The paper finds Okun's coefficient for Kenya to be 0.12 over the period 1991-2012, instead of 0.3. This implies that to … reduce unemployment rate in Kenya by 1 percent, real GDP must grow by at least 10 percent. Given the real GDP targets for the … period 2012-2018, it is feasible for Kenya to achieve 4 percent unemployment rate in the 5 years but if the economy continues …

Exploiting a district level data set on the 2007/8 post-election violence in Kenya, this paper investigates why … controversial election results in December 2007, ethnic-based violence erupted in many parts of Kenya. Violence occurred more often …