Manufacturing Export Competitiveness in Kenya : A Policy Note on Revitalizing and Diversifying Kenya's Manufacturing Sector

This note is a background study to assess policy options to improve competitiveness of Kenya's manufacturing sector, with a specific focus on exports. The focus is on export performance in the manufacturing sector overall and drawing on analysis of four specific manufacturing sectors - apparel, wood furniture, chemicals, and agriculture industries-which are used as examples from which to generalize about wider competitiveness issues in Kenya's manufacturing sector. Kenya's Vision 2030 aspires to achieve middle income status by 2030, which will require sustaining an annual average Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 10 percent. Restarting the export sector growth engine will be imperative to achieve these targets. In particular, manufacturing exports will be critical because of their impact on growth, employment and economy-wide linkages. Kenya's manufacturing sector exhibits several strengths. Its global share in exports increased over the last 20 years, and it enjoys a strong position with regard to exports to the regional EAC market, particularly in some high value sectors like chemicals and pharmaceuticals. This background note aims to provide the new Government with policy focus and tools to tackle the constraints keeping Kenya from reaching its potential in manufacturing export competitiveness. This note has a specific focus on export performance; it also looks more broadly at the manufacturing sector, including domestic production and sales, where such data is available. As a result, it uses a mix of analytical approaches in the study.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Farole, Thomas, Mukim, Megha
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-12-04
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS, ACCOUNTING, AGGREGATE TRADE, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL TRADE, AGRICULTURE, APPAREL, APPAREL EXPORT, APPAREL EXPORTS, APPAREL PRODUCT, APPAREL SECTOR, BARRIERS TO ENTRY, BENCHMARK, BUSINESS CLIMATE, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, BUYERS, CAPABILITIES, CAPABILITY, CAPITAL ACCUMULATION, COMMODITY, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITION LAWS, COMPETITIVE MARKETS, COMPETITIVE POSITION, COMPETITIVE PRESSURES, COMPETITIVENESS, COMPETITIVENESS OF FIRMS, CONNECTIVITY, CONSUMER GOODS, COPYRIGHT, CREDIT AVAILABILITY, CUSTOMS, DATA LIMITATIONS, DEBT, DEBT LEVELS, DEFICITS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS, DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION, DOMESTIC DEMAND, DOMESTIC MARKET, DOMESTIC MARKETS, DOMESTIC PRODUCTION, E-MAIL, ECONOMIC CRISIS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, EFFICIENT MARKET, ELECTRICITY, ENTERPRISE SURVEY, ENTERPRISE SURVEYS, EQUIPMENT, EXCHANGE RATE, EXCHANGE RATES, EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS, EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION, EXPORT DYNAMICS, EXPORT GROWTH, EXPORT MARKET, EXPORT MARKET SHARE, EXPORT MARKETS, EXPORT PERFORMANCE, EXPORT PRICES, EXPORT SECTOR, EXPORT SECTORS, EXPORT SHARE, EXPORT STRUCTURE, EXPORT VALUE, EXPORT VOLUMES, EXPORTER, EXPORTERS, FACTOR MARKETS, FINAL GOODS, FIRM PERFORMANCE, FOOD EXPORTS, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN FIRMS, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FOREIGN MARKETS, FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY, GDP, GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS, GLOBAL INTEGRATION, GLOBAL MARKET, GLOBAL MARKETS, GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS, GLOBAL TRADE, GROSS CAPITAL FORMATION, GROWTH PATH, GROWTH POTENTIAL, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH VOLATILITY, HUMAN CAPITAL, ICT, INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE, INFLATION, INNOVATION, INNOVATIONS, INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES, INTERMEDIATE GOODS, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENT POLICY, INVESTMENT RATES, ITC, KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS, LICENSES, MAINTENANCE COSTS, MANUFACTURING, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET ANALYSIS, MARKET CONCENTRATION, MARKET DIVERSIFICATION, MARKET ENTRY, MARKET PENETRATION, MARKET SHARE, MARKET SHARES, MASS MARKET, MATERIAL, MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, MERCHANDISE, MERCHANDISE EXPORTS, MICRO-DATA, MICRODATA, MULTIPLIER EFFECTS, NATIONAL ECONOMY, NATURAL RESOURCES, NETWORKS, NEW MARKET, NEW MARKETS, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, OPERATING ENVIRONMENT, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLICY FORMULATION, PORTFOLIO, PREFERENTIAL ACCESS, PRIMARY GOODS, PRIMARY MARKET, PRIVATE INVESTMENTS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCT CATEGORIES, PRODUCT FLOWS, PRODUCT QUALITY, PRODUCTION PROCESS, PRODUCTION PROCESSES, PRODUCTIVITY, QUERIES, REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS, RELIABILITY, RESULT, RESULTS, RETAIL, RETAIL TRADE, RETURN, RETURNS, RULES OF ORIGIN, SALE, SALES, SEMICONDUCTORS, SPECIALIZATION, STRUCTURAL CHANGE, SUNK COSTS, SUPPLY CHAINS, SURPLUS, SURPLUSES, TARGETS, TARIFF BARRIERS, TECHNICAL STANDARDS, TELEPHONE, TOTAL OUTPUT, TRADE BALANCE, TRADE COMPETITIVENESS, TRADE DATA, TRADE DEFICIT, TRADE FLOWS, TRADE OUTCOMES, TRADE PERFORMANCE, TRADE PREFERENCES, TRADE REGIME, TRADE SECTORS, TRANSACTION, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNIT OF LABOR, VALUE ADDED, VALUE CHAIN, VALUE CHAINS, VALUE OF EXPORTS, VERTICAL INTEGRATION, VOLATILITY, WAGES, WORLD TRADE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18746089/manufacturing-export-competitiveness-kenya-policy-note https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16993
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