Kenya Archives

Understanding the role of development finance institutions in promoting development: an assessment of three African countries

SEI report / How does development finance support national development plans and SDG achievement? This report examines the cases of Kenya, Ethiopia and Ghana.

3 March 2022 / About Finance and Sustainable Development Goals

Man in fluorescent yellow T-shirt stands beneath palm trees on a Colombian hillside, backed by lush rolling hills and a mostly cloudy sky

Addressing climate change equitably requires a better understanding of policy coherence

Perspective / SEI US Associate Scientist Zoha Shawoo outlines why countries must strengthen policy coherence when implementing climate goals.

22 February 2022 / About Adaptation, Bioeconomy, Business, Climate policy, Mitigation, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable Development Goals

Young people in Africa attending sporting event

Engaging young people in environmental research and policy to contribute to climate action

Perspective / Participatory research and policymaking are gaining acceptance and relevance in responding to issues of legitimacy, ethics and validity in research findings.

18 February 2022 / About Climate policy, Participation, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Woman in black hijab and orange dress with long-strapped shoulder bag texting on phone with red-roofed white pavilion behind her standing next to green plant, Kenya

Effectiveness of conditional cash transfers (Afya credits incentive) to retain women in the continuum of care during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period in Kenya: a cluster-randomised trial

Journal article / This article assesses the impact of a project in Kenya that made cash transfers to retain women in antenatal care, delivery at facility and postnatal care.

26 January 2022 / About Behaviour and choice and Wellbeing

Dryland nature based solutions for informal settlement upgrading schemes in Africa

Other publication / This policy brief shares ten practical recommendations for urban policy makers, planners, designers and local authorities in dryland areas in Africa.

1 February 2021 / About Cities

City park in Thailand with walkway towered by green trees, Bangkok, Thailand

Health and wellbeing in cities – Cultural contributions from urban form in the Global South context

Journal article / This paper explores the links between urban public realm spaces, both natural and built, and residents' wellbeing in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

19 January 2022 / About Cities, Pollution and Wellbeing

SEI's Lawrence Nzuve prospecting for fossils on Lapur Range, northern Kenya

SEI’s Lawrence Nzuve speaks to <i>Science</i> about paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey

Media coverage / For more than a decade, SEI's Lawrence Nzuve worked with world-renowned paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey in northern Kenya and spoke to Science on his impact.

3 January 2022 / About Climate policy and Disaster risk

Group of people in Africa looking at a city map

Socially inclusive urban policy making for climate resilient dryland Africa

Other publication / This policy brief shares ten practical recommendations for urban policy makers in dryland Africa to use when planning, developing and implementing policies.

1 February 2021 / About Cities

A man walks through Nyayo Gardens in Nakuru, Kenya

A tale of two cities: inequalities in urban wellbeing in the Global South

Feature / City planning needs to consider livability and resident well-being alongside equality of environmental and economic development.

17 December 2021 / About Cities, Land use, Participation, Pollution, Public policy and Wellbeing