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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Kibera"”.
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Dwelling in diversity: religion and belonging in Kibera, a neighbourhood in Nairobi
… how religious communities make and take place in Kibera, a neighbourhood that is also a homeland in the city of Nairobi. Since its establishment in 1907, the debate about who belongs in Kibera and to whom Kibera belongs has shaped how religious communities in Kibera define themselves and relate to …
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Trading sugar : teenage girls, older men, sexual choice and gender inequalilty in the slums of Kibera, Kenya
… girls are aged 18 to 20 and from the slums of Kibera, Kenya.
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Preventing Crime in Communities: A Critical Analysis of Community Safety in a Lower Income Neighbourhood in Nairobi, Kenya
… Qualitative research took place in 2015 in Kibera, an informal settlement that is considered to have one of the highest crime rates in the city (SRIC, 2014).<br/><br/>This research identified the main crimes occurring in Kibera to be robbery, stealing, burglary and sexual violence. Community …
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Demand for ante-natal care in Nairobi's slum areas
… care in two of Nairobi's slum areas, namely, Kibera and Mathare. Antenatal care is important as its absence I underprovision means higher incidences of both maternal and infant mortalities. On the other hand proper ante-natal care means improved well-being of both mother and child. These two …
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The Learning curve: An exploration of the digital literacy dimension to ISPs
… internet adoption in the low-income community of Kibera. This study will look at a cross-section of internet providers in Kibera to understand whether they provide ways to educate the potential user about the possibilities of internet use and if they learn from the success and failures of their …
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Spirasol : improvements to semi-continuous solar disinfection water treatment systems
… for sites of extreme urban poverty such as the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. However, the overall low cost among semi-continuous point of use treatment systems and the wide availability of the required pieces made them a sustainable technology for other areas in the developing world where …
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Using the Theory of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior to Create a Point-of-Use Water Treatment Behavior-Change Campaign Within the Safe Water System
… 2010, formative field research was collected in Kibera, Africa’s largest urban informal settlement, located in Nairobi, Kenya. Research explored how a Western-developed behavior-change theoretical model could be applied in a developing country. Data was collected through focus groups, a case …
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Essays on political economy in Sub-Saharan Africa
… of Africa's largest informal settlements, the Kibera slum in Nairobi. Slum residents pay higher rents and live in lower quality housing (measured via satellite pictures) when their landlord and locality chief belong to the same ethnicity. We find opposite effects when residents and chiefs are …
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Harnessing the real estate market for equitable affordable housing provision in Nairobi, Kenya : insights from California, USA
… policy, aimed at addressing housing needs in Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya. This simulated master plan has been complemented with residual land value analyses which demonstrate that by availing land to private developers for IH development, it is possible to meet slum residents' …
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Digital financial inclusion: determinants of M-Shwari in Kenya
… accessing loans. The study was conducted in the Kibera slum in Nairobi County in Kenya and used structured questionnaires to collect data over a six-month period (June 2017–December 2017). The target population was 250 000 persons, with an ultimate sample of 146 individuals. The study employed …