This is a quarterly market analysis report prepared by The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis on the performance of the Financial market of Kenya. The report focuses on different sectors of the economy ...

Agriculture plays a critical role in the Kenyan economy. The sector contributes approximately 34.2 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product and employs over 60 per cent of the population of which 70 per cent are ...

Countries that are endowed with resources globally are progressively tightening their local content requirements with a view to deriving maximum benefits from their resources. Local content can be defined as the value ...

The frequency and severity of droughts and floods hazards are projected to increase with climate change. Households are affected through various mechanisms including income and asset losses that translate to other undesirable ...

The challenge of creating jobs for the youth is at the core of the development agenda in Kenya. This agenda has been driven by the youth bulge that the country is experiencing which calls for adoption of targeted initiatives ...

This paper investigates the effect of participation in forest co-management on adoption of on-farm tree planting in four forest sites in Kenya. In all sites, Aberdares, Cherangany, Kakamega and Arabuko-Sokoke, devolution ...

Kenya’s Vision 2030 aims at achieving and maintaining a sustainable and inclusive annual growth of 10 per cent. To achieve this, the government embarked on expansionary fiscal policy, which involves investing in growth ...

This paper presents a spatio-temporal assessment of meteorological drought in four counties of Kenya using Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI). Monthly rainfall data from the Climate Hazards group InfraRed Precipitation ...

With the climate change predicted to increase, the recurrence and severity of droughts and floods are projected to rise. Building coping mechanisms of firms is crucial in reducing social-economic costs associated with ...

Reliable and efficient infrastructure underpins sustainable economic and social development. However, events associated with climate change, such as droughts and floods, affect the provision of infrastructure. In the ...