Sensitivity to local conditions? Check. World Bank Kenya got it covered. Right on cue, doctor the World Bank makes a contribution to the debate on whether Economics has an Africa problem (here and here). Several WBG Executive Directors are visiting Kenya from 16th -...
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Category: Kenya
Ken Opalo on Poor Numbers in Kenya
Governing a country is hard. Developing a poor country is even harder. Trying to do both with little reliable information on the state of a country — like total agricultural output, unemployment rate, births and deaths, and the like — is like flying without...
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Economic Growth and Measurement Reconsidered in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia, 1965-1995
That's the title of my next book. To be published by Oxford University Press. It is expected to be available in March 2014.