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dc.date.available2021-03-29T07:02:10Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.kippra.or.ke/handle/123456789/2749
dc.description.abstractThis paper critically reviews the existing Kenyan macroeconomic models, identifying their strengths and weaknesses. It argues that there are major weaknesses in the two existing models, MEPM and MELT3, particularly their failure to recognize the importance of the supply-side factors in the economy. The rudimentary treatment given to the supply-side by the two models inevitably means that forecasts generated by the models downplay the significance of stmctural rigidities in the economy in determining the final outcome of policy measures. The paper also reviews two key models, used by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, for analysing the economies of developing countries including Kenya. Like the existing Kenyan models, the World Bank and the IMF models are also useful for short-term policy analysis, but their use for medium-to long-term forecasting is limited as they are weak in representing production in the real sector. The paper therefore justifies the case far a new macro model of the Kenyan economy. It discusses the key macroeconomic sectors that should go into the new model and provides initial thoughts on the specification of the equations in each of these blocks.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysisen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDP/02/2000;
dc.subjectMacro Modelsen
dc.subjectChakrabarti Modelen
dc.subjectPolak Modelen
dc.subjectWorld Banken
dc.titleDiscussion Paper No. 02 of 2000 on Macro Models of the Kenya Economy: a Reviewen
dc.typeKIPPRA Publicationsen
ppr.contributor.authorKaringi, Stephen N. & Ndungú, Njuguna S.


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