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adam_text | Contents
List of Tables
ix
List of Figures
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Brief Highlights of Major Proposals
1
Summary of Major Findings and Proposals
13
1.
Introduction
43
2.
Employment Conditions and Living Standards
57
Division of Employment by Sectors
57
Open Unemployment by Region, Gender, and Age
59
Breakdown of Paid Employment
60
Incomes from Employment
63
Labor Incomes and Poverty
64
Sources of Poverty-Level Employment:
Low Hours and Low Earnings
66
3.
Profile of Non-agricultural Household Enterprises
69
Household Enterprises by Industrial Sectors
70
Profile of Employment in Household Enterprises
72
Costs of Operating Household Enterprises
73
Sources of Start-Up Credit
75
Earnings from Household Enterprises
76
Factors Influencing Household Enterprise Earnings
79
Considerations for Policy Proposals
81
4.
Labor Costs, Labor Market Institutions
and Employment Expansion
83
Lowering Formal Sector Wages to Increase Employment
85
Industrial Relations and Labor Market Rigidities
89
Unit Labor Costs, Productivity, and Government Subsidies
100
vi
An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for Kenya
5.
The Rural Sector: Institutional Reform for Development
105
Overview of Agriculture s Development and Decline
107
Coffee and Tea Sectors
110
Horticulture
115
Maize and Wheat
120
Livestock Sector
128
Lessons from Sectoral Analyses
130
6.
Investing in Roads and Water Infrastructure
137
Roads
138
Water
141
Employment Effects of Expanding Roads
and Water Infrastructure Spending
143
7.
Monetary Policy, Inflation Control, and Interest Rates
147
Overall Context Regarding Inflation Control and Monetary Policy
147
Basic Trends on Inflation and Interest Rates
149
Inflation Control and Economic Growth
152
Additional Inflation Control Tools
160
Retargeting Monetary Policy
163
Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
169
8.
Exchange Rate Policy and Foreign Trade
173
Historical Perspectives on Exchange Rate and Trade Policies
173
Exchange Rates and Regional Trade
181
Summary and Conclusions
187
9.
Restructuring Kenya s Financial System
191
Overall Perspective on Kenya s Financial System
192
Strengths of Kenya s Current Financial System
193
Weaknesses of Kenya s Current Financial System
198
Policy Proposal: A System of Loan Guarantees
from Commercial Banks to MFIs
204
10.
Fiscal Policy: How to Pay for New Pro-employment Initiatives
215
Additional Revenue Sources
218
Maintaining Current Levels of Domestic Borrowing
221
External Sources of Increased Funding
224
11.
A Restatement of Goals and Strategies
227
Contents
vii
Appendix 1:
Earnings Function for
Household Enterprises 231
Appendix
2:
Supply Shock Inflation
235
Appendix
3:
Exchange Rate Overvaluation Model
241
Acronyms
251
Bibliography
253
Index
263
About the Authors
273
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Contents
List of Tables
ix
List of Figures
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Brief Highlights of Major Proposals
1
Summary of Major Findings and Proposals
13
1.
Introduction
43
2.
Employment Conditions and Living Standards
57
Division of Employment by Sectors
57
Open Unemployment by Region, Gender, and Age
59
Breakdown of Paid Employment
60
Incomes from Employment
63
Labor Incomes and Poverty
64
Sources of Poverty-Level Employment:
Low Hours and Low Earnings
66
3.
Profile of Non-agricultural Household Enterprises
69
Household Enterprises by Industrial Sectors
70
Profile of Employment in Household Enterprises
72
Costs of Operating Household Enterprises
73
Sources of Start-Up Credit
75
Earnings from Household Enterprises
76
Factors Influencing Household Enterprise Earnings
79
Considerations for Policy Proposals
81
4.
Labor Costs, Labor Market Institutions
and Employment Expansion
83
Lowering Formal Sector Wages to Increase Employment
85
Industrial Relations and Labor Market Rigidities
89
Unit Labor Costs, Productivity, and Government Subsidies
100
vi
An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for Kenya
5.
The Rural Sector: Institutional Reform for Development
105
Overview of Agriculture's Development and Decline
107
Coffee and Tea Sectors
110
Horticulture
115
Maize and Wheat
120
Livestock Sector
128
Lessons from Sectoral Analyses
130
6.
Investing in Roads and Water Infrastructure
137
Roads
138
Water
141
Employment Effects of Expanding Roads
and Water Infrastructure Spending
143
7.
Monetary Policy, Inflation Control, and Interest Rates
147
Overall Context Regarding Inflation Control and Monetary Policy
147
Basic Trends on Inflation and Interest Rates
149
Inflation Control and Economic Growth
152
Additional Inflation Control Tools
160
Retargeting Monetary Policy
163
Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
169
8.
Exchange Rate Policy and Foreign Trade
173
Historical Perspectives on Exchange Rate and Trade Policies
173
Exchange Rates and Regional Trade
181
Summary and Conclusions
187
9.
Restructuring Kenya's Financial System
191
Overall Perspective on Kenya's Financial System
192
Strengths of Kenya's Current Financial System
193
Weaknesses of Kenya's Current Financial System
198
Policy Proposal: A System of Loan Guarantees
from Commercial Banks to MFIs
204
10.
Fiscal Policy: How to Pay for New Pro-employment Initiatives
215
Additional Revenue Sources
218
Maintaining Current Levels of Domestic Borrowing
221
External Sources of Increased Funding
224
11.
A Restatement of Goals and Strategies
227
Contents
vii
Appendix 1:
Earnings Function for
Household Enterprises 231
Appendix
2:
Supply Shock Inflation
235
Appendix
3:
Exchange Rate Overvaluation Model
241
Acronyms
251
Bibliography
253
Index
263
About the Authors
273 |
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