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Book Chapter
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– What Is Missing from National Economic Recovery Plans?
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COVID-19 and the Informal Economy
Journal Article
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– Social ties, clientelism and the poor’s expectations of future service provision
Part of Journal Special Issue
Clientelist Politics and Development
Journal Article
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– From Harambee to the Constituency Development Fund
Why does clientelism persist? What determines how politicians signal responsiveness to voters and exert effort towards fulfilling campaign promises? This article explores how state capacity, legislative institutional strength, and established ideas about what politicians can do structure the...
Journal Article
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– The case of Kenya
The role of exports in promoting economic growth has been widely acknowledged. This paper analyses the link between exports, imports, and growth performance in Kenya using time series data. Despite trade liberalization and export promotion policies pursued over time, Kenya’s export growth has been...
Journal Article
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Objective To assess compliance with infection prevention and control practices in primary health care in Kenya. Methods We used an observational, patient-tracking tool to assess compliance with infection prevention and control practices by 1680 health-care workers during outpatient interactions with...
Journal Article
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Part of Journal Special Issue
Measuring quality of care
Journal Article
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Objective To develop a novel measure to characterize human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) programme quality at health facilities in Kenya and explore its associations with patient- and facility-level characteristics. Methods We developed a composite indicator to measure quality of HIV care, comprising...
Journal Article
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– Comparative Evidence From Kenya and Malaysia
Part of Journal Special Issue
Learning to Compete
Journal Article
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– African Context and the Case of Kenya
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid for Gender Equality and Development
Journal Article
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– A systems approach
Part of Journal Special Issue
Prospects for Renewable Energy in Africa
Journal Article
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– Comparing Design and Implementation Errors Across Alternative Mechanisms
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid, Social Policy and Development
Journal Article
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Part of Journal Special Issue
The Political Economy of Africa's Emergent Middle Class
Research Brief
In the WIDER Working Paper ‘Decentralized Service Delivery in Nairobi and Mombasa: Policies, politics and inter-governmental relations’ Winnie V. Mitullah assesses the major obstacles to providing critical services, such as solid waste management and water, in Nairobi and Mombasa. She argues that...
Journal Article
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– A CGE Analysis for Kenya
Like many African countries, Kenya is vulnerable to avian flu given its position along migratory bird routes and proximity to other high risk countries. This raises concern about the effect of an outbreak on rural livelihoods. We use a dynamic computable general equilibrium model of Kenya to...
This special issue of the Journal of International Development presents the results of a study initiated two years ago by UNU/WIDER on `The impact of the liberalization of the exchange rate and financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa'. The project has benefited from the contributions of African and...
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