El pensamiento económico detrás de las prácticas y políticas comerciales en Kenia

• Socrates Kraido Majune ^[1] ; Davis Kimuli Mwania ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Nairobi

     University of Nairobi

     Kenia

     
• Localización: Estudios Económicos, ISSN 0425-368X, ISSN-e 2525-1295, Vol. 38, Nº. 77, 2021, págs. 187-205
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.52292/j.estudecon.2021.2256
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  • Este estudio explica los regímenes comerciales en Kenia desde una perspectiva de la Historia del Pensamiento Económico (HPE) utilizando fuentes secundarias de información (libros, artículos y manuscritos originales). Se concluye que durante la era precolonial (antes de 1895) sobre la base de la conjunción de las doctrinas clásicas y el mercantilismo, se practicaba el comercio a distancia y el trueque entre comunidades. No obstante, algunas comunidades restringieron el comercio. Durante el periodo colonial (1895-1962), fundado en el pensamiento económico clásico, se exportaban productos agrícolas y se importaban consumibles menos costosos. El período poscolonial comenzó con un enfoque mercantilista (sustitución de importaciones), pero los sucesivos regímenes han promovido las doctrinas clásicas del comercio reduciendo las barreras a la importación y exportación e instaurando políticas de promoción comercial. Este régimen también promovió el comercio de servicios, que es una temática de interés actual en el comercio internacional.

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