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Do more diversified suppliers rebound faster than concentrated suppliers in times of shocks?: Insights from KenyaIn this background note, we examine how different firms and sectors rebound or prevail in crises...
Export firms Sectors ShocksWorking Paper
COVID-19: mortality, future years lost, and demographic structure: Italy and Kenya comparedCOVID-19 causes extremely high mortality among the old...
Age structure COVID-19 ItalyBackground Note
COVID-19 and socioeconomic impact in Africa: The case of KenyaThe COVID-19 pandemic has now spread to over 180 countries, including several countries in sub-Saharan Africa. 1 Kenya reported its first COVID-19 case on 13 March 2020...
COVID-19 Pandemic AfricaWorking Paper
Is export-led growth a mirage?: The case of KenyaThe role of exports in promoting economic growth has been widely acknowledged. This paper analyses the link between exporting and growth performance in Kenya using time series data...
Trade Export-led growth ImportSeminar
Joshua Magero Otieno on ethnicity, politics and wellbeing in KenyaJoshua Magero Otieno will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 20 November. Abstract – Ethnicity, politics and wellbeing in Kenya Perceived or real welfare imbalances fundamentally impacts individuals’ civic participation, inclusivity...
Seminar
Maureen Were on is export-led growth a mirage? The case of KenyaMaureen Were will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 10 April 2019. Abstract – Is export-led growth a mirage? The case of Kenya The role of exports in promoting economic growth has been widely acknowledged. However, despite trade...
Book Chapter
Prospects for information and communications technology-enabled services in Kenya: The case of the mobile money transfer industryFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Information and communication-technology-enabled services Prospects Mobile moneyWorking Paper
The politics of scaling up social protection in KenyaLiterature on social protection in Kenya shows progress in implementation of cash transfers but not the social health insurance scheme...
Kenya Social protection Cash transfersWorking Paper
Prospects for information and communications technology-enabled services in Kenya: The case of the mobile money transfer industryThe mobile money transfer industry has been the most successful information and communications technology-enabled service in Kenya, having recorded an exponential growth relative to its neighbours within the East Africa region...
Information and communication-technology-enabled services Prospects Mobile moneyJournal Article
Export Spillovers: Comparative Evidence From Kenya and MalaysiaPart of Journal Special Issue Learning to Compete
Export Spillovers Foreign Direct Investment Manufacturing