Kenya
Transformación de la vida rural en Kenya gracias a la energía solar
Las bombas de agua y las lámparas solares aportan a las aldeas de Kenya el agua potable y la luz de las que carecían, mejorando así la vida diaria de sus habitantes gracias a la consiguiente erradicación de enfermedades, la supresión de faenas penosas y la eliminación de prácticas ancestrales nocivas para el clima. La decisión del gobierno de invertir en las energías limpias ha recibido el apoyo del sector privado y contribuye a hacer mucho más llevaderas las condiciones de vida de las poblaciones rurales más necesitadas.
Saving the day: Quality Champions in Kenya
If you ask June Gathoni today how her business is going, she will beam with confidence. But not long ago, she would have reacted differently. One of her company’s consignments to Korea was returned and the prospects for her company, Urban Fresh Ventures, did not appear very promising.
Supporting Kenya’s cut flower sector adapt to climate change
The cut flower sector is one of Kenya’s main exports and one of the largest employers in the country. Highly sensitive to changing weather patterns, the industry is increasingly feeling the impacts of climate change. In recent years, many flower farms have had to cope with a range of threats: heavy rainfalls, prolonged cold weather and too high temperatures in the greenhouses. As a result, scheduling the cutting ahead of key sales periods such as Valentine’s Day or Christmas is becoming challenging.
Kenyan avocado exporter becomes part of the processing
The month of May 2019 was a defining time for Direne Ltd., which exports Kenyan avocados and mangos. As a small firm the company was lagging far behind in accessing international markets.
Reaping the benefits of Kenya’s green gold
Touted as a superfood and loved by hipsters from Tokyo to San Francisco, the humble avocado has in recent years become one of the world’s favourite foods. For farmers in rural Kenya and in the country’s export sector this ‘green gold’ has helped boost incomes and job creation.
Investment Policy Review - Kenya
Kenya was a magnet for foreign direct investment in East Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. The Review highlights, however, that the country has underperformed significantly in terms of FDI attraction in the past couple of decades. The reasons include poor or inconsistent economic policies, deteriorating infrastructure and poor growth performance. Rising corruption and insecurity also discouraged FDI throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The Review warns the government on the possible drawbacks of the recently adopted Investment Promotion Act, which introduces minimum capital requirements for FDI entry. Subsequently, the Government has proposed amendments to Parliament to lift these requirements.
Assessment of Development Results - Kenya
Improving Efficiency in Forestry Operations and Forest Product Processing in Kenya
A Viable REDD+ Policy and Measure?
This report seeks to assess whether increased efficiency in forestry operations and forest product processing and utilization constitute viable policies and measures to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) for the Government of Kenya, with the potential to attract public and/ or private investments to enable REDD+ implementation. In particular, the report focuses on the extent to which efficiency improvements in commercial logging, sawmills, charcoal production, use of charcoal and firewood in cooking stove technology, and wood usage in industrial processes can address supply deficiency in the forest sector, reduce pressures on forests, and ultimately reduce or eliminate net forest carbon emissions.
Kenya eTrade Readiness Assessment
The Kenya eTrade Readiness Assessment is the fifth assessment conducted by UNCTAD in a non-LDC country and follows an enhanced methodology. As per this methodology, surveys were disseminated as part of the data collection effort. In Kenya, they targeted respondents in three distinct groups, i.e., public sector, private sector and consumers. Through collaboration with the British Standards Institutions (BSI), an eTrade for All partner, the surveys were enriched to investigate the role of standards in e-commerce development. The assessment adds to the 29 assessments conducted by UNCTAD since 2017. Kenya’s eTrade Readiness Assessment was conducted during a period when the COVID-19 pandemic was ongoing, and it is reflected in some of the findings of the report. The enduring economic and social impacts of the pandemic make it even more important for policy makers and other stakeholders to join forces to take actions aimed at addressing the e-commerce situations. With the eTrade for all partners, UNCTAD is committed to supporting Kenya in its resolve to harness the potential of e-commerce for development.
Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders: Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya)
Judgment of 12 October 2021
Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya)
ICJ Pleadings Oral Arguments, Documents
This volume contains pleadings from the case concerning Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya) in the language in which they were submitted, including the document instituting proceedings, the written pleadings and their annexes, the verbatim records of the oral proceedings, and any documents submitted to the Court after the closure of the written proceedings.
Productive Capacities Development: Challenges and Opportunities - The Case of Kenya
The publication consists of two parts. Following the Introduction, which provides the conceptual background and a comprehensive assessment of the recent performance of Kenya’s economy and development, is Part I – the National Productive Capacities Gap Assessment. The NPCGA of Kenya examines the state of the country’s national productive capacities and binding constraints to its structural transformation, economic diversification and overall sustainable development. It uses the Productive Capacities Index (PCI), which relies on eight components – Natural Capital, Human Capital, Transport, Energy, ICT, Institutions, Private Sector and Structural Change – to measure gaps in productive capacities. It then proposes specific, tailored policy interventions to address these challenges. Part II – the Holistic Productive Capacities Development Programme (HPCDP) – provides details on how best to address the gaps and limitations and key binding constraints to the country’s development through a comprehensive programme. The HPCDP is tailored to specific domestic circumstances, comparative advantages, and national institutional frameworks and provides strategic orientation and action-oriented, step-by-step approaches to tackle these key binding constraints. It is designed to address Kenya’s deep-rooted development challenges, as articulated in the NPCGA, by moving away from the practice of short-term, sectoral and fragmented, project-based interventions towards long-term, integrated, and programme-based approaches to development.
No. 32987. United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya
Convention for the establishment of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (with annex and final act). Concluded at Kisumu, Kenya, on 30 June 1994
No. 33031. International Development Association and Kenya
Development Credit Agreement—Urban Transport Infrastructure Project (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements dated 1 January 1985). Signed at Washington on 13 February 1996
No. 33032. International Development Association and Kenya
Development Credit Agreement-Arid Lands Resource Management Project (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements dated 1 January 1985). Signed at Washington on 13 February 1996
No. 32556. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency and Kenya
Letter Agreement on legal protection for guaranteed foreign investments. Signed at Nairobi on 26 October 1992 and at Washington on 22 March 1993
No. 31934. International Development Association and Kenya
Development Credit Agreement-Institutional Development and Civil Service Reform Project (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements dated 1 January 1985). Signed at Washington on 30 January 1995
No. 33091. International Fund for Agricultural Development and Kenya
Loan Agreement—Eastern Province Horticulture and Traditional Food Crops Project (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Loan and Guarantee Agreements of the Fund dated 19 September 1986). Signed at Rome on 15 February 1994
No. 33092. International Fund for Agricultural Development and Kenya
Loan Agreement— Western Kenya District-Based Agricultural Development Project (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Loan and Guarantee Agreements of the Fund dated 19 September 1986). Signed at Rome on 3 February 1995
No. 31787. Germany and Kenya
Agreement concerning financial cooperation. Signed at Nairobi on 12 November 1991