Furniture Industry in Kenya Situational Analysis and Strategy 2015

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Ministry of Industrialization and Enterprise Development and The World Bank.

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The Government of Kenya recognizes that the performance of the furniture sector is crucial both to employment and growth in the country. The Ministry of Industrialization and Enterprise Development (MOIED) therefore requested an analysis of both the furniture and timber sectors, in order to understand their current state of development, their main constraints, and the interventions necessary to accelerate their growth. The objective of this report is to provide a comprehensive value-chain analysis of the Kenyan furniture industry, including the timber sub-sector, in order to assess policy options available to the MOIED and recommend critical interventions to stimulate the industry’s development. By situating Kenya’s furniture industry within the global and regional context, this paper also aims to identify ways in which to boost Kenya’s competitiveness in the East African markets and beyond...

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Furniture Sector, Furniture Market, Access to Markets, Furniture Manufacturers

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