The book is written in simple language to be easily understood with technical terms well defined. It analyses the status of the Kenyan economy in the period 1970-2007, and proposes a number of policies that can be used to address the economic problem of low private investment and high level of poverty. Policy makers, researchers and international financial bodies, like World Bank, will find the book very useful in identifying areas to fund in order to increase private investment and hence alleviate high levels of poverty in developing countries.