3. KIPPRA Research Publications: Recent submissions

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    • Policy Monitor, Issue 2 No. 4, April 2004-June 2005 on Kenya's Participation in International Trade Negotiations 

      Ronge, Eric; Nyangito, Hezron; Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)
      Trade negotiations play a key role in increasing international market access for exports. Kenya has pursued global integration through trade with other countries at regional and international level. The main aim in ...

    • Special Paper No. 06 of 2004 on Security Risks and Private Sector Growth in Kenya 

      Ngugi, Rose W. ; Kimenyi, Mwangi S. ; Gakuru, Octavian ; Nyangoro Owen ; Muriu, Peter ; Nderitu, Peter ; Kariuki, Esther ; Kimilu, Gideon ; Bikuri, Ken & Njuguna, Salome (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)
      Crime is one of the major factors that define the investment climate or the enabling environment for private businesses to thrive. A favorable investment climate is crucial for private sector growth, as it reduces the ...

    • Working Paper No.11 of 2004 on a Review of the Health Sector in Kenya 

      Kimalu, Paul K. ; Nafula, Nancy N. ; Manda, Damiano K. ; Bedi, Arjun ; Mwabu, Germano & Kimenyi, Mwangi S. (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)
      Since independence in 1963, Kenya has continued to design and implement policies aimed at promoting coverage of and access to modern healthcare in an attempt to attain the long-term objectives of health for all. On ...

    • Discussion Paper No. 46 of 2004 on Achieving Universal Primary School Education in Kenya 

      Vos, Rob; Bedi, Arjun S.; Kimalu, Paul; Manda, Damiano K.; Nafula, Nancy; Kimenyi, Mwangi (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)
      The Kenya government has given education a high priority as a vehicle of national development. As a result, the national education system has expanded rapidly since independence. Before the implementation offr ee primary ...

    • Discussion Paper No. 39 of 2004 on Impact of Agricultural Trade and Related Policy Reforms on Food Security in Kenya 

      Nyangito, Hezron O.; Nzuma Jonathan; Ommeh Helen; Mary Mbithi (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)
      Kenya’s agricultural sector has undergone various changes emanating from policy reforms over the years. These reforms, which occurred from the late 1980s to the early 1990s, were aimed at reducing government involvement ...

    • Discussion Paper No. 45 of 2004 on Fiscal Architecture and Revenue Capacity in Kenya 

      Karingi, Stephen N.; Wanjala, Bernadette; Kamau, Anne; Nyakango, Evans; Mwangi, Alex; Muhoro, Margaret; Nyamunga, Justus (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)
      The objective of this study is to assess the impact of economic, demographic, institutional and technological changes on fiscal policy in Kenya. The study concentrates on the side of public finances of fiscal policies ...

    • Discussion Paper No. 38 of 2004 on HIV/AIDS in Kenya: A Review of Research and Policy Issues 

      Nyaga, Robert K.; Kimani, Diana Njeri,; Mwabu, Germano,; Kimenyi, Mwangi S. (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)
      This paper examines the magnitude, distribution and causes of HIV/ AIDS in Kenya, including responses to fight the disease. An account is also provided of theoretical and empirical economics research approaches used in ...

    • Discussion Paper No. 37 of 2004 on Budget Mechanisms and Public Expenditure Tracking in Kenya 

      Nafula, Nancy Nelima; Kimalu, Paul K.; Kiringai, Jane; Owino Raphael; Karingi, Stephen; Manda, Damiano K. (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)
      Public expenditures are faced with numerous problems of wastage and leakages of resources mainly due to weak procurement procedures, corruption and weak monitoring systems. Nevertheless, in most developing countries, central ...

    • Discussion Paper No. 42 of 2004 on Healthcare Financing Through Health Insurance in Kenya: The Shift to A National Social Health Insurance Fund 

      Kimani, Diana N.; Muthaka, David I.; Manda, Damiano K. (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)
      The overall goal of the Government of Kenya is to promote and improve the health status of all Kenyans by making health services more effective, accessible, and affordable. To address problems in the health sector, and to ...

    • Discussion Paper No. 40 of 2004 on Understanding Interest Rates Structure in Kenya. 

      Ngugi, Rose W.; Wambua, Joseph (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)
      This study looks at the structure of interest rates in the banking sector in Kenya. It covers interest rates in the money market and the banking institutions in the post-reform period. Results show a significant relationship ...

    • Discussion Paper No. 41 of 2004 on Determinants of Interest Spread in Kenya 

      Ngugi, Rose W. (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)
      This paper examines the determinants of interest spread in Kenya using micro level data. Panel data analysis is used with a sample of 36 banks covering the period 1998-2002. Results show that wide interest spreads are ...

    • Discussion Paper No.43 of 2004 on Health and Growth in Africa 

      Mwabu, Germano (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. 44 of 2004 on Policy Advice During a Crisis 

      Kimenyi, Mwangi S., Mwabu Germano (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)
      Good policy making is an art. It involves a substantial element of personal judgement about risks and consequences of alternative courses of actions and decisions. It is also a science because it requires systematic gathering ...

    • Discussion Paper No. 35 of 2004 on A Review of the Regulatory Framework for Private Healthcare Services in Kenya 

      Muthaka, David I.; Kimani, Diana M.; Mwaura, Stephen; Manda, Damiano K. (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)
      This paper examines the regulatory issues that govern private healthcare services in Kenya. It identifies the existing gaps which make enforcement of the laws governing private healthcare provision difficult and the laws ...

    • Discussion Paper No. 36 of 2004 on Capital Requirements and Bank Behaviour in Kenya: Empirical Evidence 

      Kamau, Anne,; Karingi, Stephen,; Ndungú, Njuguna S.,; Mwaura Stephen (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)
      This study analyses the impact of risk-based capital requirements on bank risk and capital levels. In the past, regulators placed much attention on increase in bank capital without much consideration of the corresponding ...

    • Discussion Paper No. 31 of 2004 on Globalisation and the Labour Market in Kenya 

      Manda, Damiano Kulundu (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)
      This paper analyses the effect of globalisation on the labour market outcomes in Kenya using micro datasets complemented with secondary data. The analysis shows that during the economic reform period (1970s to 1990s), ...

    • Discussion Paper No. 34 of 2004 on Sources and Determinants of Agricultural Growth and Productivity in Kenya 

      Odhiambo, Walter; Nyangito, Hezron O.; Nzuma, Jonathan (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2004)
      Agriculture is the most important sector in the Kenyan economy given its contribution to employment, foreign exchange, food, and its linkages with other sectors of the economy. Indeed, the sector’s performance directly ...

    • Discussion Paper No. 32 of 2004 on User Charges and Utilization of Health Services in Kenya 

      Bedi, Arjun S.; Kimalu, Paul; Kimenyi, Mwangi S.; Manda, Damiano K.; Mwabu, Germano; Nafula, Nancy (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. 33 of 2004 on Poverty and Employment in Kenya 

      Oiro, Miriam W.; Mwabu, Germano; Manda, Damiano K. (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 ...

    • Occasional Paper No. 05 of 2004 on Principles of Research 

      Mwabu, Germano (The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004)
      In Section 1, I introduce the subject matter of research, with a theoretical discussion of characters in a research enterprise. I do a thought experiment that expels some characters and retains others. I introduce (also ...