The economy’s heavy dependence on rain-fed agriculture and the tourism sector leaves it vulnerable to cycles of boom and bust. The agricultural sector directly and indirectly employs nearly 70 percent of the country’s 38 million people. Half of the sector’s output remains subsistence production.[45]
Poor governance and corruption have had a negative impact on growth, making it expensive to do business in Kenya. According to Transparency International, Kenya ranks poorly in the corruption perception index though there have been significant improvements in recent times.
(HIV/AIDS) continues to pose a long term risk to the economy. The Government has implemented awareness programmes to control its spread. Antiretroviral drugs are available in at government subsidized rates.
Kenya's economic policies have been subjected to persistent heavy criticism by western donors - especially when the policies do not ultimately benefit the West.[citation needed] Despite early disillusionment of western donors with the government, the economy has seen a broad-based expansion, led by strong performance in tourism and telecommunications, and acceptable post-drought results in agriculture, especially the vital tea sector.[45] Kenya's economy grew by more than 7% in 2007 and its foreign debt was greatly reduced.
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