arid and semi-arid lands which receive erratic rains, and drought is ...

Institutions play a role in determining the economic growth and development of a country. Like many developing countries, Kenya focuses on policy, legal frameworks and development strategies for MSEs due to their ability ...