Public Policy Analysis and Government Spending in Kenya
- Country : Kenya
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Keywords : Public policy, Government spending, Policy structuring, Type III error.
Abstract
Spending by governments more so in developing countries is inevitable because of the need to finance the many activities of government that are put on the pipeline every financial year. Appropriate public policies are required to ensure that there is a government plan to chart the way forward in terms of how her resources are going to be utilized to benefit its citizens. While not downplaying the many demands of government monies and which is not even enough to finance all its activities having a spending plan in form of public policies is essential. This study had the objective of finding out whether public policies have any effect on government spending in Kenya. Descriptive statistics and regression model were used to analyze the data for Kenya from 2018 to 2022. The findings were that there is a positive relationship between public policy and government spending as portrayed by the percentage of 9.8% and a significant effect of public policy on government spending as 8.9% of government spending is explained by public policy. This is to say that public policy is important when charting a spending plan by government of the day to ensure transparency and accountability of public resources.
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