Catching Up to the Technological Frontier? : Understanding Firm-level Innovation and Productivity in Kenya

Cirera, Xavier

World Bank Group, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCOUNTING;    ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY;    AUTOMATION;    AVAILABILITY OF DATA;    BALANCE SHEET;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Kenya s economy has undergone asignificant process of structural transformation over thelast decade. Since 2002, the economy has shown anaccelerating trend with GDP growth increasing steadily frombelow 1 percent in 2002 to 7 percent in 2007. After aslowdown in GDP growth to 1.5 percent and 2.7 percent in2008 and 2009 respectively, economic growth started torebound in 2010. Amidst this positive growth context, inOctober 2013, the Kenyan Government launched the SecondMedium-Term Plan (MTP-2) of the Vision 2030. The aim ofKenya s Vision 2030 is to createa globally competitive andprosperous country with a high quality of life by 2030andto shift the country s status to upper-middle income level.