Tag: World Bank

Sovereign Ratings, Probability of Default and Time to Default: Investopedia defines sovereign credit rating as, ‘independent evaluation of a country's ...

VUCA Environment Since 1990: The United Nations used 1990 as the baseline year for calculating achievement of Millenium Development Goals (15 ...

The World Bank has lifted its suspension on funding to Uganda despite the country’s anti-LGBTQ law. On Thursday, June 5, ...

The Kenyan government could save billions of shillings by reducing excessive travel allowances paid to civil servants, the World Bank ...

The World Bank has asked Kenya to rethink its Universal Healthcare (UHC) financing strategy, recommending a reconsideration of the mandatory ...

Information Asymmetries: Investopedia defines Information Asymmetry as a situation where, ‘one party has more or better information than the other.’ Affected ...

Elements of Macro Economic Instability. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) characterizes macro-economic instability with absence of balance, disequilibrium, or inability ...

National Treasury Cabinet Secretary (CS) John Mbadi, led Kenya’s high-level delegation in a strategic meeting with senior leadership of the ...

Countries around the globe are currently reshaping their economic policies to stimulate sluggish growth that has been adversely affected by ...

The World Bank has announced a major shift in its global operations, with plans to decentralize its management teams and ...

20,000 households in Kenya will benefit from a cash transfer initiative launched by the World Bank, aimed at reducing teenage ...

Primary and secondary socialization plays a key role in shaping the child’s behavior and values within the context of family ...

Kenya has been dealt a blow after the World Bank downgraded its economic growth estimate for this year on Tuesday, ...

The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has advertised free training opportunities in the technical skills field. In a job advertisement ...

Kenya is in the process of setting up a Green Investment Fund in partnership with the World Bank. In a ...

Taxes are important. They’re a primary way in which governments fund essential services like healthcare, education, infrastructure and social protection ...

The government through the State Department for Youth Affairs and Creative Economy has announced vacancies for the National Youth Opportunities ...

Data from Kenya’s Central Bank (CBK) show that public debt (total money owed) declined between December 2023 and June 2024. ...

The World Bank has appointed Qimiao Fan as the new Country Director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and Uganda, effective September ...

Between June 2023 and June 2024, President William Ruto and the Kenya Kwanza administration allocated Ksh755.9 billion to external debt ...

The Ministry of Investments Trade and Industry in collaboration with Mount Kenya University has invited young people with various innovations ...

The World Bank Group has announced a 30-month debarment of Ernst & Young Kenya over fraudulent and corrupt practices. In ...

Lamu County Governor Issa Timamy has won the International Averted Disaster Award 2024 by the World Bank Hub. The award ...

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party leader Julius Malema has shown support to Kenyan Gen Z, protesting the controversial finance ...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Kamau Thugge has insisted that Kenya's economy will continue growing in 2024 despite the ...

The World Bank has approved $1.2Billion (Ksh155.7B) funding to support Kenya's Fiscal Sustainability and Resilient Growth Development Policy Operation (DPO). ...

President William Ruto has advised governors to prioritize raising their own sources of revenue. Speaking during the launch of the ...

The World Bank will start publicizing confidential information including data on debt defaults from next week. According to World Bank ...

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has expressed his gratitude after his Nairobi City County office was ranked as the best government ...

As at March 2023, Kenya’s public debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio was at 68.3%. Compared to 67.2% at the end ...