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The law-growth nexus - Phase III: Labour law and the enabling business environment for MSMEs in Kenya - Midterm Evaluation

eval_number:

2358

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2358

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Organizational coordination

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

Tripartite partners, project management

challenges:

The challenge is that the direct link between the project and other emerging institutions may not be very visible. This is for example the case of the NTSA in the transport sector. Deliberate efforts would need to be made to appraise the relevant parties on the linkage and why it matters to partner. Further resources required for such collaboration may not have been factored into the project, which calls for creativity when seeking such collaboration to ensure their cost effectiveness.

success:

Meaningful collaborations add value to the project interventions and lead to more visible impact. The NTSA was for example reported to be carrying out an audit on compliance. It would have been useful to have closer coordination with the project to ensure aspect related to the project were adequately incorporated into the audit.

context:

The interventions supported by this project touched on the activities of very many other actors outside the immediate project stakeholders. For example the simple support towards respect for labour laws that project sought to deliver, went beyond the employers and workers into other interested parties. As such the project needs to have mechanisms to ensure meaningful collaboration with other emerging parties. Some, for example the NTSA in the case of the transport sector may emerge to be so instrumental to be overlooked.

description:

Different sectors are closely interconnected which requires closer collaboration; The lesson here was that many things work in a web like system which connects different components. This was for example very evident in the transport sector though it was also visible in the private securities sector. The push for compliance touched on so many other actors and not just the sector stakeholders. The department of cooperatives was for example at the center of the interventions supporting the SACCO approach, MSEA was also in the middle of the interventions with support for business development in the sector. The NHIF and NSSF were brought on board following the integration of labour laws into the traffic act. These, particularly, NHIF was widely reported to have attracted the participation of women in to the transport sector, given that it offers health insurance for them and their children. The same was reported to be happening in the private securities sector. Things work best when each part of the system is capacitated and allowed to perform its role.

administrative_issues:

Project designs need to allow for quicker activation of partnerships with other stakeholders not previously anticipated, but whose role turns out to be significant to the achievement of the project objectives.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/198879

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location:

country:

Africa - regional

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

The law-growth nexus - Phase III: Labour law and the enabling business environment for MSMEs in Kenya - Midterm Evaluation