Kenya and Governance
- Capital:
Nairobi - Population:
40046566 - Size:
582650.0 Km2
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- The BLDS governance collection
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Search for the latest governance-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Decentralisation and poverty reduction: the reality in Africa
- Richard C. Crook / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Although decentralisation is often heralded as a means to promote democracy and poverty reduction, there is little reliable evidence to prove these claims. In fact, ruling parties and ethnic elites in Africa have used decentralisation...
- Self-regulation alone is inadequate to secure corporate social accountability
- Christian Aid, 2004
- This report examines case studies of Shell in Nigeria, British American Tobacco in Kenya and Coca-cola in India, and argues that the corporate world’s commitments to responsible behaviour are not borne out in practice. It argues ...
- Reforming the IMF to serve poverty-reduction
- K. Watkins / Oxfam, 1999
- Prepared as part of Oxfam International's Education Now campaign, this briefing paper evaluates the International Monetary Fund (IMF), offering information, statistics, case studies and recommendations for change. Using East Asia as a...
- Corporate accountability in the Kenyan mining industry
- E.V. Ojiambo / Participation Group, IDS, 2002
- This paper argues that transnational corporation ventures ought to factor in and mainstream accountability at the early stages of a project, implying that corporate accountability is a process to be nurtured over time. It also outline...
- What measures should be taken to set an effective public procurement system in East Africa?
- W. Odhiambo; P. Kamau / OECD Development Centre, 2003
- This paper presents a comparative analysis of the public procurement system in three East African countries: Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. It argues that although in response to both domestic and international pressures these countries ...
- Getting rights right: Is access to justice as important as access to health or education?
- Michael Anderson / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- A core government function is to provide an effective system of justice for its citizens. Yet many governments fail to deliver on the basic services of protecting physical safety, securing personal property and settling disputes quick...
- A rights-based approach to pastoral development: lessons from Kenya
- Isobel Birch; Halima A. O. Shuria / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Myths about the life style of pastoralists have long bedeviled development projects designed to meet their needs. Does the aid community understand the increasing vulnerability of pastoral people to the effects of drought and conflict...
- Decentralisation: not necessarily always a good thing?
- Richard C. Crook; Alan Sturla Sverrisson / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Decentralisation is in vogue and not just in multi-party democracies. Military dictatorships, one-party states and even authoritarian monarchies have signed up. Amidst this enthusiasm, is there empirical evidence that decentralised re...
- Benefits of community-based animal health workers over veterinarians in Kenya
- L.G. Mugunieri; J.M. Omiti; P. Irungu / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
- This paper reports on the success of a project designed to introduce community-based animal health workers (CBAHWs) to deliver livestock health services in marginal areas. This initiative has involved training community-selected repre...
- Comparing the economic sustainability of animal health services in Kenya
- F.O. Okiwiri; J.K. Kajume; R. K. Odondi / Institutional and Policy Support Team, AU, 2001
- Community based animal health worker (CADW) programmes currently operating in Kenya are heavily subsidised by NGOs and bilateral donors and as such their long term sustainability is in question. Various models for the delivery of CAHW servi...
- Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies (CHRIPS)
- CHRIPS is an international institution, principally working in Africa, and committed to the generation and dissemination of policy-relevant knowledge and to the development of innovative public policy solutions that also promote human rights and social justice.
- Gender Governance Programme, Kenya
- The overall goal of the GGP is to transform leadership and governance at all levels in Kenya in order to deliver on poverty reduction, access to basic needs and equality between and among persons. The Gender and Governance Programme is in its third phase, and it is a multi-stakeholder programme formulated to deepen the gains of the Engendering Political Process Programme (EPPP) in ensur...
- Kenya Community Support Center (KECOSCE)
- The Kenya Community Support Center (KECOSCE) was founded in 2006 and has been working in the coastal region of Kenya. It was established to address democratic governance, socio?economic and youth concerns with a focus on the coast of Kenya.
- African Parliamentarians' Network Against Corruption (APNAC)
- Fighting corruption in sub-Saharan Africa
- Transparency International Kenya
- Transparency International Kenya is a non governmental organisation dedicated to increasing government accountability and curbing both international and national corruption
