IMF Staff Country Reports

Kenya: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

September 4, 1998

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This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix provides an assessment of the financial regulations as a basic framework for public expenditure management and control in Kenya. The paper discusses a number of “external” factors that have led to a deterioration of formal implementation and control mechanisms, as well as recent efforts that have been undertaken to improve them. The paper also discusses various aspects of monetary policy in Kenya, including the instruments available to the monetary authorities, current challenges in the area of monetary control, and the state of financial markets in Kenya.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Bank deposits, Banking, Commercial banks, Commodities, Currencies, Economic sectors, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Money, Public sector

Keywords: Africa, Agricultural commodities, B. banking supervision issue, Bank, Commercial bank, Commercial banks, CR, Currencies, Debt service, Exchange arrangement, Fiscal year, Fixed capital, Government of Kenya, Government paper, Gross domestic product, Gross investment, IMF UR, Inflation rate, ISCR, Kenya, Kenya shilling, Middle East, Monetary aggregate, Monetary policy, Nonbank holding, Outlay, Private sector, Public sector, Term deposit, Western Europe

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    88

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 1998/066

  • Stock No:

    1KENEA0011998

  • ISBN:

    9781451821055

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685