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Transport Infrastructure Development in Kenya: How Connectivity Impacts Eastern Africa Regional Integration

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The study examined Kenya’s transport infrastructure by assessing strengths, opportunities, challenges and initiatives aimed at enhancing existing systems and mitigating gaps towards more connectivity, mobility and reduced costs. Specific objectives of the study included evaluating the current state of transport infrastructure in Kenya, examining milestones in Kenya’s transport infrastructure development in the last decade and determining whether planned transport infrastructure development projects in Kenya would enhance regional integration. This study was significant to policy handlers, development partners and scholars in the region as findings will inform targeted planning and programming for improved transport connectivity. Target population was 150 individuals drawn from the categories of related actors with a sample size of 75 individuals, which was arrived at exclusively and objectively by researcher. The study established that the transport structural gap was a serious handicap to growth and poverty reduction in eastern Africa and that transport connectivity had a direct link to any country’s competitiveness because it weighs on cost of doing business and living. The study recommended sector reforms and innovation towards optimum level of connectivity as a result of the upgraded transport system, with eastern Africa reaching greater regional integration. The study adopted descriptive approach in analysing quantitative and qualitative data as variables under investigation were described.

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  • Ombara Isaac, 2019. "Transport Infrastructure Development in Kenya: How Connectivity Impacts Eastern Africa Regional Integration," Insight on Africa, , vol. 11(2), pages 200-218, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:inafri:v:11:y:2019:i:2:p:200-218
    DOI: 10.1177/0975087819845205
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    1. Foster, Vivien & Shkaratan, Maria, 2011. "Malawi's infrastructure: a continental perspective," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5598, The World Bank.
    2. Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M. & Shkaratan, Maria, 2011. "Kenya's infrastructure: a continental perspective," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5596, The World Bank.
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