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dc.creatorOnjala, Joseph
dc.date2011-08-04T13:04:30Z
dc.date2011-08-04T13:04:30Z
dc.date2002
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-04T16:30:02Z
dc.date.available2013-01-04T16:30:02Z
dc.date.issued04-01-13
dc.identifierOnjala, Joseph (2002), Firm compliance to regulatory enforcement of industrial wastewater standards in Kenya, Working paper no. 537, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
dc.identifierhttp://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/1058
dc.identifier323101
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11295/7498
dc.descriptionRegulatory enforcement and industrial non-compliance are very familiar issues in environmental protectlon and water resource management. Current thinking recognizes the insufficiency of the traditional regulatory enforcement structures that are based orthodox deterrence theory. There are, therefore increasing shlfts among some industrialized countrles towards "new regulatory reglmes" that focus on management styles, and forms of selfregulation, based on innovatlve and incentive devlce. However, the orthodox instruments remain the principie means for regulatory enforcement among many developing countries. Our goal in this paper ¡s to examine the effects of these (traditional) regulatory enforcement instruments on firm' compliance to wastewater standards in Kenya. We (i) examine the state of wastewater regulatory compliance and infractlons; (ii) construct and estímate a model of enforcement incidence based on monitorlng, inspections, warning letters, and court prosecutions; and (iii) discuss the linkages in the enforcement framework, and behaviour of firms). We use primary and secondary data from 53 industrial plants across 5 urban areas. The results of our model help us to identify flaws In the existing regulatory and enforcement "reglme".
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInstitute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
dc.relationWorking papers;537
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.rightsInstitute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
dc.subjectIndustrial Development
dc.subjectEnvironment
dc.titleFirm compliance to regulatory enforcement of industrial wastewater standards in Kenya
dc.typeSeries paper (non-IDS)


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