ULUSLARARASI TİCARET AÇIKLIK VE KENYA'DA İŞSİZLİK İLE YOKSULLUK ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ

The purpose of research paper was to find out how international trade openness affects the rate of unemployment and poverty in Kenya for the periods of 1990-2017. Most trade economists believe that an increase in trade openness leads to economic growth of a country. This in turn leads to an increase...

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Autores principales: Douglas Getuma ONCHARI, Mustafa Necat COŞKUN
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:cf525bace19c4a55b199a0f0c63b13812021-11-24T09:20:37ZULUSLARARASI TİCARET AÇIKLIK VE KENYA'DA İŞSİZLİK İLE YOKSULLUK ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ2148-416310.9761/JASSS7974https://doaj.org/article/cf525bace19c4a55b199a0f0c63b13812019-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jasstudies.com/index.jsp?mod=tammetin&makaleadi=2077693353_34-Douglas%20Getuma%20Onchari.pdf&key=29045https://doaj.org/toc/2148-4163The purpose of research paper was to find out how international trade openness affects the rate of unemployment and poverty in Kenya for the periods of 1990-2017. Most trade economists believe that an increase in trade openness leads to economic growth of a country. This in turn leads to an increase in employment opportunities and reduction of poverty levels. However this has not been the case in Kenya. Over the last few decades there has been an increase in foreign trade activities in Kenya but yet the rate of unemployment and poverty has remained relatively high. This research therefore tried to examine the extent to which international trade openness and foreign direct investment has contributed to Kenyans’ poverty and unemployment. The results from the analysis showed that international trade openness and FDI do not have any long term effect on unemployment but they have they do have a long term causation on poverty. The study suggests how the government can influence trade openness and FDI in order to have maximum benefit in terms of poverty reduction and creation of job opportunities in Kenya.Douglas Getuma ONCHARIMustafa Necat COŞKUNFırat Universityarticleinternational tradetrade opennessforeign direct investmentunemployment and povertySocial SciencesHSocial sciences (General)H1-99DEENFRTRJournal of Academic Social Science Studies , Vol 12, Iss 77, Pp 521-534 (2019)
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topic international trade
trade openness
foreign direct investment
unemployment and poverty
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Social sciences (General)
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spellingShingle international trade
trade openness
foreign direct investment
unemployment and poverty
Social Sciences
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Social sciences (General)
H1-99
Douglas Getuma ONCHARI
Mustafa Necat COŞKUN
ULUSLARARASI TİCARET AÇIKLIK VE KENYA'DA İŞSİZLİK İLE YOKSULLUK ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ
description The purpose of research paper was to find out how international trade openness affects the rate of unemployment and poverty in Kenya for the periods of 1990-2017. Most trade economists believe that an increase in trade openness leads to economic growth of a country. This in turn leads to an increase in employment opportunities and reduction of poverty levels. However this has not been the case in Kenya. Over the last few decades there has been an increase in foreign trade activities in Kenya but yet the rate of unemployment and poverty has remained relatively high. This research therefore tried to examine the extent to which international trade openness and foreign direct investment has contributed to Kenyans’ poverty and unemployment. The results from the analysis showed that international trade openness and FDI do not have any long term effect on unemployment but they have they do have a long term causation on poverty. The study suggests how the government can influence trade openness and FDI in order to have maximum benefit in terms of poverty reduction and creation of job opportunities in Kenya.
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author Douglas Getuma ONCHARI
Mustafa Necat COŞKUN
author_facet Douglas Getuma ONCHARI
Mustafa Necat COŞKUN
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title ULUSLARARASI TİCARET AÇIKLIK VE KENYA'DA İŞSİZLİK İLE YOKSULLUK ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ
title_short ULUSLARARASI TİCARET AÇIKLIK VE KENYA'DA İŞSİZLİK İLE YOKSULLUK ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ
title_full ULUSLARARASI TİCARET AÇIKLIK VE KENYA'DA İŞSİZLİK İLE YOKSULLUK ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ
title_fullStr ULUSLARARASI TİCARET AÇIKLIK VE KENYA'DA İŞSİZLİK İLE YOKSULLUK ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ
title_full_unstemmed ULUSLARARASI TİCARET AÇIKLIK VE KENYA'DA İŞSİZLİK İLE YOKSULLUK ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ
title_sort uluslararasi ti̇caret açiklik ve kenya'da i̇şsi̇zli̇k i̇le yoksulluk üzeri̇ne etki̇si̇
publisher Fırat University
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