An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for Kenya

By Mwangi Wa Githinji, James Heintz, Robert Pollin

The Kenyan economy has experienced improved economic growth in recent years, and the government has maintained a commitment to generating 500,000 new jobs per year. But the country still faces severe problems of poverty-level employment - people working full-time yet living with their families in poverty. This study develops detailed proposals for greatly expanding decent employment opportunities in Kenya, and to accomplish this in a manner that also creates a wide range of employment and business opportunities, including those for small and medium-sized enterprises, agricultural small holders, commercial banks, and microfinance institutions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848440308
• ISBN13: 9781848440302
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages