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
- Reaping the benefits from biotechnology in the banana production arena
- W. Wambugu; M. Karembu; M. Njuguna; S. Wakhusama Wanyangu / Global Development Network, 2000
- This project was conceived in response to the rapid decline in banana production experienced over the last two decades, which was brought about by the infestation of Panama diseases, sigatoka, weevils/nematode complexes and environmen...
- Kenya's PRSP is not a strategy for poverty reduction
- A. Pettifor / Jubilee Research, 2001
- This article attempts to show that in Kenya the IMF’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRSP) is less a strategy for poverty reduction and civil society participation; more a strategy for providing security and guarantees for foreign i...
- Donors should be more discriminating when deciding which African countries will benefit from aid
- World Bank, 2001
- This article explores comparatively, the effect and effectiveness of aid in different African countries (10 case studies). More specifically the article investigates the following questions: are there common char...
- Determinants of educational achievement and attainment in Africa: findings from nine case studies
- R.G. Ridker / Africa Bureau Information Center, USAID, 1997
- This paper presents an overview and discussion of nine studies that attempt to explain educational achievement, attainment, and participation in different African countries. Available information on school, household, child, and commu...
- Submission to the World Bank by the Kenyan Government outlining plans for poverty relief
- Poverty Reduction Strategies and PRSPs, PovertyNet, World Bank, 2000
- The strategy states that the primary development goal for Kenya is to achieve a broad-based, sustainable improvement in the standards of welfare of all Kenyans. The paper stresses the role not only of Government but of the the private...
- A new approach to addressing Kenya's problems
- Institute of Economic Affairs, Kenya, 2000
- Results of a participatory project using scenario methodology to reflect on possible futures for Kenya. The project analysed Kenya's current social, political and economic crises and identified four possible scenarios for the next twe...
- What aspects of state formation and international structure can explain conflict in the Horn of Africa?
- M.D. McGinnis / Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, 1999
- This paper begins with an introduction of a synthesis and analysis of the complex patterns of international wars and internal conflicts in the Horn of Africa over the past four decades. The paper then discusses the relevant aspects of...
- Aid and Reform in Africa
- S Devarajan; D. Dollar; T. Holmgren / Aid Effectiveness Research, World Bank, 1999
- Since the early 1980s, virtually every African country has received large amounts of aid aimed at stimulating policy reform. The results have varied enormously. Ghana and Uganda were successful reformers that grew rapidly and reduced ...
- Regulation or Revenue?: Implementing Local Government Business License Reform in Kenya
- R. Kelly; N. Devas / Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge Mass., 1999
- Local governments in most countries license businesses operating in their jurisdictions, whether for regulatory purposes or to generate revenue or both. These two objectives often conflict. Much regulatory activity by local government...
- Struggles of Access to land. The 'Squatter Question' in Coastal Kenya
- K. Kanyinga / Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998
- In Kenya and the sub-Saharan Africa generally, there have been little systematic discussions on the post-colonial struggles over control and ownership of land. Studies ignore that the "land question" is not about production alone and ...
- 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
