The World Bank on Thursday urged Kenya to implement pro-poor policies in order to accelerate poverty reduction.
Camille Nuamah, operations manager at the World Bank Kenya, told a forum in Nairobi that Nairobi has in the recent past recorded strong progress towards eliminating extreme poverty but the rate remains high as compared to the standards of a low and middle-income country.
“All policies that are in support of economic growth and development should be both pro-poor and fully inclusive,” Nuamah said during the launch of a report, which was dubbed Inclusion Matters in Africa Report published by the World Bank.
Nuamah noted that the decline in the poverty rate in Kenya has been much slower than other sub-Saharan Africa nations.
According to the World Bank official, all African traditions are based on a belief that everyone in society matters to foster social inclusion. Enditem
