Jun 13, 2024 | Commentary
By Smith Ouma, postdoctoral research fellow at the Global Development Institute (GDI) Recent floods in Kenya have left at least 270 people dead, displaced more than 200,000 and destroyed property, infrastructure and livelihoods across the country. In Nairobi, hundreds...
May 13, 2021 | Commentary, Covid Collective
By Professor Diana Mitlin, CEO of the African Cities Research Consortium This case study – originally published as part of the Covid Collective Research for Policy and Practice series – shows how an urban social movement was able to produce the knowledge that state...
Nov 23, 2020 | Commentary
Whitney Banyai-Becker (GDI), Charity Mwangi (SDI Kenya) and Jane Wairutu (SDI Kenya) explain how Muungano’s work with the Kenyan Ministry of Health is helping to find data-driven solutions to Covid-19 that are appropriate in informal settlements. Muungano wa...
Oct 29, 2020 | Commentary
By Professor Diana Mitlin, CEO of the African Cities Research Consortium Covid-19 has brought a new realization to many governments and development agencies. Investment in towns and cities is essential. People need to live in healthy neighbourhoods with access to...
