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Kenya's Social Policy Response to Covid-19: Tax Cuts, Cash Transfers and Public Works
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Universität Bremen, SFB 1342 Globale Entwicklungsdynamiken von Sozialpolitik / CRC 1342 Global Dynamics of Social Policy
Abstract This report summarises and analyses Kenya’s social policy response to Covid-19. Following the global outbreak of the pandemic, Kenya’s parliament passed several economic and social laws. Tax law amendments aimed to cushion citizens and businesses from the negative effects of the disease by increasin... view more
This report summarises and analyses Kenya’s social policy response to Covid-19. Following the global outbreak of the pandemic, Kenya’s parliament passed several economic and social laws. Tax law amendments aimed to cushion citizens and businesses from the negative effects of the disease by increasing household income for basic needs and enabling businesses to remain in operation. Other significant measures instituted were social protection interventions in the form of cash transfers and public works programmes targeted to poor and vulnerable households. Kenya’s social policy response to the pandemic followed a continuity path of minimal state provisioning. The government’s overreliance on cash transfers as the major form of social policy intervention resulted in an inadequate, exclusionary and ill-suited response.... view less
Keywords
Kenya; social policy; health policy; epidemic; public health; social support; social assistance; social benefits; labor market policy; financial assistance; East Africa
Classification
Health Policy
Social Security
Free Keywords
Pandemie; Covid-19; Corona virus
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
City
Bremen
Page/Pages
17 p.
Series
CRC 1342 Covid-19 Social Policy Response Series, 27
ISSN
2702-6744
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0