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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, ...
Policy Brief No. 08 of 2006 on Enhancing Growth of the Nairobi Stock Exchange Primary Market
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)
Stock market development is crucial in financing economic growth. In the financial sector
reform process, the government has prioritized the reform of the stock market with the aim of
enhancing its activities and making ...
Policy Brief No. 12 of 2006 on Reducing Implicit Taxation of the Agricultural Sector in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)
Agriculture is the dominant sector in terms of its contribution to Gross Domestic Product in
Kenya (27% of GDP), employment (66% of labourforce), and exports (70% of export
earnings, excluding refined petroleum exports). ...
Policy Monitor, Issue 1 No. 2, October-December 2003 on Building and Construction Yet to Provide Impetus to Economic Recovery
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2003)
One of the Government of
Kenya's policy objectives is
to put in place sound
macroeconomic policies to achieve
economic and social targets. Fiscal
and monetary policies are two
instruments, among others, whose
design ...
Policy Monitor, Issue 1 No. 1, July-September 2003 on Improving Public Policymaking for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2003)
The much expected economic recovery has started to pick up albeit at
a slower pace than foreseen in the Government's Economic Recovery
Strategy for Wealth and Employment creation for this year. Economic
indicators ...
Kenya Economic Report 2009 on Building a Globally Competitive Economy
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2009)
This report analyses Kenya’s recent economic performance, prospects for the medium-term period 2008/09-2011, and national competitiveness. In addition, it benchmarks Kenya’s performance against comparator and selected newly ...
Conference Proceeding No. 02 of 2002 on the Report of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Finance and Development: Evidence and Policy Issues
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2002)
A lot of research has been done in finance and development with the aim
of establishing the direction of causality. This effort has been necessitated
by the fact that important links exist between finance and ...
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. 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 ...