Structure and Performance of Manufacturing in Kenya

Structure and Performance of Manufacturing in Kenya explores the factors affecting business and investment decisions by Kenya's formal and informal manufacturing firms. The analysis of panel data provides insights into the effects of the existing business environment and policy changes on enterprise performance in the context of structural adjustment. Attention is paid to the firm structure, labour and financial markets, and investment behaviour. Productivity, export performance, firm growth, and the impact of policy reforms and infrastructure problems on the manufacturing sector are also investigated.

Autorentext
RENATO AGUILAR Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Götenborg University MATS GRANÉR Graduate in Economics, Götenborg University LENNART HJALMARSSON August Rohss Professor in Economics, Götenborg University GERRISHON K. IKIARA Lecturer in Economics, University of Nairobi ANDERS ISAKSSON United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) STEVE KAYIZZI-MUGERWA Associate Professor in Development Economics, Götenborg University KARL LUNDVALL Swedish Competition Authority JÖRGEN LEVIN Lecturer, Department of Economics, Örebro University DOMIANO KULUNDU MANDA Analyst, Social Sector Division, Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) MUTSEMBI MANUNDU Lecturer in Economics, University of Nairobi WAFULA MASAI Senior Lecturer and current Chairman, Economics Department, University of Nairobi NJUGUNA S. NDUNG'U Principal Analyst, Kenya Institute for Public Policy and Research and Analysis and Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University ofNairobi WALTER OCHORO Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Nairobi MÅNS SÖDERBOM UNIDO Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford CLAS WIHLBORG Professor of Finance, Copenhagen Business School and Professor of Banking and Financial Economics, Götenborg University

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PART I: INTRODUCTION AND THE RPED SURVEY Introduction; A.Bigsten & P.Kimuyu History and Policy Making in Manufacturing; A.Bigsten The RPED Survey 1993-1995; R.Aguilar & A.Bigsten PART II: STRUCTURE OF MANUFACTURING Firm, Product Market, and Technological Characteristics; G.K.Ikiara, P.Kimuyu, M.Manundu & W.Masai Wage Determination in Kenyan Manufacturing; D.K.Manda Financial Market Characteristics; C.Wihlborg & A.Isaksson PART III: INVESTMENT BEHAVIOUR Investment Behaviour; M.Söderbom PART IV: PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING Technical Efficiency and Productivity; K.Lundvall, W.Ochoro & L.Hjalmarsson Export Performance; M.Granér & A.Isaksson Firm Growth; R.Aguilar & P.Kimuyu PART V: IMPACT OF POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL REFORM The Impact of Structural Adjustment on Manufacturing; J.Levin & N.Ndung'u Infrastructure and Enterprise Performance in Kenya; S.Kayizzi-Mugerwa & P.Kimuyu Conclusions: A.Bigsten & P.Kimuyu