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Health Insurance and the pursuit of 'healthcare for all' in Kenya

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The Africaknows! it Is Time to Decolonise Minds Conference

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IDS Founding Day virtual seminar

The Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi, is pleased to invite you to a series of IDS Day…

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Seminar: The “Two-Thirds Gender Principle” for Elected Bodies: How Did we Get Here, Where are we and where Might we be Going?

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Complementary options to development of underdevelopment: Lessons from the use of community currencies in Kenya - Policy brief
Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 10:23

Governments and non-governmental organizations around the world have embraced community
or complementary currencies (CCs) as tools of poverty reduction, environmental protection
and promotion of social solidarity. Community Currencies are best viewed as a financial
innovation

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Devolution in Kenya: Strengthening Systems for Public Participation- Policy brief
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 13:02

The Kenyan legal framework obligates the national and county governments to involve the
people in the decision making process. To achieve this ideal, county governments are required
to establish structures to facilitate citizen participation in their operations. This policy brief

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Devolution in Kenya: Strengthening Systems for Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting- Policy brief
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 12:58

To track progress in service delivery and inform decision making, counties are required to
create systems for monitoring, evaluation and reporting. This policy brief sheds light on some
issues that counties should focus on to strengthen their monitoring, evaluation and reporting

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Devolution in Kenya: Strengthening Human Resources and Administrative Structures - Policy brief
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 12:53

The creation of county governments following Constitution of Kenya 2010 meant that the new
units had to put in place systems to manage their human resources and other administrative
functions for effective service delivery. This policy brief sheds light on some of the issues that

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Health Insurance and the pursuit of 'healthcare for all' in Kenya

Welcome to our next IDS Research seminar.  …

Feb 02
The Africaknows! it Is Time to Decolonise Minds Conference

Dear Colleagues, students and friends of IDS.…

Oct 08
IDS Founding Day virtual seminar

The Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi, is pleased to invite you to a series of IDS Day…

Sep 10
Seminar: The “Two-Thirds Gender Principle” for Elected Bodies: How Did we Get Here, Where are we and where Might we be Going?

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