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Markets are often incomplete. As a result, viable opportunities to connect producers and consumers are lost. Information is at the heart of this market failure. A major reason for low levels of international, inter and intra county trade is the Information asymmetry that characterises all forms of trade in Kenya. Lack of reliable transport and communication infrastructure as well as under-developed legal and regulatory framework is one of the causes of this imbalance and gives rise to constraints that militate against the growth of trade. Holders of information about opportunities in the trading system can extract value from less well-informed players. The result is increasing wealth and income inequality as well as stagnation or decline of important sectors of the economy that are potential drivers of trade like manufacturing and agriculture.

The constraints to trade that arise out of information asymmetry fall into three broad categories which are access to markets, logistics and liquidity. These challenges affect all the players on trade value chains to varying degrees. Primary players on the trade value chain include primary producers, processors and aggregators, retailers and consumers. To achieve the project’s objective, the trade system must evolve in a way that it allocates value to trading partners in line with the value they have added within the system by breaking down information asymmetries. With a fairer allocation of value, trading partners will be more likely to have sustainable enterprises able to contribute to inclusive growth. The trade project is made up of five components: trade facilitation platform solutions, financial solutions for facilitating trade, inclusion of more women and youth in trade, inclusive export promotion solutions and Blue economy (LREB aquaculture value chains.

REQUIREMENTS 
Mandatory requirements 

• Previous performance reviews of private sector development programmes 
• 7 years of consistent work in African financial markets, development economics, agricultural economics, inclusive development, trade and market development and/or other relevant and allied areas 
• Demonstrable experience in conducting studies and assessments 
• 7 years assessing development programmes that use the making markets work for the poor (M4P) approach