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Kenya Country Environmental Analysis

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-19T14:12:34Z
dc.date.available2020-06-19T14:12:34Z
dc.date.issued2019-10
dc.description.abstractThe Kenya Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) presents recent findings and trends on key environmental challenges and opportunities. The CEA identifies a set of recommendations that are necessary to both strengthen the country’s environmental management capabilities and ensure that environmental issues are adequately incorporated into broader development initiatives and investments. The core of Kenya’s poverty and environmental problems lies at the nexus of population growth, inequality, and high dependence on natural resource–based incomes. A rapidly rising population increases the numbers of people seeking natural resource–based livelihood opportunities placing further pressures on already fragile ecosystems. Climate change is accelerating the impact of existing vulnerabilities to environmental shocks such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves. Kenya’s economy has always depended heavily on environmental goods and services. Kenya’s economic growth is intensifying, and it is crucial that environmentally sustainable approaches are part of this process. In addition, Kenya’s diverse regional landscapes create the necessity for versatile environmental regulatory policies which can be adapted to suit local environmental conditions, challenges, and opportunities. Kenya has a wide range of progressive environmental policies, but implementation remains a challenge. Implementationis often characterized by weak technical and managerial capacity, poor coordination, and inadequate funding. Political commitment does not always match the urgency of policy rhetoric. This is partly because the benefits to improved environmental management are often slow to mature and do not match short-term election cycles. Devolution has added to the challenge. While the responsibility for implementing environmental policies has moved to counties, there is not necessarily a parallel transfer of appropriate technical expertise. While institutional coordination remains weak, inadequate budget allocations and slow budgetary transfers are common. This is a problem for the county administrations and hampers the implementation of environmental (and other) policies and plans.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/939861592515485722/Kenya-Country-Environmental-Analysis
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/33949
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/33949
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTER
dc.subjectDISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectRENEWABLE NATURAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectSOIL EROSION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY
dc.subjectWATER SCARCITY
dc.subjectWASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWILDLIFE PROTECTION
dc.subjectECOTOURISM
dc.titleKenya Country Environmental Analysisen
dc.typeReporten
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okr.crossref.titleKenya Country Environmental Analysis
okr.date.disclosure2020-06-18
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Country Environmental Analysis
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/939861592515485722/Kenya-Country-Environmental-Analysis
okr.guid939861592515485722
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/33949
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b087a8b9e7_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum31461010
okr.identifier.reportAUS0001100
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/939861592515485722/pdf/Kenya-Country-Environmental-Analysis.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryKenya
okr.themeEnvironment and natural resource management :: Environmental policies and institutions
okr.topicEnvironment::Air Quality & Clean Air
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topicEnvironment::Coastal and Marine Environment
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Management
okr.topicEnvironment::Forests and Forestry
okr.topicEnvironment::Natural Resources Management
okr.topicEnvironment::Tourism and Ecotourism
okr.topicEnvironment::Water Resources Management
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Urban Solid Waste Management
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Treatment & Quality
okr.unitEnvironment, Natural Resources, and Blue Economy Global Practice
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