Showing 1 - 10 of 5,089
We conducted a randomized evaluation of two labor market interventions targeted to young women aged 18 to 19 in three … of Nairobi's poorest neighborhoods. One treatment offered participants a bundled intervention designed to simultaneously … relieve credit and human capital constraints; a second treatment provided women with an unrestricted cash grant, but no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613418
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596655
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012403969
particular in the two cities of Kampala and Nairobi. It will argue that the concept of proleterianization is helpful in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130616
A survey of 4375 slum residents in Nairobi, Kenya, reveals that the majority cannot afford any of the motorized … 'choices' of Nairobi's slum residents, we show that women, men, and children in this population face distinct barriers to … mobility is borne disproportionately by women and children. Using joint-choice modelling to empirically explore the travel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012562252
governance with a focus on case studies from three smaller or secondary cities in Africa: Kisumu (Kenya), Kitwe (Zambia) and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903274
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434837
We deliver one month's average profit to a randomly selected group of female microenterprise owners in the Kenyan slum of Dandora, just preceding with the exponential growth of COVID-19 cases. Firm profit, inventory spending, and food expenditures all increase. The transfers simultaneously cause...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012433415
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013463972
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014295514