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Policy Brief No. 15 of 2007 on Enhancing Investment Performance for Sustained Economic Growth in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)
The Kenya Vision 2030 aims at achieving a high and non-inflationary real Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) growth of 10 per cent by 2012, and sustaining it thereafter. To achieve this
growth, Kenya needs to increase public ...
Policy Brief No. 16 of 2006 on Strengthening the Regulatory Framework for Private Healthcare Providers in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)
Private healthcare provision has grown from a few providers at independence to about 2,640 by 2004.This growth can
be traced in two periods. The first was the 1970s when the government allowed civil servants to engage in ...
Policy Brief No. 04 of 2007 on Governance Challenges in Public Expenditure Management in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)
The concept of governance covers the social, economic, corporate, political and cultural
aspects of how power is exercised in an organization or society. The common principles in
the exercise of power include: accountability, ...
Policy Brief No. 03 of 2007 on Strategies for Expanding Access to Secondary Education in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)
Policy Brief No. 04 of 2006 on Promoting Private Sector Participation in Provision of Higher Education in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)
The demand for higher education' in Kenya exceeds the supply, as manifested in the large amount of
money spent by Kenyan students pursuing higher education abroad, and the inability of local higher
education, institutions ...
Policy Brief No. 05 of 2006 on Multiplicity of Taxes and Licenses in the Trucking Industry in Kenya. Is there a Case for Deregulation?
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)
The trucking industry comprises of heavy commercial vehicles (lorries and trailers), which
transport commercial products within the domestic market and on transit to the
neighbouring countries within the region. The ...
Policy Brief No. 10 of 2007 on Improving the Technology Competitiveness of Small Enterprises in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)
The Sessional Paper No. 2 of 2005 on Development of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs)
for Wealth and Employment Creation for Poverty Reduction singles out restricted levels
of technology as one of the major constraints ...
Policy Brief No. 11 of 2006 on Improving the Enabling Environment for Business in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)
An enabling environment for business improves investment climate and competitiveness of
a country, thereby enhancing economic performance for eventual poverty reduction. In this
regard, the Government of Kenya in its ...
Policy Brief No. 10 of 2006 on Lessons From Kenya's Tax Reform Experience
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)
Kenya, like many developing nations, has attempted to reform its tax system over time, with the
impetus coming from the increasing complexity of the tax codes, narrow tax base and concerns with
fair distribution of tax ...
Policy Brief No. 11 of 2007 on Effectiveness of Financial Sector Reforms in Promoting Domestic Private Investment in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2007)
The Kenyan government has over the last decade been implementing financial
sector reforms aimed at promoting private investment. The main focus of the
reforms was liberalization of interest rate and exchange rate, ...