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The unrest among Generation Z reveals how inadequate communication and a lack of understanding about the reforms can lead to widespread resistance and undermine policy objectives, IMF insiders said. [File, Standard]
Recent protests in Kenya led by Generation Z against an International Monetary Fund-backed Finance Bill, 2024 have prompted a significant reassessment of the conditionalities imposed by one of the oldest Bretton Woods institutions.
As discontent swelled among young Kenyans regarding the perceived inequities of the proposed reforms, IMF insiders miles away in Washington DC felt that better communication from Kenyan policymakers would have mitigated the unrest and avoided loss of life.
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