Kenya: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund

No 2003/200, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This selected issues paper assesses Kenya's revenue performance, the labor market, and the health of the banking sector. It analyzes Kenya's revenue potential, tax system, and economic activity while increasing revenues; assesses the labor market; and also notes the nonperforming loans (NPLs) in the Kenyan banking sector, especially in public sector banks, and suggests structural measures to reduce cost pressures in the banking sector, lower the NPLs, and reduce the spread between lending and deposit interest rates. It also provides the detailed statistical appendix of Kenya.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; labor market; production structure; minimum wage; wage; Kenya; revenue performance; public sector bank; B. banking system structure; union wage; Commercial banks; Employment; Minimum wages; Labor markets; Wages; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 81
Date: 2003-07-07
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