KENYA CLASSIFIED AS MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMY
Rebasing is a procedure where the national statistical authorities ensure that national accounts statistics present an accurate reflection of an economy as possible. This is by replacing an old base year to come up with volume measures of GDP with a more recent base year. It helps in making adjustments to economic growth, addition of new sectors, new products and technology. The UN Statistical commission recommends that nations have their GDP rebased every five years.
In Kenya, the Kenya National Bureau of statistics (KNBS) has been working on new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) a while now. Now the revised GDP stand at 55.2 billion dollars (shillings 4.75 trillion) or 25.3% higher than previously estimated,
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However, it provides us with the tools and policies to be used to tackle these problems, which will lead to their reduction with time.
Increase in the overall economic output of a country does not necessarily mean an increase in individual incomes.
With the new data acquired, the policy makers will be able to make informed decisions and policy choices that will help tackle social problems like poverty and unemployment.
3. Investments in Kenya by local and global investors.
It changes the perceptions about how the economy is performing, leading to attraction of investors to the country.
It also highlight key sectors in the economy that are growing and profitable, leading to better investment decisions.
However, according to the World Bank, with no improvements in living standards and good policies and prospects to woo investors, the rebasing may not attain increase investments.
It gives hope that the policies put in place to attain the Vision 2030 are working as expected. It also shows that the key reforms put in place by the different institutions in the country are working. This creates a positive image for the country, which in turn helps attract investors into the
To draw a comparison, the US GDP is calculated by real estate sales, not allowing the US to artificially inflate its GDP just by producing.
The economy continues to improve despite the last couple of years, by having an increased number of government budgets, increases number of efforts to reduce the public debt levels, and an export oriented growth
They can better understand the areas which they want to research. As the information is better understood the area to research becomes more visible for the researcher. The questions that they once had to consider they do not have to worry about with mapping. The data helps answer the more complex questions of configurations and developments; it clears the worries on a more complex foundation of most researchers. I would say that the data will support policy making in San Francisco by inspiring local governments to use this data visualization model for the public release of many different kinds of
Addressing problems means more than quick fixes; it means dealing with conditions that create problems.
Gross Domestic Product, also known as GDP, is defined as the dollar value of all final goods and service produced within the border of a country during a specific period of time, typically in one year. GDP measures the value for the whole country, and it also changes quickly. We can take a look at the trends of US GDP in the website of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Not all aspects of economic growth are positive, for example when an economy is at, or near its full capacity of productivity prices can be driven up causing inflation and the devaluing of their currency, where each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services that it previously could have. It can increase the
Individual growth which can be investing in people, learning opportunities through training programs and career opportunities through new jobs and promotion.
Nigeria is expected to expand 4.9 percent this year and Kenya is likely to grow 6 percent.
To increase the education and stander of living of the country will ultimately help the company in both ways. The company gets a new and cheap workforce. Also it gets the new segment of the market to sell the products.
The future of the economy is still going strong but one has not seen the great strides in advancement, as was the case from 1983 to 1993(economy). "Per capita personal income for the Nation is projected to increase 1.2 percent per year in 1993-2005, compared with a 1.4 percent increase per year in 1983-93. The growth rate slows as a result of the relationship between personal
By focusing on the different segments economists can determine if underlying trends support the headline numbers in total or have possibly skewed the overall numbers.
This research also shows that economic growth, on average, raises incomes for both the rich and the poor. It helps to lift the poorest in society out of absolute poverty and does not automatically increase inequality. More importantly, no country has managed to lift itself out of poverty without integrating into the global economy.
Gross Domestic Product (or known as GDP), is defined as, “aggregate output as the dollar value of all final goods and services produced within the borders of a country during a specific period of time, typically a year” (McConnell, Brue, & Flynn, 2012). This measures the value of the output in monetary terms, and you can check current trends of the GDP by taking a look at the Bureau of Economic Analysis website. Today, we are taking a look at the “Release Highlights” link to check the most current trends within the GDP.
The country is a key investor within the East African commmunity, while the largest chunk of intraregional trade is due to Kenya. However, economic
o An increase in the country’s economy with a shift from secondary to tertiary industry which becomes less dependent on FDI.