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  Childhood overweight and obesity among Kenyan pre-school children: association with maternal and early child nutritional factors

  Cambridge University, 2009

  This study aimed to report on the prevalence of overweight and obesity among pre-school children in Kenya and examine the associations between childhood overweight and selected maternal and child-related factors.
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  Population dynamics, climate change,and sustainable development in Africa

  Population Action International, 2012

  Population is growing more rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) than other regions of the world. Rapid population growth and climate change are speeding up the region’s environmental degradation. This makes people more vulnerable to climate change impacts and undermines sustainable development on the continent.
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  Climate & environment assessment: Business case for the trade and global value chains initiative

  Evidence on Demand, 2013

  Evidence on Demand carried out a climate and environment assessment – on behalf of DFID – as part of the business case for the Trade and Global Value Chains Initiative.
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  Measuring, reporting and verifying nationally appropriate mitigation action: reflecting experiences under the Mitigation Momentum Project

  Mitigation Momentum, 2013

  The objective of this Mitigation Momentum Project paper is to identify open issues for the measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) pertaining to key dimensions of MRV, as recognised by MRV literature and UNFCCC texts, namely: transparency, robustness and feasibility and cost-effectiveness.
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  Analytical frameworks for assessing ICT and agribusiness startup ecosystems: for application in Ghana and Kenya

  Economic and Private Sector PEAKS, 2013

  DFID is exploring the analytical frameworks used to assess the support market system for startup businesses in the ICT and agribusiness sectors. The review of analytical frameworks will help inform a Terms of Reference (ToR) for carrying out startup ecosystem assessments in Ghana and Kenya.
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  Forward looking review of the regional strategy on scaling up access to modern energy services in the East African Community: final report

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2013

  The East African Countries (EAC) Secretariat’s Energy Division supports regional knowledge coordination and has become a common forum for exchange of best practices and discussions on joint development, and improved regionalisation.
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  ‘Gaafa dhaabaa - the period of stop’: Narrating impacts of shifta insurgency on pastoral economy in northern Kenya, c. 1963 to 2007

  2013

  In northern Kenya, there have been limited discussions on the impacts of the 1960 to 1968 insurgency wars and subsequent banditry on the long-term impacts of the pastoral economy. This is despite the societies’ vivid memories of the effects of these wars, from which research would gain a long-term outlook about consequences on rural economies.
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  Organizational and institutional issues in climate change adaptation and risk management

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2013

  The International Food Policy Research Institute has conducted this study to explore the challenges and opportunities climate change adaptation provides to institutional, organisational and human-capacity strengthening. The report seeks to provide insight and reflection on the issues faced by organisations involved in climate change adaptation in Kenya, Bangladesh, Mali, and Ethiopia.
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  China and south-south scoping assessment for adaptation, learning and development

  Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2013

  This report, produced by Adapting to Climate Change in China amongst others, identifies key opportunities and avenues for South-South learning and cooperation to address climate change, is a critical tool for international development organisations, national governments and policy-makers.
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  Unlocking the power of local knowledge: a novel framework to cost community-based adaptation to climate change

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012

  Current approaches to identify the costs and benefits of adaptation are primarily quantitative, using top-down methodologies that may grossly underestimate the true costs. This policy brief argues that global policies require credible evidence from the local level.

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