World Bank2012-06-142012-06-142007-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7999There is tremendous potential for trade to play a key role in driving and sustaining growth and poverty reduction in Kenya. There is significant potential for greater participation in international markets to support growth and poverty reduction. Kenya has had some notable achievements: in cut flowers and fresh vegetables. This report assesses Kenya's trade performance, and identifies key domestic constraints to its further integration into the global economy. Furthermore, the report advances a set of recommendations to tackle these constraints, with a focus on how trade can contribute to growth and poverty reduction in the country. Specifically, the report aims to support the Government o f Kenya (GOK) to: realize its Investment Program for the Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation 2003-2007 (IP-ERS), to implement its National Export Strategy (NES); to implement its Private Sector Development strategy and formulate a trade-policy strategy.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADMINISTRATIVE COSTSADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURESAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESAGRICULTURAL PRACTICESAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTUREBENCHMARKBENCHMARKINGBORDER MANAGEMENTBRIDGECAPITAL GOODSCOMMON MARKETCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVE POSITIONCOMPETITIVENESSCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMERSCONTAINER TERMINALCUSTOMSCUSTOMS UNIONDEVELOPMENT AGENCYDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYDOMESTIC INPUTSDOMESTIC PRICEDRIVERSDRIVINGECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC PERFORMANCEEXPORT COMPETITIVENESSEXPORT DIVERSIFICATIONEXPORT FINANCEEXPORT FINANCINGEXPORT GROWTHEXPORT MARKETEXPORT MARKETSEXPORT PERFORMANCEEXPORT PROMOTIONEXPORT PROSPECTSEXPORT SECTORSEXPORT TRADEEXPORT-ORIENTED INDUSTRIESEXPORTERSEXPORTSEXTERNAL TARIFFGDPGLOBAL ECONOMYGNPGNP PER CAPITAGROWTH POTENTIALGROWTH RATEHIGH TARIFFSHIGH TRADE BARRIERSIMPORT QUOTASIMPORT SECTORIMPORTSINDUSTRIAL SECTORINTERNATIONAL MARKETSINTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTMENT FLOWSLEGAL FRAMEWORKMACROECONOMIC CONDITIONSMARKET ACCESSMONETARY POLICYMOST FAVORED NATIONMULTILATERAL LEVELMULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONSMULTILATERAL TRADEPOLICY MAKERSPOPULATION GROWTHPOTENTIAL BENEFITSPRICE LEVELSREAL EXCHANGE RATEREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREGIONAL TRADEREGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATIONREGULATORY BARRIERSREGULATORY FRAMEWORKROADROAD QUALITYROADSSAFEGUARD CLAUSESAFETYSTATISTICAL DATASUB-SAHARAN AFRICATARIFF DISPERSIONTARIFF SCHEDULETAXTAXATIONTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL BARRIERSTELECOMMUNICATIONSTOTAL COSTSTOURISMTOURISM INDUSTRYTRADE AGREEMENTSTRADE BARRIERSTRADE DATATRADE DIVERSIONTRADE FACILITATIONTRADE FINANCETRADE FLOWSTRADE IN SERVICESTRADE INTEGRATIONTRADE ISSUESTRADE LOGISTICSTRADE OPENNESSTRADE PERFORMANCETRADE POLICIESTRADE POLICYTRADE POLICY FORMULATIONTRADE REGIMETRANSPORTTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT EQUIPMENTTRANSPORT FACILITATIONTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRUCKSVALUE ADDEDWAGESWEALTHWORKING CAPITALWORLD MARKETSWORLD TRADEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOWorld Bank10.1596/7999