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Utafiti Sera: policy knowledge community on social protection in Kenya

Although researchers in Kenya seek to influence social protection policies and programmes with the knowledge that they generate, they face challenges ensuring that policy-makers use

Reversing the Stall in Fertility Decline in Western Kenya: evaluation findings and key learnings

With support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the ‘Reversing the Stall in Fertility Decline in Western Kenya’ project was launched in 2009 to

The Global Early Adolescent Study: Longitudinal Phase

The ages 10-14 years are among the most critical for human development, yet early adolescence is one of the most poorly understood stages of the

Preschool Attendance and Student Achievement

Preschool is a term used to describe early childhood education programs that serve children in their early ages (3-6 years), before they are of legal

Teachers matter: Understanding their contribution to learning in Uganda

Increasing the number of children attending primary schools has topped the global development agenda since the turn of the century, with the commitments established by

Exploring the Challenges in Combining Work and Care for Young Children: Use of PhotoVoice With Mothers From an Urban Nairobi Slum

In the informal urban settlements of Nairobi, as in similar communities throughout sub- Saharan Africa, a woman’s ability to work and earn income is often

African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship Program

The goals of the ADDRF program are to facilitate more rigorous engagement of doctoral students in health systems research, to provide them with an opportunity

Assessing the Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Kenya’s Free Healthcare Programs and the Community Health Plan in Nandi County

Waiving user fees and micro health insurance schemes are two different ways of improving access to healthcare and providing social protection. This brief describes a

Improving Transition to Secondary School among Girls in Urban Poor Settings

Little is known about patterns of secondary schooling among the urban poor. The data related to secondary school transition is not disaggregate by gender or

The Nairobi Intergenerational Design Challenge

This is an initiative inspired by a collaboration between the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Councils on ‘Ageing’ and on a ‘Demographic Dividend (DD)’, which