Search
Searching in Kenya
Showing 371-380 of 1616 results
Pages
- Document
Socio-economic problems facing Africa: insights from six APRM country review reports
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009Analysis of the first six African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM )Country Review Reports reveals common problems in the sphere of socio-economic development, albeit to different degrees. What can we learn, and do the solutions proposed hold promise?DocumentPotential for biofuel feedstock in Kenya
World Agroforestry Centre, 2011Many developing countries, Kenya included, want to diversify their domestic energy supply hence reduce dependence on highly volatile fossil fuel prices, enhance access to energy in rural areas, promote rural development and to reduce carbon emissions.DocumentMaternal health in resource-poor urban settings: how does women's autonomy influence the utilization of obstetric care services?
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009Despite various international efforts initiated to improve maternal health, more than half a million women worldwide die each year as a result of complications arising from pregnancy and childbirth. This research was guided by the following questions: 1) How doeswomen's autonomy influence the choice of place of delivery in resource-poor urban settings?DocumentMaternal mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi city: what do we know?
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009Current estimates of maternal mortality ratios in Kenya are at least as high as 560 deaths per 100,000 live births. Given the pervasive poverty and lack of quality health services in slum areas, the maternal mortality situation in this setting can only be expected to be worse. With a functioning healthcare system, most maternal deaths are avoidable if complications are identified early.DocumentHow insecurity impacts on school attendance and school dropout among urban slum children in Nairobi
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008This paper discusses how perceptions of personal security can impact on school enrolment and attendance. It mainly focuses on threats of physical harm, crime, and community and domestic violence.DocumentThe burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: results from a Demographic Surveillance System
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008With increasing urbanisation in sub-Saharan Africa and poor economic performance, the growth of slums is unavoidable. About 71% of urban residents in Kenya live in slums. Slums are characteristically unplanned, under served by social services, and their residents are largely underemployed and poor.DocumentPayments for ecosystem services schemes: project-level insights on benefits for ecosystems and the rural poor.
World Agroforestry Centre, 2013Payments for ecosystem services (PES) provide a market based instrument to motivate changes in land use that degrade ecosystem services.DocumentChild growth in urban deprived settings: does household poverty status matter? At which stage of child development?
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2012This paper uses longitudinal data from two informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya to examine patterns of child growth and how these are affected by four different dimensions of poverty at the household level namely, expenditures poverty, assets poverty, food poverty, and subjective poverty.DocumentUrbanization and education in East Africa
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2012The objective of this book is to pull together contributions on how education provision is affected by the rapid urbanization and to highlight the practice and policy gaps in the education of those who live in the urban areas.DocumentResearch evidence matters: contributions of APHRC’s research to education policy analysis in Kenya and Uganda
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2012While the introduction of UPE policies has largely been regarded as successful in improving enrollment (UNESCO-UIS, 2011), implementation has been fraught with challenges, sometimes leading to erosion of confidence in both the idea of UPE and education systems.Pages