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Policy Brief No. 12 of 2007 on Subsidizing Secondary Education in Kenya:Costs,Financing Sources and Implications
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2007)
Public intervention in the provision of secondary
education is sometimes necessary to safeguard
against inequalities in access given the
relatively high household poverty incidence in
Kenya. Furthermore, educating ...
Policy Brief No. 08 of 2007 on Strategies for Securing Energy Supply in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2007)
There is a close relationship between economic growth and quality of life, on one hand, and
demand for energy, on the other. Acountry cannot experience high levels of economic growth if
energy supplies are constrained. ...
Policy Brief No. 02 of 2006 on Enhancing the Role of Development Finance Institutions in Kenya’s Development Process
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2006)
Development finance is vital in the
implementation of government
development strategy. For example,
when me government earmarks the private sector
as the engine of economic growth in the Economic
Recovery Strategy for ...
Policy Brief No. 01 of 2007 on Options for Sustaining Kenya’s Economic Growth Pattern
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2007)
Achieving sustainable economic growth in Kenya has continued to be elusive. Economic growth has
been characterized by episodes of both high growth rates (1960s, 1970s and after 2003 to present)
and recession (around 2000 ...
Policy Brief No. 02 of Sept.2004 on Fiscal Strategies and Poverty in Kenya: Agenda for Reform
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004-09)
This policy brief is based on a study: Fiscal strategies
and poverty in Kenya: Agenda for reform. The study
examines how the government spends and finances its
expenditure, and how this has impacted on poverty
and ...
Policy Brief No. 17 of 2007 on Enhancing Private Sector Participation in the Provision of Primary and Secondary Education in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2007)
The growth of private education provision since
the 1990s can be associated with various factors,
including education policy reforms such as the
introduction of cost sharing in 1988, curriculum
reform from the 7-4-2-3 ...
Discussion Paper No. 32 of 2004 on User Charges and Utilization of Health Services in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)
This paper uses data from Kenya to examine the role of user charges and quality
of health services in determining the choice of healthcare providers. We find
that an increase in the price of public health services diverts ...
Discussion Paper No. 91 of 2008 on Determinants of Kenya's Fiscal Performance
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2008)
This study sets out to investigate the determinants offi scal balance in
Kenya. A model developed from three-gap analysis is used, together
with time series data for the period 1975 to 2006. The long run results
indicate ...
Discussion Paper No. 33 of 2004 on Poverty and Employment in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)
At the time of independence in 1963, the Government of Kenya identified
illiteracy, disease, ignorance and poverty as the main problems to be addressed
in the post-independence era. In spite of the antipoverty measures ...
Working Paper No. 12 of 2005 on Kenya's Reform Experience: What Have We Learnt?
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2005)
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, ...