Kenya

The livestock intervention programme that took place during the 1999-2001 drought in Kenya’s pastoral areas was the largest the country had ever seen. Donors made more funds available than ever before, more types of intervention were carried out, more

This publication showcases experiences from various African sub-regions to illustrate the complexity of the problems that African countries face and the multi-faceted approaches that can be adopted to ensure sustainable development.

This publication is devoted to women pastoralists, their knowledge of and contributions to sustainable land management, and the coping mechanisms they have developed in their struggle to survive. It is a call to action to support them by increasing their

This book deals with the role of plants in combating desertification. Desertification - the degradation of soils in drylands - is a phenomenon occurring in scores of countries around the globe. The number of people (in semiarid regions) affected by the

The objective of the Programme is to improve overall livelihoods of people living and working in slums through targeted interventions to address shelter, infrastructure services, land tenure and employment issues, as well as the impact of HIV/AIDS in slum

This publication profiles 12 examples of local government achievements towards sustainability and the specific partnerships with a variety of actors that have contributed to that success. No matter where they are located, partners are inevitably

The Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme (KENSUP) is a collaborative initiative between the Government of Kenya and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) whose main objective is to improve the livelihoods of people living and working in slums

The Government of Kenya recognized the political and financial realities, and the inevitability of informal settlements as early as 1970 as is amplified in the 1970/74 National development plan. Since then, the evolution of policies and interventions