http://robertamsterdam.com/2013/01/will-kenya-learn-from-history/ Perspectives on Global Politics and Business Sat, 18 May 2013 18:31:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://robertamsterdam.com/2013/01/will-kenya-learn-from-history/#comment-178555 Will Kenya Learn from History? « Frontier Markets Compendium Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:57:04 +0000 http://robertamsterdam.com/?p=49536#comment-178555 [...] Link to the article: http://robertamsterdam.com/2013/01/will-kenya-learn-from-history/ [...]

]]> http://robertamsterdam.com/2013/01/will-kenya-learn-from-history/#comment-178534 Emerging & Frontier Markets Intelligence 2013.01.07 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:34:01 +0000 http://robertamsterdam.com/?p=49536#comment-178534 [...] “However bright the economic prospects look for Kenya, all eyes are on the uncertainty of elections. The long term development of the country will be determined by its capacity to manage political, economic and weather-related shocks, which have become the norm rather than the exception in the past five years. In order to succeed, Kenya will have to learn from history, and urge the political elites to accept that a higher quality of governance, attention to social issues and employment, and the abstention from manipulating tribalism and ethnic violence during elections will ultimately deliver wider prosperity for all citizens. If the upcoming March elections are a repeat of 2008, then it will be difficult to imagine another recovery as successful as last time.” — Robert Amsterdam [...]

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