School of Development and Strategic Studies: Recent submissions
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Performance of women-owned enterprises in Mumias town
(Nairobi university, 2003)This study examines how socio-economic characteristics affect the performance of women owned enterprises in Mumias town. This study builds upon the premise that differences in socio- economic characteristics affects ... -
The social and economic contributions of the united nations system in kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2003)This project examines the social and economic contributions of the UN system in Kenya since independence. The focus of the study is on the agency specific contributions towards social and economic development. These ... -
Nile perch market liberalization and chronic poverty: drivers and maintainers of chronic poverty among fishing community in Suba district
(Universit of Nairobi, 2018)This study is about Nile perch market liberalization and chronic poverty among fishing community in Suba District. It identifies the socio economic characteristic of chronically poor households among Nile perch fisher ... -
Boundary establishment and its influence on pastoral resource conflict between the Pokot and Karamojong since 1902
(International Journal of Social Science and Technology, 2016)International boundaries remain finite lines of divisions by which national geopolitical space is delineated and contained. This understanding is based on territoriality and sovereignty of each state denoting what ... -
Taking stock of socio-economic challenges in the Nairobi Slums
(Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2012)Kenya s post-2007 elections violence was a landmark event in the country s political history and led to the death and displacement of over thousand people. The Nairobi slums are one area that was adversely affected by the ... -
Between the Borders and Internal Control: The Evolving Character of the Nation State in a Transnationalist Pastoralist Zone: A Case Study of the Turkana of Kenya and Karamojong …
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2019)This paper sets out to analyze the impact of nation-state modernity on the pastoral Turkana and Karamojong communities of Kenya and Uganda respectively. Focusing on two defining features of a nation-state, that is, borders ... -
COVID-19 and mobility, conflict and development in the Horn of Africa
(World Bank / Sambrian Mbaabu, 2020-06)The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 11 March 2020 and the first cases in the Horn of Africa (HoA) were confirmed later that month. However, even before the virus reached the region its wider ... -
Voting without institutionalized political parties: Primaries, manifestos and the 2007 general elections in Kenya
(Society for International Development and Institute for Development Studies-University of Nairobi, 2010)This chapter discusses the impact of institutional capacity of political parties on the organization of party primaries and formulation of manifestos for the 2007 general elections in Kenya. The discussion also assesses ... -
Electoral violence during party primaries in Kenya
(Routledge, 2018-08-08)Since the restoration of multi-party democracy in Kenya in 1991, elections have witnessed intra-party violence during the primaries for selecting parliamentary and civic seats candidates. This article addresses the question ... -
Interfacing the state and the voluntary sector for African development: Lessons from Kenya
(CODESRIA, 2006)The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of forging a complementary role between the state and the voluntary sector as an alternative framework for enhancing African development, given that none of these ... -
Some positive aspects of neo-liberalism for African development: The revival of solidarity in co-operatives
(2013-01)The history of cooperative development in Africa has left a mixed conception of these organizations. Whereas some observers regard them to be neither voluntary nor members’ organizations, but extensions of the government; ... -
Encyclopedia of the developing world
(Routledge, 2013-10-18)A RUSA 2007 Outstanding Reference Title The Encyclopedia of the Developing World is a comprehensive work on the historical and current status of developing countries. Containing more than 750 entries, the Encyclopedia ... -
Electoral violence during party primaries in Kenya
(Routledge, 2018-02-03)Since the restoration of multi-party democracy in Kenya in 1991, elections have witnessed intra-party violence during the primaries for selecting parliamentary and civic seats candidates. This article addresses the question ... -
Ethnicity and/or Issues: The 2013 General Elections in Western Kenya
(Elections Institute of South Africa, 2014)It is often assumed that Kenyans vote on the basis of ethnic identification rather than the socio-economic and political issues affecting their lives. However, experience from earlier elections shows that issues and interests ... -
Good Governance and Service Delivery: A Study of Citizen Participation in Kisumu County
(Universal Journal of Management, 2018)Citizen participation is embedded in the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and the County Governments Act of 2012. The responsibility of operationalizing and implementing these provisions lies with both levels of government. ... -
Surviving liberalization: the cooperative movement in Kenya
(2016)The Cooperative Facility for Africa (CoopAfrica) is a regional technical cooperation programme of the ILO contributing to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and the promotion of decent work in Africa ... -
Social and solidarity economy: Our common road towards decent work
(2011-10)This chapter aims to explain the meaning and nature of the social and solidarity economy (SSE). The SSE is all around us and refers to familiar realities for everyone in the world: we are all members of at least one ... -
Collective action among African smallholders: Trends and lessons for future development strategies
(Intl Food Policy Res Inst, 2014)Wanyama, Fredrick; Poulton, Colin; Markelova, Helen; Dutilly-Diane, Celine; Hendrikse, George; Bijman, Jos; Francesconi, Gian Nicola; Bernard, Tanguy; Cook, Michael; Badiane, Ousmane and Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie. 2014. ...
