This market research report, and its companion report focused on India, submitted under the IMPACT Programme, aims to build evidence about the investability of private urban sanitation markets. This report focuses on the urban sanitation market in Kenya and systematically studies the potential for investments in private enterprises along the sanitation value chain. The report is the output of the first of three phases and will help enable investors to understand barriers that currently exist in deploying commercial and development investments into urban sanitation. It reviews key attributes unique to sanitation business models that help or deter their access to...

The study investigates infrastructure inadequacies in Kenya, which slows down economic performance, by assessing the linkages between the sub-regional economic performance and infrastructure connectivity and services. It uses infrastructureled theory to lay the foundation for the nexus between economic performance and infrastructure. The study fills a major gap in the country and literature, since there are no studies that have assessed the effects of connectivity and utilization of infrastructure network to economic growth in Kenya, and the studies that have made such attempts in other jurisdictions have various limitations, including choice of variables and scope of infrastructure. Regression analysis is...

This policy position paper presents an analysis of key policy hurdles and positions in the Agriculture Sector. These policy hurdles were identified in preceding policy scoping reports that involved in-depth desktop research, including a literature review of documentation from public sources, which informs key statistics in the report. An analysis of existing Agriculture policies was carried out, highlighting priorities and current gaps, as well as an analysis of the commercial landscape, which underscores the sector’s opportunities and risks. The results of the scoping/analysis were presented to Chamber members and other key stakeholders for validation and review. The policy positions presented...

The Blue Economy is one of the critical economies for economic transformation in the country. This paper assesses the status of implementation of the Blue Economy initiatives in the MTP III 2018-2022 and the 2018 Sustainable Blue Economy conference commitments for marine fisheries in Kenya using the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) framework. The programmes in the MTP III and 2018 Blue Economy conference form the nine pillars for analysis including: Pillar 1-Development of Blue Economy; Pillar 2-Fisheries Infrastructure Development and Exploitation of Living Resources under Blue Economy; Pillar 3-Kenya Marine Fisheries and Socio-Economic Development; Pillar 4-Aquaculture Business Development...