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Infrastructure Constraints and Development in Kenya

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  • Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr

    (Senior Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Kenya, ronald.hope@undp.org)

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Undoubtedly, reliable, efficient infrastructure is crucial to economic and social development and the promotion of pro-poor growth. Poor infrastructure impedes a nation’s economic growth and international competitiveness. In fact, it has long been recognised that an adequate supply of infrastructure services is an essential ingredient for productivity and growth. Moreover, improvements in productivity lead to increased trade and can foster regional integration through improved intra-regional trade and industrial relocation. This article analytically reviews and assesses infrastructure constraints and development in Kenya within the context of the way forward for meeting the outcomes of the country’s Vision 2030 and its long-term development prospects.

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  • Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr, 2010. "Infrastructure Constraints and Development in Kenya," Journal of Infrastructure Development, India Development Foundation, vol. 2(2), pages 91-104, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jouinf:v:2:y:2010:i:2:p:91-104
    DOI: 10.1177/097493061100200201
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    Keywords

    JEL Classification: H41; JEL Classification: H54; JEL Classification: O40; JEL Classification: O55; Kenya; constraints; development; growth; infrastructure;
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    JEL classification:

    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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