Institute for Development Studies (IDS): Recent submissions
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Decentralized Service Delivery in Nairobi and Mombasa: Policies, politics and inter-governmental relations
(2012)In many African countries, decentralization has long been viewed as a means for improving local service delivery. Yet, despite various decentralization initiatives, poor service delivery continues to be problematic in two ... -
Mainstreaming Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) in police and planning in Nairobi: iInstitutional issues and challenges
(2012-07)Non Motorized Transport (NMT) is a dominant mode of transport in African cities, and there are a number of institutional issues and challenges that confront African governments in mainstreaming the mode into the overall ... -
Street trade in Kenya the contribution of research in policy dialogue and response
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 2003)This paper shares an experience of street traders engagement in poli cy dialogue that arose out of a collaborative research process that began in 1999 1 . The research involved gathering information and processing it ... -
Street Vending In African Cities: A Synthesis Of Empirical Finding From Kenya, Cote D'ivoire, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Uganda And South Africa
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 2003)This report is a synthesis of six case studies on street vendi ng in Africa. The case studies re drawn from Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Gh ana, Cote D'Ivoire and South Africa. The synthesis of the case studies arose ... -
Kenyan Exports of Nile Perch: The Impact of Food Safety Standards on an Export-Oriented Supply Chain
(Institute for Development studies University of Nairobi, 2004)Over the past decade, exports of fish and fisher y products from developing countries have increased rapidly. However, one of the major challenges fa cing developing countries in seeking to maintain and expand their share ... -
Factor intensity in Kenya's industrial sector: an input ration analysis
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1974)Three approaches - value added approach, capital consumption approach, capital cost approach - are utilised to assess the relative factor intensities in small and large firms in Kenya. We conclude that small scale firms ... -
Survey of public water use and sanitation education in seven towns of Mount Kenya region. The project was contracted to Billtech Environmental Consultants by JICA
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How To Collaborate Associations And Other Community Based •• Organisations Among Kenyan Micro And Sr.rall-scale Entrepreneurs
(22-06-13)To survive in business today, micro and small enterprise (MSE) operators need not only to strengthen their own entrepreneurial skills, but also to lobby for a more friendly business environment. Most find it difficult to ... -
Drivers And Maintainers Of Poverty In Kenya: A Research Agenda
(University of NairobiNg'ethe Njuguna, Omosa Mary;Drivers And Maintainers Of Poverty In Kenya: A Research Agenda;Institute for Development Studies,University of Nairobi, 2003) -
Rights-based approaches and beyond: challenges of linking rights and participation
(University of NairobiInstitute of Development Studies, 2004-11)As more and more development and human rights organisations critically assess their impact and strategies, there is growing convergence in the questions they raise about how to be most effective in addressing structural, ... -
The structural adjustment of structural adjustment: sub-Saharan Africa 1980-1993
(University of NairobiInstitute of Development Studies, 1994-07) -
Policies, regulations and organisational capacity of women street vendors in Kenya : Proceedings of the national workshop held at Milimani hotel, Nairobi, Kenya march 23rd, 2000
(University of NairobiInstitute of Development Studies, 2000-07) -
Who participates? Civil society and the new democratic politics in Sao Paulo, Brazil
(University of NairobiInstitute of Development Studies, 2003-09)This paper explores the participation of collective civil society actors in institutional spaces for direct citizen participation in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The data was produced by a unique survey of civil society ... -
Complying with Business Regulation in Kenya ; A Benchmark Study of the Trade Licensing and Registration of Business Names Acts, 1997-98
(University of NairobiInstitute of Development Studies, 1999-03)The Government of Kenya (GoK) has recognised a need to remove or reduce unnecessary regulatory barriers affecting Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs) since there are a number of restrictive regulations that affect their ... -
Informal and formal credit in rural Kenya : A Case of Western Kenya Grassroots Borrowing and Lending in an Institutional Development Perspective
(University of Nairobi,Institute of Development Studies, 1992-07) -
The role of the informal sector in the development of small and intermediate-sized cities
(University of NairobiInstitute of Development Studies, 1984) -
In search of NGOs: towards a funding strategy to create NGO research capacity
(University of Nairobi,Institute of Development Studies, 1989) -
Chronic Poverty Research Centre (K)
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Food Security Trends: A Situational Analysis of Food Supply Differentials in Rural Kenya
(22-06-13)This paper looks at food security trends at three different levels; national, district and household. The paper aims to go beyond the conventionalist view of food security by focusing on the dynamics that characterise the ... -
How to collaborate : Associations and Other Community Based Organisations among Kenyan Micro and Sr.rall-scale Entrepreneurs
(22-06-13)Introduction:To survive in business today, micro and small enterprise (MSE) operators need not only to strengthen their own entrepreneurial skills, but also to lobby for a more friendly business environment. Most find it ...