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Habitat International special issue on Land tenure and Property Rights
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Habitat International CoalitionElsevier
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Kenya

This paper introduces a special issue of habitat International on land tenure and property rights. It sets the scene for case studies carried out in countries around the world commissioned by the...

Special feature: The crisis in the Sahel
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Kenya, Somalia, Chad, Mali, Niger, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Myanmar

This issue of the journal 'Humanitairan Exchange', has a special feature which focuses on the humanitarian crisis in the Sahel region of Africa, where aid agencies estimate that more...

Development and Promotion of Bamboo Housing Technology in East Africa
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): International network for bamboo and rattan (INBAR)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Eastern Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia

This project built one conventional and one modern bamboo building in both Kenya and Uganda, trained over 60 people on bamboo cultivation, management and construction, and conducted feasibility,...

Cash Transfers through Mobile Phones: An Innovative Emergency...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP)Concern Worldwide
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Kenya

Kenya was the first country in the world to use mobile phones for cash transfers; through a service called M-PESA, developed by Safaricom Limited. Concern Worldwide has pioneered the use of M-PESA...