Jane Kenda

Stakeholder Validation Workshop on Policy and Institutional Environment for Creative Economy

KIPPRA held a stakeholder validation workshop on the policy and institutional environment for the creative economy in Kenya on 19th March 2024. The workshop, which was led by the Private Sector and Development Department, was aimed at sharing and discussing the findings of a study on the policy and institutional environment of Kenya’s creative economy. […]

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KIPPRA, PEP Breakfast Roundtable on Earth4All National Engagement Initiative for Kenya

KIPPRA, in collaboration with the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), held a breakfast roundtable in Nairobi on March 1st, 2024, for the Earth4all National Engagement Initiative for Kenya. Earth4all is an international initiative to accelerate the systems change that society needs for an equitable future on a finite planet, which calls for a combination of

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Southern Voice Conference: Driving the Next Decade of Sustainable Development

KIPPRA, in partnership with Global Centre for Policy and Strategy (GLOCEPS) and Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) hosted a the Southern Voice conference in Nairobi on 24th to 25th October 2023. The three Kenyan think tanks are part of the 66-member network of Global South think tanks in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the

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Accelerating Digital Economy in Kenya

Accelerating the growth of the digital economy in Kenya is a multifaceted endeavor that requires a comprehensive assessment of the current landscape and implementation of strategic interventions. This study focuses on evaluating the digital economy across five pillars, addressing gender and digital divide issues, and harnessing emerging technologies from the Fourth Industrial Revolution.   The

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Development Aspirations Beyond 2030

The study is themed “development aspirations beyond 2030: leveraging on cities to drive economic growth in Kenya.” Many cities particularly in developing countries are already struggling with environmental degradation, insecurity, traffic congestion, inadequate urban infrastructure, and a lack of basic services, such as water supply, sanitation, and waste management. Environmental footprints of cities are quite

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Dissemination Workshop on Assessment of CIDP II for ASAL Counties

KIPPRA held a dissemination workshop on assessment of County Integrated Development Plan II (CIDP II) for ASAL counties on 3rd and 4th August 2023 in Machakos County. The aim of the workshop was to disseminate evaluation reports on the second generation CIDP review for the 29 ASAL counties. As counties develop the third generation CIDPs,

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Stakeholder Workshop on Building Resilience through ST&I and Digital Economy

KIPPRA held a sectoral stakeholder dissemination workshop of the Kenya Economic Report 2022, focusing on Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) and the digital economy) on 23rd May 2023. Discussions were mainly on building resilience through the digital economy and leveraging ST&I for a resilient and knowledge-based economy. Stakeholders were drawn from various institutions, including Ministry

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Launch of Social Accounting Matrix for Kenya

KIPPRA, in collaboration with the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) launched the Social Accounting Matrix for Kenya on 23rd June 2023. The nexus project  is aimed at improving the quality of social accounting matrices (SAMs) used for computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling. The nexus project develops

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Launch of Food Security Simulator Tool for Kenya  

KIPPRA, in collaboration with the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), launched the food security simulator tool for Kenya on 21st June 2023. The food security Simulator is an innovative and easy-to-use, MS-Excel-based tool for assessing the potential short-term impacts of food price or household income shocks on

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