Project
Tracking price dynamics during a pandemic in Kenya and Uganda
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds across the globe, economies face disruptions in global and national supply chains due to the pandemic itself and related government response...
IGC’s engagement and research in Kenya combines policy engagement with world-class research focused on firm productivity, functioning cities, accessible energy, state effectiveness, and ICT to improve resource allocation.
Featured Content
Blog post
Smart containment and social protection: Lessons from Kenya’s COVID-19 fight
During a time of high uncertainty, the Kenyan government has taken careful and considered steps towards containing COVID-19, while keeping as much of the economy functioning as...
Project
Liquidity constraints, presumptive taxation, and tax compliance: Experimental evidence from Kenya
Project
Tracking constraints to entrepreneurship in Africa
Project
The social and economic impacts of electrification: Evidence from Kenya
Blog post
Study provides fresh insights into the benefits of mobile money in Kenya
Project
The value of democracy: Evidence from road building in Kenya
Contact
Email: mail@theigc.org
Twitter: @IGC_Kenya
About
IGC engages with key government stakeholders primarily in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives.
IGC has funded several projects on topics including the impact of interest rate caps, constraints to entrepreneurship in Africa, agricultural trade, social and economic impacts of electrification, microenterprise development, and the impact of ethnic favouritism on service delivery.
IGC Policy Economists support the engagement from London.
Featured Researchers
Edward Miguel
Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics
University of California - Berkeley
