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Policy Brief No. 1 of 2004 on Economic Growth Scenarios for Employment Creation in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)
Employment creation in Kenya is a major concern to the government. The 1998/99 Labour Force Survey estimates Kenya’s active labour force at 10.5 million people, and unemployment at 14.6% of the active labour force. Given ...
Policy Brief No. 07 of 2007 on Improving the Security Situation in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)
Since the advent of the Economic Recovery Strategy (ERS) in 2003, the government has
indicated its commitment to tackle insecurity in an attempt to provide a favourable
environment for economic growth. In the ERS, provision ...
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 ...
Policy Monitor, Issue 1 No. 2, October-December 2003 on Building and Construction Yet to Provide Impetus to Economic Recovery
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2003)
One of the Government of
Kenya's policy objectives is
to put in place sound
macroeconomic policies to achieve
economic and social targets. Fiscal
and monetary policies are two
instruments, among others, whose
design ...
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 ...
Occasional Paper No. 02 of 2001 on Effective Private Sector Representation in Policy Formulation and Implementation
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2001)
This paper highlights some of the
key issues concerning the role of interest groups in policy
formulation, with particular reference to the private sector. It
shows that economic interest groups, as opposed to other
groups ...
Discussion Paper No. 79 of 2007 on Sources of Economic Growth in Kenya: A Redux
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)
Achieving and sustaining high levels of economic growth has been a
primary focus for policy makers in post-independent Kenya. However,
economic growth has been episodic, and achieving sustainable growth
remains elusive. ...
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 ...