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Clientelism and the politics of social protection in Kenya
Social protection programmes, such as cash transfer programmes, are rapidly expanding in Africa. In principle, social programs are designed to alleviate poverty, and there is evidence that they can have a positive welfare impact. Yet social programs can also be subject to intense political manipulation, which can undermine their potential benefits. A crucial...
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Microfinance for clean cooking with LPG In Kenya: an evaluation of a pilot experiment and implications for future program roll-out
Lack of access to modern energy for cooking is responsible for a high mortality and impaired quality of life for millions of people in low and middle-income countries, who are exposed to hazardous smoke from cooking with biomass and kerosene. The use of clean cooking fuels in Kenya is less than 12% (DHS report 2014), resulting in an unsustainable demand for biomass...
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The struggle for South Sudan: Challenges of security and state formation
South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, has experienced a rocky start to its existence as an independent nation. Although fighting has reduced in most parts of the country due to the revitalised peace deal in September 2018, conflict and related violence continue. More than 4 million people have been forced to flee their homes, 200,000 of whom are sheltering in UN...
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Enabling microenterprise development in Sub-Saharan Africa through the provision of financial services
Most people in rural Africa do not have bank accounts. In this paper, we combine experimental and survey evidence from Western Kenya to document some of the supply and demand factors behind such low levels of financial inclusion. Our experiment had two parts. In the first part, we waived the fixed cost of opening a basic savings account at a local bank for a random subset...
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Publication - Project Report
The relationship between influential actors’ language and violence: A Kenyan case study using artificial intelligence
This background study is published by the LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development.
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Blog post
Tracking constraints to micro-enterprise growth in Kenya and Uganda
Existing surveys that aim to measure and track barriers to business growth often under-represent micro-enterprises and small informal firms. Our pilot, which targeted a sample of small scale entrepreneurs in Kenya and Uganda in a survey conducted by phone, suggests that such enterprises may face a very different set of constraints to growth. This exposes a potential...
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Publication - Project Report
Constraints to entrepreneurship: Findings from pilot studies in Kenya and Uganda
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Publication - Working Paper
Informal taxation and cash transfers: Experimental evidence from Kenya
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Blog post
Informal taxation in rural Kenya
The informal taxation system in Kenya is widespread and regressive. It responds to changes in permanent income, rather than temporary income, suggesting that permanent income increases are important for public goods provision. A central question in development economics is how to fund public goods such as water resources, roads, and schools. The standard mechanism of doing...
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Publication - Policy Brief
The economics of rural electrification: Evidence from Kenya