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People

Population	87.89 mln
Population growth	2%
Life expectancy	72 years
Net migration	-900,000

Economy

GDP	$144.06 bln
- per capita	$1,639
- growth rate	7%
FDI, net inflows	$2.93 bln

Infrastructure

Cellphone users	59%
Internet users	6%
High-tech exports	54%

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In the shelter of each other: Notions of home and belonging amongst Somali refugees in Nairobi

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Over the past 20 years, the geopolitical landscape of Somalia has undergone multiple shifts, reflecting the complex and dynamic nature of conflict in the country. Warlordism, general anarchy, Islamic militancy, banditry, piracy, a series of foreign interventions, drought and famine have all played a major roles in creating a tragic context of ongoing insecurity and displacement. Yet durable solutions continue to remain elusive, in part because the government and international community continue more...

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D C on May 17, 2012

Using Credit to Grow Savings: Results from a Mobile Pilot in Kenya

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Can financial services be sold with minimum human contact? This report reviews Jipange KuSave (JKS), an innovative savings product delivered through the mobile channel in Kenya. The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and the Financial Sector Deepening Trust Kenya (FSD Kenya) provided a total of USD 540,000 to Mobile Ventures Kenya Limited (MVK) in November 2009 to enable MVK to pilot JKS. The report evaluates the hypothesis that financial services could be sold with little or no human more...

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D C on May 15, 2012

Measuring Water use in a Green Economy

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Water is an essential resource for virtually all aspects of human enterprise, from agriculture via urbanization to energy and industrial production. Equally, the many uses for water create pressures on the natural systems. This report analyses the different ways for quantifying and accounting for water flows and productivity within the economy (including environmental needs). Based on data from the literature, the report provides the current state of knowledge of the different indicators and more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 14, 2012

Global Burden of Disease and Economic Growth

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Relationships between health and economic prosperity or economic growth are difficult to assess. It is argued in this paper that commonly used health indicators in macroeconomic studies (e. g. life expectancy, infant mortality or prevalence rates for specific diseases such as malaria or HIV/AIDS) imperfectly represent the global health status of population. The purpose of the paper is to assess the effect of health on growth, by using a global health indicator, the so-called disability-adjusted more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 13, 2012

Rollout of voluntary medical male circumcision communication in Kenya

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From 2009 to 2011, Communication for Change (C-Change), USAID’s global project for improving the effectiveness and sustainability of communication programs, supported the rollout of the Government of Kenya’s Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) program in Nyanza Province and other provinces as part of a comprehensive HIV-prevention strategy. After findings from randomized control trials in Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa indicated that VMMC provides up to 60 percent protection for men more...

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D C on May 03, 2012

Local social and political context and ethnic tolerance in Kenya

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Does living in close proximity to members of other ethnic groups make people more or less tolerant of ethnic differences? How does local electoral competition interact with ethnic demography to affect ethnic tolerance? This paper examines these questions by combining survey data with new measures of local ethnic composition and political competition in Kenya. People living in ethnically diverse areas report higher levels of interethnic trust and residentially segregated people are less trusting more...

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D C on May 09, 2012

Job: PHP / MySQL Web Developer

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Vacancies: 1Location: Nairobi, Kenya Deadline: 31 Mar, 2012 http://www.AfricaAlumni.comFull time entry level Web Developer / Web Administrator position available immediately at a fun, fast paced, fast growing company. Be a part of a trend setting global company that will impact millions. Individual must be proficient in PHP and MySQL and Zend Framework a plus.Responsibilities:• Website development, design and administration• Database creation and management using MySQL• Server maintenance a more...

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D C on March 15, 2012

Policy and programmig resource guide for child protection systems strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Protecting children against abuse, violence, neglect and exploitation is an obligation shared by many different actors, involving different elements of government as well as a broad array of civil society agencies and communities. This Resource Guide is intended to provide practical tools and resources for two related groups of stakeholder users: (a) country level policy and decision makers who are in a position to oversee or contribute to system building efforts (including those technical more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 14, 2012

Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a field experiment in Kenya

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Does limited access to formal savings services impede business growth in poor countries? To shed light on this question, we randomized access to non-interest-bearing bank accounts among two types of self-employed individuals in rural Kenya: market vendors (who are mostly women) and men working as bicycle-taxi drivers. Despite large withdrawal fees, a substantial share of market women used the accounts, were able to save more, and increased their productive investment and private expenditures.We more...

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D C on May 03, 2012

Secure Cross Border Transport Model

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Various technologies are already in use to secure and track the movement of vehicles and goods, but their use in cross-border and transit transport is minimal. The Secure Cross-Border Transport Model developed by ESCAP uses technologies such as global positioning systems, cellular communication systems, geographical information systems, radio frequency identification, advanced web based software(s), electronic seals and computer network to provide a conceptual basis for design of the system more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 15, 2012

Releasing the Pressure

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The report puts water productivity at the center of the debate but with a wider concept and context of what productivity actually means and to whom. This report uses various cases to illustrate how to broaden the concept of water productivity and ecosystem services. It suggests ways in which water productivity can be used for addressing more balanced water resource management, so as to achieve multiple benefits for local people. It complements the recent collaboration between UNEP-IWMI on the more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 14, 2012

Job: Social Impact and Research Manager

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Location: London or NairobiLevel: Senior ManagementApplication deadline: 1st AprilBackgroundSolarAid and it’s social enterprise, SunnyMoney, has set an ambitious mission to eliminate the kerosene lantern from Africa by the end of the decade. SolarAid plans to do this by catalysing a market for solar lights which will replace kerosene; and by building SunnyMoney into a profitable business which can be scaled and replicated.In order to make this happen SolarAid have placed social impact more...

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D C on March 12, 2012

Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion for the Urban Poor

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In March 2011, IRC International Water and Sanitation Center in collaboration with the Rwandan Ministry of Health convened over 60 practitioners and researchers from East Africa in a workshop that discussed the progress and challenges faced by the sector in the promotion of effective pro-poor urban sanitation and hygiene. This booklet presents key recommendations that advance pro-poor urban sanitation and hygiene activities based on the six issues collectively identified as priority areas- more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 09, 2012

M-governance: Exploratory survey on Kenyan service delivery and government interaction

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This paper shares the initial findings from the fieldwork focusing on how Kenyan citizens understand governance and how they currently interact with the government. This information is important as a first step to studying the potential role of technology in Kenyan governance.Mobile phones have been cited by many as the best technology for interacting with citizens due to widespread user uptake; as of September 2011, Kenya had 25.27 million mobile subscribers. However, understanding the opinion more...

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D C on April 26, 2012

Kenyan farmers’ use of Cell Phones: Calling preferred over SMS

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The increasing penetration of mobile phones in Kenya has led to a rise in SMS-based information dissemination services. Such services have potential to reduce information asymmetry and empower farmers with weather, market, and other relevant information. However, a number of factors other than the sheer existence of the phone need to be in place for such potential to be realized. Data was gathered using 117 questionnaires administered in 6 Kenyan provinces, as well as 12 focus groups conducted more...

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D C on April 26, 2012

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