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A role for innovation prizes to support adaptation to climate change?
Ideas to Impact, 2015The aim of this paper is to examine the role of innovation prizes in supporting adaptation to climate change in the context of development, in view of two parallel trends: First, a growing interest in applying innovation prizes to international development, and second, the increasing focus on ensuring that adaptation funding and implementation are achieving the goals of supporting the poorest aDocumentMaking youth employment policies work
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2015Government policy and public investment in Kenya has focused disproportionately on formal private sector development and on education that is geared to urban wage employment as a solution to youth unemployment. A closer look at the figures, however, reveals that underemployment, especially in rural areas, is the greater challenge.DocumentThe Middle Classes of India, Kenya and South Africa
Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014This report on the middle class is the outcome of a fruitful collaboration between three leading think tanks from emerging democracies. They are:DocumentMen, masculinity, and community development in Kenyan slums
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2014The field of men’s studies has been remarkably productive in generating new conversations and insights in relation to community development. But the bulk of existing research has ignored men’s direct views of manliness in relation to community development.DocumentMaternal health care utilization in Nairobi and Ouagadougou: Evidence from HDSS
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2014Maternal mortality is higher and skilled attendance at delivery is lower in the slums of Nairobi (Kenya) compared to Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). Lower numbers of public health facilities, greater distance to facilities, and higher costs of maternal health services in Nairobi could explain these differences.DocumentUnintended pregnancies among young women living in urban slums: Evidence from a prospective study in Nairobi city, Kenya
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2014Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest level of adolescent fertility in the world, which significantly contributes to the region’s lifetime average of 5.1 births per woman. Though childbearing is a natural part of the transition to adulthood, evidence shows that a significant portion of adolescent fertility is unintended–either unwanted or mistimed–across countries in SSA.DocumentDoes the urban disadvantage still hold? Have the lives of Nairobi’s urban poor improved?
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2014The Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey of 2000 brought to light for the very first time, the plight of slum residents highlighting: their limited access to education, health care, reproductive health and family planning services; the debilitating environment including inadequate access to water and sanitation, poor housing conditions and poor livelihood opportunities.DocumentA Political Economy of Slum Spaces: Mathare Valley
Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014This paper studies the spatial characteristics of slums, seeking to explain why rulers tend to neglect the welfare of their dwellers. While located close to the centers of power, their high population density implies that they cover small space and are easy to cordon off in case of danger.DocumentHousehold registration and targeting in the Hunger Safety Net Programme 2
Evidence on Demand, 2013The four counties of Turkana, Marsabit, Mandera and Wajir were chosen for the Hunger Safety Net Program (HSNP) because they had the highest poverty and extreme poverty rates measured in Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS) 2005-06. This report outlines the rationale behind the targeting approach for the Kenya Hunger Safety Net Programme.