This paper aims to balance the presentation of empirical evidence from Kenya with a review of international experience. It attempts to explore how trade policy change affects poor people and the types of complementary measures necessary if trade policy change is to stimulate a positive supply response, increase trade flows, generate broadly based and labour intensive growth and benefit consumers.

Kate Bird, Ngoc Nguyen, the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) and the Institute of Development Studies, (IDS, University of Nairobi)