Green Initiatives and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Kenya (2014-2020)
| dc.contributor.author | Kimondiu Peter M | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-13T06:26:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-13T06:26:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The changing global demographics place varying demands on food, water, energy, services etc. This creates corresponding pressures in complying with the environmental norms for sustainable development and attaining performance targets with the ever finite resources. Although this is cross cutting, developing countries are the most affected requiring a radical shift to attain growth and development. It is against this backdrop for utilisation of environmental resources that pursuit for green economy initiatives for sustainable future has been embraced. For this reason, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) launched the Green Economy Initiative in 2008. Green initiative introduces a new approach to economic growth putting human beings at the core of development. Developing countries have embraced green initiatives for sustainable development but with ranging impacts and challenges realised. Kenya, has integrated green initiatives into her development agenda, Vision 2030. The question remains how far Kenya has been able to achieve sustainable development through green initiatives. This study therefore sought to investigate the extent to which green initiatives have contributed to sustainable development in Kenya. The study examines specifically, how green initiatives relate to sustainable development in developing countries. It also analysed the roles institutional frameworks play in implementation of the green economy strategies in Kenya. It then determined the challenges and opportunities that exist as Kenya seeks to implement green initiatives for sustainable development. The study adopted Green Economy Theory and Neo-liberalism Theory. It adopted case study research design with Kenya as the focus. This study targeted 12 administrators and policy makers of institutions tasked with responding to climate change and green economy initiatives. This study utilised both primary and secondary data collection approaches. The instruments used in the field survey included key informant interviews and questionnaires. Data was analysed numerically and non-numerically in every classification where non-numerical data was analysed qualitatively, while obtained numerical data was subjected to quantitative analysis. Kenya has continued to demonstrate its commitment on achieving green economy through developing, adoption and implementing policies. With specialised policies for implementing green economies, Kenya has demonstrated its commitment to green initiatives as a means of achieving the global agenda on sustainable development. However, while there is significant progress, a lot still remains unachieved. The study concludes that there are indications of wide acceptance and adoption of green initiatives to achieve sustainable development. However, while some developing countries have committed to improving social, economic and environmental status in line with SDGs, there are limitations to reducing the achievement of sustainable development. The study recommends that developing countries, Kenya inclusive should focus on monitoring and evaluation frameworks that support the identification of well elaborated findings limiting effective adoption and implementation of green initiatives. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.ndu.ac.ke/handle/123456789/71 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | NDU-K | |
| dc.title | Green Initiatives and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Kenya (2014-2020) | |
| dc.type | Thesis |