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Conference Proceeding No. 01 of 2000 on Report of the Proceedings of the AERC-KIPPRA World Trade Organization (WTO) Workshop
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2000)
The Uruguay Round of the multilateral trade negotiations led to the establishment of the World Trade
Organization (WTO) in 1994, with the mandate of fostering progressive liberalization of world trade in
goods and services. ...
Discussion Paper No. 210 of 2018 on Characterization of Potential Labour Market Entrants by Educational Attainment in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2018)
This study sought to investigate who is getting into the labour market in terms of education attainment and their size in the next five years in Kenya. Time series secondary data for the period between 2000 and 2016, from ...
Discussion Paper No. 202 of 2018 on Foreign Direct Investment, Spillover Effects and Innovation: Experience from the Kenya Enterprise Sector
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2018)
Globally, the role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in promoting innovation
in the host economies has not been certain. Various studies have established
that the impact varies across countries depending on economical, ...
Discussion Paper No. 212 of 2018 on Empirical Estimation of Productivity and its Determinants in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2018)
The Republic of Kenya has put labour productivity among its key objectives since independence. Studying labour productivity can have strong implications for economic growth and welfare. This study sought to contribute to ...
Discussion Paper No. 32 of 2004 on User Charges and Utilization of Health Services in Kenya
(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 ...
Policy Brief No. 86 of 2019-2020 on Children, Youth and Women Sensitive Planning and Budgeting in Kenya: Taita Taveta County Brief, 2014/15-2017/18
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2019)
This brief reviews how the County Government of Taita Taveta plans and budgets to support the needs of children, youth,
and women. The analysis focused on social sector budgets and actual expenditures for the period ...
Occasional Paper No. 03 of 2002 on Agriculture, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2002)
Reducing poverty is a primary focus of public policy in most developing countries, a fact that is underscored by the recent emphasis on the formulation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) by African governments, ...
Policy Brief No. 03 of 2020-2021 on Women's Access to Agricultural Finance in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2020)
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 ...
Policy Brief No. 04 of 2020-2021 on Local Content in the Energy Sector: Prerequisite for Enhancing Local Content
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2020)
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 ...
Policy Brief No. 56 of 2018-2019 on Child Sensitive Planning and Budgeting: West Pokot County Brief
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2018)
This brief review how the County Government of West Pokot plans and budgets for the needs and requirements of children (those aged below 18 years). The analysis covers the overall County and social sector budgets, and ...