An Employment-targeted Economic Program for Kenya
- ISBN-10
- 1848440308
- ISBN-13
- 9781848440302
- Pages
- 274
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar
- Authors
- Robert Pollin, James Heintz, Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji
Description
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.
