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Ensuring stable growth in the postcrisis world economy will require a rebalancing of economic activity in several countries. In Asia’s export-dependent economies, this entails relying more on private domestic demand as a driver of growth. While some countries need to raise consumption, several...
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Public investment supports the delivery of key public services, connects citizens and firms to economic opportunities, and can serve as an important catalyst for economic growth. After three decades of decline, public investment has begun to recover as a share of GDP in emerging markets (EMs)...
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Kenya’s economy is bouncing back following multiple shocks between 2008 and 2009. The program targets a gradual … incentives, and eliminating loopholes. Kenya has made significant strides in domestic revenue mobilization, but redesigning the …
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This paper presents findings of the Third Review under the poverty reduction and growth facility arrangement for Kenya …
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Kenya’s macroeconomic performance continued to improve until violence erupted in the aftermath of the general elections …
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Like most Sub-Saharan African countries, Kenya’s economic growth appears to have been primarily driven by factor … accumulation. The Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix for Kenya examines economic developments and policies. During the … last two decades, Kenya has been plagued by pervasive problems of internal conflicts, constitutional crises, and corruption …
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In Kenya, the general government is not defined consistently with government finance statistics (GFS) principles … with overall fiscal management. External scrutiny of macroeconomic assumptions is encouraged. Kenya meets some of the …
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This Joint Staff Advisory Note (JSAN) reviews the Kenya Vision 2030 (the Vision) First Medium-Term Plan (MTP) 2008 …–12 prepared by the government of Kenya. IMF staff finds that the objectives of the MTP are generally compelling and well …
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This paper discusses key findings of the Ex Post Assessment (EPA) of Longer-Term Program Engagement paper for Kenya …. This EPA focuses on 1993–2007, when Kenya was engaged in four successive IMF arrangements. Macroeconomic policy design was …
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Kenya’s strong economic performance in recent years with real GDP growth of 6 percent on average over 2004–07 has been … stalled by a series of exogenous but temporary shocks that hit the economy in 2008. The staff report highlights Kenya …
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