Total Factor Productivity Change in the Kenyan Manufacturing Sector | A Malmquist Index Analysis

Paul Gachanja (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3639514866 / ISBN 13: 9783639514865

Published by SPS, 2013

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Total Factor Productivity Change in the Kenyan Manufacturing Sector | A Malmquist Index Analysis | Paul Gachanja (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Paperback | 180 S. | Englisch | 2013 | SPS | EAN 9783639514865 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Total Factor Productivity Change in the Kenyan Manufacturing Sector | A Malmquist Index Analysis
• Publisher: SPS
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639514866
• ISBN 13: 9783639514865
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 12D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 286 grams
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Synopsis

Industrialization has been embraced by many developing countries as a means of achieving structural transformation of the economies. In Kenya, the goal to industrialize has long been held as a strategy for economic development. It has received emphasis as the main strategy for addressing the principal challenges of development in Kenya; employment creation and poverty eradication. While Kenya inherited a relatively well established manufacturing sector at independence in 1963, the sector’s overall performance has been rather dismal. The share of the manufacturing sector in GDP has recorded little changed over the last three decades. At the same time, the sector which was expected to play a critical role in Vision 2030's ambition of the country’s development and growth process has not been dynamic enough to effectively play this role. Consequently, this book entails a study to examine Kenya’s manufacturing sector; it empirically analyzes the total factor productivity change using the latest firm level data for the period 2000-2003. The study also decomposes it into efficiency and technical changes while using data envelopment analysis (DEA) to derive Malmquist productivity indices.

About the Author

Dr. Paul Gachanja is currently the Chairman of the Department of Economic Theory and a lecturer of Economics at Kenyatta University. He receivedhis B.A (Economics)-First Class Honours, MA (Economics) and PhD in economicsfrom Kenyatta University. He has immense mastery in Economic Theory, Quantitative Methods and Economic Curriculum Development.