The Impact of the Structural Adjustment Programmes on Kenyan Society

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Title:	The Impact of the Structural Adjustment Programmes on Kenyan Society
Author:	Rono, Joseph Kipkemboi
Year:	2002
Periodical:	Journal of Social Development in Africa (ISSN 1012-1080)
Volume:	17
Issue:	1
Period:	January
Pages:	81-98
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Kenya East Africa
Subjects:	social change economic policy Development and Technology Economics and Trade Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Ethnic and Race Relations Education and Oral Traditions Health and Nutrition Labor and Employment Economics, Commerce Structural adjustment programmes Economic reform Political reform Social implications
Abstract:	This article examines the effects of structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) on Kenyan society. A series of economic and political reforms initiated by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Kenya since 1988 and especially after 1991 have transformed many aspects of the daily life of Kenyan people. These programmes have been linked to the high rate of income inequality, inflation, unemployment, retrenchment, and so on, which have lowered living standards. Furthermore, the SAPs in Kenya have been associated with the upsurge of the 'culture of violence' and increasing deviance and crime rates, ethnic hatred and discrimination and welfare problems, especially in the areas of education and health. Bibliogr., sum