The Quest for Socioeconomic Development in Kenya: A Review of the Impact of Public Infrastructure on the Voyage
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Date
2020
Authors
Kirui, Vincent Cheruiyot
Sang, Paul Kipyegon
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Abstract
This study is focused on “The impact of public
infrastructure on sustainable socioeconomic development in the
context of Coexistence and Shared Common Future; Transport
and Communication; Creativity and Social Innovation; Living
Standards and Social Equity”. The paper highlights the merits
and the challenges that diminish the stakeholders’ expectations.
The methodology used in this study is an in-depth review of
existing literature on the roles of public infrastructure on
socioeconomic reforms from various parts of the world. The
study established that reliable, adequate and quality
infrastructure (transport, energy, water and telecommunication)
attract FDIs which in turn help in revitalizing economic strides.
Oil and wind exploitation infrastructures in Northern Kenya
provide local communities with employment opportunities,
water, electricity and improved transport. Increased pollution in
oil-sites proximities also featured in the findings as a
retrogressive impact. This paper also adds to the available
literature a more expanded concept of public infrastructure-
Socioeconomic nexus that can encourage a holistic model of
studying socioeconomic development in the context of the
dynamics of the global geo-political system. It places the agenda
of socioeconomic development to the affinity of the governance
structures to public infrastructure.
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Public infrastructure, Socioeconomic Development, Coexistence and Shared Common Future, Transport and Communication, Creativity and Social Innovation, Living Standards, Social Equity
Citation
Kirui, V. C., & Sang, P. K. The Quest for Socioeconomic Development in Kenya: A Review of the Impact of Public Infrastructure on the Voyage.