Kenya

"Poverty Analysis and Government's Vision 2030 "

The senior economist Mr Seraphin Njagi is the focal point person at UNDP-Kenya, in the formulation of Economic Recovery Strategy. Subsequent upon the completion of this strategy, the country office supported the preparation of the government position papers on Vison 2030 for wealth and employment creation to further enhance economic development in the medium term framework.

Donor confidence in this Vision 2030 has seen an increase in external assistance

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Poverty and reform monitoring

The programme supported the institutionalization of monitoring and evaluation system and monitorable indicators for tracking the ERS and the impact of policies on poverty reduction.It also provided capacity building in terms of equipment, hardware and software for this purpose at the ERS secretariat as well as the Central Bureau of Statistics and the Cabinet Office.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS

1. Consumer Price Index December 2007 Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 2.8 per cent from 233.28 points in November 2007 to 239.81 points in December 2007. Month-on-month overall inflation rate accelerated from 11.8 per cent in November 2007 to 12.0 per cent in December 2007. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket increased from 5.8 per cent in November 2007 to 5.9 per cent in December 2007 . . . . . . . Read More

2. Kenya Facts and Figures 2007.. . . . . Read More

3. Leading Economic Indicators December 2007 The monthly Leading Economic Indicators Publication for December 2007 highlight trends in Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and inflation, interest rates, exchange rates, international trade, agriculture, energy, manufacturing, building and construction, tourism and transport. . . . . . Read More

4. Gross Domestic Product Second Quarter 2007 (April to June 2007) This release gives the official Quarterly Gross Domestic Product (QGDP) estimates for Kenya . It provides results for quarter 2 of 2007. The compilation of QGDP follows the need to have timely policy interventions which can only be achieved if there are timely and frequent reports on recent economic developments........ Read More

5. Economic Survey 2007 Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded by 6.1 per cent in 2006 compared to a revised growth of 5.7 per cent in 2005........Read More

LAUNCH OF KIHBS BASIC REPORT ON WELL BEING IN KENYA
Key findings on the socio economic characteristics and on poverty estimates from the Kenya integrated household budget survey (KIHBS) May 2005 - May 2006 ......Read More

Kenya National Adult Literacy Survey 2006 The Kenya National Adult Literacy Survey conducted in 2006 has been launched in Nairobi . The Key finding is that the national literacy rate is 61.5 per cent and numeracy rate is 64.5 percent . . . . . Read More

Publications from economics component:

Development Cooperation Reports.

(DCR) 1991(a)(b)(c)(d), 1995(a)(b)(c), 1996(a)(b)(c), 1997(a)(b), 1999(a)(b),

2002, 2003, 2004

 

National Human Development Reports

1999, 2001, 2004 (a),(b),(c), 2005

Click here to read on the Launch of Global and National HDR in 2005.