Structure and Performance of Manufacturing in Kenya

ARNE BIGSTEN is Professor of Development Economics at the School of Economics at G?tenborg University. He has been a visiting fellow at the University of Nairobi and the University of Oxford. - PETER KIMUYU is the Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Analysis and Research in Nairobi, Kenya and the immediate former head of the Economics Department at the University of Nairobi.

• PART I: INTRODUCTION AND THE RPED SURVEY Introduction; A.Bigsten & P.Kimuyu History and Policy Making in Manufacturing; A.Bigsten The RPED Survey 1993-1995; R.Aguilar & A.Bigsten PART II: STRUCTURE OF MANUFACTURING Firm, Product Market, and Technological Characteristics; G.K.Ikiara, P.Kimuyu, M.Manundu & W.Masai Wage Determination in Kenyan Manufacturing; D.K.Manda Financial Market Characteristics; C.Wihlborg & A.Isaksson PART III: INVESTMENT BEHAVIOUR Investment Behaviour; M.Söderbom PART IV: PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING Technical Efficiency and Productivity; K.Lundvall, W.Ochoro & L.Hjalmarsson Export Performance; M.Granér & A.Isaksson Firm Growth; R.Aguilar & P.Kimuyu PART V: IMPACT OF POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL REFORM The Impact of Structural Adjustment on Manufacturing; J.Levin & N.Ndung'u Infrastructure and Enterprise Performance in Kenya; S.Kayizzi-Mugerwa & P.Kimuyu Conclusions: A.Bigsten & P.Kimuyu