Kenya is one of the bright spots in Sub-Saharan Africa. With economic growth rates sustained at above 5 percent, Kenya … Kenya remain robust. Ongoing public infrastructure investments will continue to play a 'crowding-in' role, easing transport … availability of inputs. Though oil prices are expected to pick-up over the forecast horizon, Kenya's external sector account will …

Kenya may be at a "tipping point," the theme of the third Kenya economic update which has a special focus on the … sectors, and have contributed to the conditions for Kenya to reach this tipping point. Kenya has entered the new decade with … favorable regional environment have created a new positive economic momentum. Kenya may again be positioned to experience high …

Economic activity in Kenya remained robust in 2016. For the third consecutive year economic activity in Kenya picked …-up, reaching an estimated 5-year high of 5.9 percent in 2016, once again placing Kenya among the fastest growing economies in Sub …-Saharan Africa. Kenya's growth momentum in 2016 was supported by a stable macroeconomic environment, low oil prices, favorable …

Over the last decade, Kenya's society and economy have changed fundamentally and these deep trends will continue. Rapid … population growth and urbanization will create many new challenges which need to be managed well to support Kenya's economic take …-off in the medium-term. This fourth edition of the Kenya economic update argues that Kenya can turn the tide in turbulent …

Kenya withstood another difficult year in 2012 as policy tightening and weaker global demand slowed economic activity …. With decisive fiscal and monetary policies, the government managed to restore confidence in Kenya's medium term prospects …. Kenya's growth rate is still below its potential and its peers, external imbalances remain which threaten its future growth …

In 2012, Kenya's economy has been on a tightrope. Policy makers have had to walk a fine line between stabilizing the … position improved, fundamental economic imbalances continue to make Kenya vulnerable to shocks. In the absence of economic and … social turbulence, Kenya should grow at 5 percent in 2012 and 2013, which will still be substantially below its neighbors …

Kenya is entering a decisive year. Three main developments will make 2012 extraordinary. First, Kenya will hold … national elections for the first time since the traumatic post-election violence of 2007-08, which ended Kenya's high growth … momentum abruptly. Second, Kenya's economy will need to navigate through a severe economic storm, which could well become a …