The capacity of the country to offer luxury tourism has been largely compromised crowding, over-development of facilities, competition for tourists, insecurity, poor infrastructure in general, and environmental ...

One of the fundamental public goods that a government can provide to its citizens is a stable macroeconomic environment supported by prudent fiscal policies. Prudent fiscal policies enable the government to, among other ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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), ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...