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KIPPRA in collaboration with Development Initiative held a stakeholder workshop on mobilizing climate finance for sustainable development in Kenya: challenges and opportunities in the global financial architecture on the 22nd of August, 2023 in Nairobi County. The event aimed to bring together experts and practitioners to discuss proposals to reform the global financial architecture and […]

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,

KIPPRA is hosting a 10-day training on the Macroeconomic Modelling and Forecasting with officers from the Central Bank of Somalia. This training that commenced on the 28th of July, is being facilitated by Benson Kiriga, Jacob Nato. Hellen Chemnyongoi and Daniel Omanyo from Macroeconomics Department of the Institute. Participants follow the proceedings of the training.

KIPPRA Policy Analysts Mr Daniel Omanyo and Ms Hellen Chemnyongoi participated in a stakeholder engagement workshop on Special Drawing Rights (SDR) on 27th July 2023. The workshop focused on a study aimed at providing evidence on rechanelling SDRs to developing countries and contributing to the debate on global financial architecture reforms. The workshop was organized

KIPPRA hosted the new IMF Resident Representative – Kenya, Mr Selim Cakir and economist Mr Daniel Tallam for a brief meeting on 27th July 2023. Mr Cakir wanted to learn more about the Institute’s role in the public policy process as well as an overview of the country’s economic developments. KIPPRA Executive Director Dr Rose

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

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

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

KIPPRA held a stakeholder dissemination workshop on enhancing a resilient and sustainable livestock industry in Kenya on 30th May 2023. Among the participants included the PS State Department for Livestock Development Hon. Jonathan Mueke and representatives from county governments, state corporations and research institutions. The workshop, which was led by the Productive Sector Department, was

KIPPRA hosted a two-day stakeholder workshop on 17th and 18th July, 2023, to discuss a Pan-African initiative for the governance of global carbon emissions. The discussion focused on the need to have the countries responsible for the greatest emissions take the lead in securing global temperature targets. The workshop brought together key stakeholders in government,