Kenya : Growth and Competitiveness
The conclusions of the recently-conducted Kenya Investment Climate Assessment (ICA), based on a survey of 368 firms, have a bearing on the country's growth agenda. The results have a bearing on the key issue of labor productivity and its implications on firm performance, revealing that capital-...
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okr-10986-85052021-04-23T14:02:38Z Kenya : Growth and Competitiveness World Bank ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS BANKRUPTCY BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURES COLLUSION COMPETITIVENESS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION DEPOSITS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY ELECTIONS EMPLOYMENT EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SERVICES GDP GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH POTENTIAL HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES JURISDICTION LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAND USE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LEVEL PLAYING FIELD LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT MARKET ECONOMY MARKET PRICES MARKET VALUE MATCHING GRANTS MORTALITY NATIONAL INCOME NEW ENTRANTS NOMINAL CAPITAL POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY QUOTAS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RISK MANAGEMENT SECURITIES SEWERAGE SERVICES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TAX ADMINISTRATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE FLOWS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYMENT VALUATION VALUE ADDED The conclusions of the recently-conducted Kenya Investment Climate Assessment (ICA), based on a survey of 368 firms, have a bearing on the country's growth agenda. The results have a bearing on the key issue of labor productivity and its implications on firm performance, revealing that capital-intensity in Kenya was relatively high, compared to the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and also to firms in China and India, but also relatively less productive. Labor productivity in Kenya had not improved materially over the past decade or so, so that unit labor costs compared very unfavorably with those prevailing in Asian countries like India, China, Indonesia or Thailand. Major constraints to doing business cited by firms in the survey related to infrastructure, tax administration and corruption. On infrastructure, power supply was seen as the most problematic, on account of the high number of outages, compounded by high losses in transmission and distribution. 64 percent of firms reported damage to equipment on account of power outages or fluctuations valued at nearly $15,000 per firm per year. To cope with these outages 70 percent of firms had acquired generators, further adding to the cost of doing business. Road and rail services were reported by most firms as being of very poor quality, and nearly a quarter of firms reported having to spend their own resources to improve the quality of roads in surrounding areas. On corruption, three quarters of firms surveyed reported this as a problem, though only about half reported having to spend resources in terms of unofficial payments. 2012-06-20T14:01:35Z 2012-06-20T14:01:35Z 2005-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5646388/kenya-growth-competitiveness http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8505 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: PSD, Privatization and Industrial Policy Economic & Sector Work Africa East Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Kenya |
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The conclusions of the recently-conducted Kenya Investment Climate Assessment (ICA), based on a survey of 368 firms, have a bearing on the country's growth agenda. The results have a bearing on the key issue of labor productivity and its implications on firm performance, revealing that capital-intensity in Kenya was relatively high, compared to the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and also to firms in China and India, but also relatively less productive. Labor productivity in Kenya had not improved materially over the past decade or so, so that unit labor costs compared very unfavorably with those prevailing in Asian countries like India, China, Indonesia or Thailand. Major constraints to doing business cited by firms in the survey related to infrastructure, tax administration and corruption. On infrastructure, power supply was seen as the most problematic, on account of the high number of outages, compounded by high losses in transmission and distribution. 64 percent of firms reported damage to equipment on account of power outages or fluctuations valued at nearly $15,000 per firm per year. To cope with these outages 70 percent of firms had acquired generators, further adding to the cost of doing business. Road and rail services were reported by most firms as being of very poor quality, and nearly a quarter of firms reported having to spend their own resources to improve the quality of roads in surrounding areas. On corruption, three quarters of firms surveyed reported this as a problem, though only about half reported having to spend resources in terms of unofficial payments. |
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Kenya : Growth and Competitiveness |
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Kenya : Growth and Competitiveness |
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Kenya : Growth and Competitiveness |
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Kenya : Growth and Competitiveness |
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Kenya : Growth and Competitiveness |
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kenya : growth and competitiveness |
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Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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