Investment Opportunities In Kenya: An Indian Perspective

Abstract

The Study entitled "Investment Opportunities In Kenya: An Indian Perspective" was based mainly on published materials. For the theoretical side of the subject, works of several eminent economists and scholars, United Nations publications and relevant reports of the Governments of Kenya and India were consulted. The periodicals, research journals and daily newspapers of both countries were consulted. Moreover a detailed and well conversed questionnaire relating to the subject matter of the topic was used to gather secondary data from diverse sources such as High Commission of Kenya at New Delhi, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce Government of India, planning Commission, Social Science Documentation Centre, Directorate of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, State Trade Corporation and India Investment Centre. The trade policy review published by the World Trade Organization was consulted extensively during the course of study and various reports of World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Economic Commission for Africa were important source of data for the thesis. The statistical abstract published yearly by the Central Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Planning and National Development Government of Kenya provided the main source for the statistics used in the thesis. In addition the various issues of economic survey and National Development Plans published by the Ministry of Finance and Planning Government of Kenya provided some useful data used in the thesis.