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    Why has Mombasa failed to achieve?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Considering its advantages – a well-endowed hinterland, East Africa’s best natural harbour, multiple tourist attractions and a variety of international and national transport links  – Kenya’s second city should be prosperous. Why has it not realised its potential for trade or industrial development?
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    Key readings on inequality in Kenya: sectoral dynamics and perspectives

    Society for International Development, 2006
    Around the globe, inequality poses a key challenge for development. This chapter introduces a book that examines issues of inequalities in Kenya. To tackle the problems of inequality, authors contend that Kenya will need to clearly define, articulate and adopt a philosophy that informs its development theory and strategy.
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    Exports are key to raising incomes in Ghana and Tanzania

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Donors and policymakers have placed poverty reduction at the top of their agenda. Raising the incomes of people in poor countries will be essential. What causes incomes to rise? What policies are needed to promote better paying jobs in sub-Saharan Africa?
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    Empirical forecasting of slow-onset disasters for improved emergency response: an application to Kenya’s arid north

    Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Cornell University, 2006
    This paper sets out to develop an empirical forecasting model that can predict, with reasonable accuracy, the expected welfare impact of impending drought. This work is based on a set of regularly measured variables from communities in Kenya’s Arid North.
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    Trends in poverty and inequality in seven African countries

    Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2007
    Conventional approaches to measuring poverty and inequality that use money-metric data overlook social aspects of poverty. This paper uses the multidimensional, asset index, approach to analyse trends in poverty and inequality in seven African countries including Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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    Unjust waters: climate change, flooding and the protection of poor urban communities: experiences from six African cities

    ActionAid International, 2007
    Six years ago, at the UN Millennium Summit, world leaders set a specific target for realising the right to adequate housing and ‘continuous improvement of living conditions’. However, in Africa climate change is already threatening that goal, causing massive rural-urban migration and bringing chronic flooding to the cities.
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    Women and food crises: how US food aid policies can better support their struggles

    ActionAid International, 2007
    Women are often at the centre of food crises and are disproportionately affected by hunger, yet their central role in providing solutions is often overlooked. This discussion paper lays out some of the key issues in modern food crises, discusses the role of food aid in addressing them and explores opportunities for engaging women more actively in food aid policy.
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    The decline in public spending to agriculture: does it matter?

    Oxford Policy Management, 2007
    Public spending on agriculture is now recognised to be an important means of promoting economic growth and alleviating poverty in rural areas. However, this paper reveals that agricultural spending is not being prioritised within current budgets and, in many cases, is actually falling.
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    Habitat Debate Vol 13, No. 1: financing for the urban poor

    United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2007
    In Africa, Asia and Latin America the demand for shelter and basic services far outstrips supply, particularly in urban slums.
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    Privatisation model for water enterprise in Kenya

    Institute of World Affairs ,, 2006
    The world over, the role and eligibility of the state in the provision of water supply is increasingly coming into question. Policy makers and analysts are advocating the abdication of the state in favour of private participation. Kenya is one of the developing countries that have endeavoured to privatise their water sectors.

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