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Working Paper
Is export-led growth a mirage?: The case of Kenya

The 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...

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Seminar
Joshua Magero Otieno on ethnicity, politics and wellbeing in Kenya

Joshua 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...

20 November 2019
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Maureen Were on is export-led growth a mirage? The case of Kenya

Maureen 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...

10 April 2019
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Prospects for information and communications technology-enabled services in Kenya: The case of the mobile money transfer industry

From the book: Industries without Smokestacks

Information and communication-technology-enabled services Prospects Mobile money
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The politics of scaling up social protection in Kenya

Literature on social protection in Kenya shows progress in implementation of cash transfers but not the social health insurance scheme...

Kenya Social protection Cash transfers
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Prospects for information and communications technology-enabled services in Kenya: The case of the mobile money transfer industry

The 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 money
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Export Spillovers: Comparative Evidence From Kenya and Malaysia

Part of Journal Special Issue Learning to Compete

Export Spillovers Foreign Direct Investment Manufacturing
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