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    The team Kenya: final evaluation report

    2012
    This evaluation report shares findings of an assessment conducted to evaluate The Team Kenya, a television and radio serial drama designed to promote cooperative solutions and engagement across ethnic and political divides to build democracy in Kenya.
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    Harnessing geothermal energy: the case of Kenya

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013
    Kenya’s heavy reliance on hydroelectricity production has made the country vulnerable to climate change impacts, such as drought and erratic rainfall patterns.
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    African Media Barometer (Kenya 2012)

    fesmedia Africa, 2012
    The African Media Barometer (AMB) is an in-depth and comprehensive description and measurement system for national media environments on the African continent. This report focuses on the media landscape in Kenya in 2012.
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    Conflict resolution among pastoral communities in West Pokot County, Kenya: a missing link

    SAVAP International, 2012
    Conflicts over control of and access to natural resources are common among pastoral communities living in arid and semi-arid environments of Kenya. This study investigates conflicts and conflict resolution strategies in West Pokot County, Kenya.
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    Mediating voices and communicating realities: Using information crowdsourcing tools, open data initiatives and digital media to support and protect the vulnerable and marginalised

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012
    To what extent can innovative technologies for advocacy and collective action, such as Ushahidi and OpenStreetMap, support poor and marginalised communities to improve their lives and livelihoods? This report examines initiatives which use tools such as open source mapping to create new collectively generated and shared information resources (information commons).
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    City resilience in Africa: a ten essentials pilot

    International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2012
    This study reports on a month-long pilot project conducted in three east African cities (Narok and Kisumu in Kenya, and Moshi in Tanzania) to assess resilience and disaster risk reduction (DRR). The pilot is modelled on the ‘ten essentials’ framework, a check-list of priorities and capabilities necessary for DRR.
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    Local perceptions and responses to climate change and variability: the case of Laikipia district, Kenya

    Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2012
    This empirical analysis of smallholders' perceptions of, and adaptation to, climate change demonstrates the value and importance of local knowledge in the Laikipia district, Kenya. The paper recognises that agricultural policies are presently short of mechanisms to promote farmers' adaptation, and that this has hindered agricultural production.
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    Translating famine early warning into early action: an east Africa case study

    Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2012
    This paper considers the political contexts in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, how these affected the response to the 2011 Horn of Africa emergency, and the implications for future response. Although the Horn of Africa is often seen as a security-challenged region, for good reason, the level of insecurity varies significantly between and within countries.
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    Gender: A key dimension linking agricultural programs to improved nutrition and health

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012
    Empirical evidence shows that increasing women’s control over land, physical assets, and financial assets serves to raise agricultural productivity, improve child health and nutrition, and increase expenditures on education, as women are more likely than men to spend income on food, healthcare and the education of their children.
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    Gender: A key dimension linking agricultural programs to improved nutrition and health

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012
    Empirical evidence shows that increasing women’s control over land, physical assets, and financial assets serves to raise agricultural productivity, improve child health and nutrition, and increase expenditures on education, as women are more likely than men to spend income on food, healthcare and the education of their children.

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