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Decentralization and its’ Effects on Pastoral Resource Management in Northern Kenya

Abstract: Decentralization is commonly advocated as a means to improve democratic involvement in local governance systems, leading to more effective allocation and management of natural resources. […]

  • Date of Publication: December 2005
  • Author(s): Kioko Munyao; Chris Barrett
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Degree of Sedentarization Affects Risks and Conflicts for the Waso Boran in Northern Kenya

Abstract: The Waso Borana have lived for over a century in northern Kenya. In the last few decades, however, their ability to maintain their traditions has […]

  • Date of Publication: December 2005
  • Author(s): Abdullahi D. Jillo; Mark N. Mutinda; Abdillahi A. Aboud; Egerton University; D. Layne Coppock
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Simulation Noise and the Estimation of Land Use Decisions in Kenya

Abstract: This study investigates issues surrounding the nature and importance of simulation noise when using maximum simulated likelihood methods in bivariate tobit estimation of panel data. […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): John McPeak
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Managing the River Njoro Watershed, Kenya: Conflicting laws, policies, and community priorities

Abstract: This paper reports on an experimental process underway in the River Njoro Watershed in Kenya to engage riparian communities, other local stakeholders, and government policy-makers […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): Francis K. Lelo; Wanjiku Chiuri; Marion W. Jenkins
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

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Promotion of Pastoral Development in Kenya: Perspectives from the Kenya Pastoral Parliamentary Group (KPPG)

Abstract: The rangelands of Kenya occupy a very large portion of the nation. The livestock-keeping peoples who reside in these areas are disproportionately affected by high […]

  • Date of Publication: August 2004
  • Author(s): Ali Wario
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Managing Pastoral Development in Kenya: Challenges for Policy and Law

Abstract: It is argued, at least until recently, that the policy environment in Kenya has never been truly supportive of pastoral development. Successive governments have either […]

  • Date of Publication: August 2004
  • Author(s): Michael Ochieng Odhiambo
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Linkages Between Community, Environmental, and Conflict Management: Experiences from Northern Kenya

Abstract: There is increasing interest in community-based approaches to the management of natural resources in Africa. Pastoral areas present particular challenges and opportunities to community- based […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): Guyo O. Haro; Godana J. Doyo; John G. McPeak
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Rethinking Interdisciplinary Paradigms and the Political Ecology of Pastoralism in East Africa

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  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): Peter D. Little
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Risk Mapping for Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia

Abstract: We used results from 120 group interviews collected in 1998 to quantify how inhabitants across northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia perceive and rank various risks […]

  • Date of Publication: December 2001
  • Author(s): Layne Coppock
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Not Necessarily In The Same Boat: Heterogeneous Risk Assessment Among East African Pastoralists

Abstract: This article studies variation in risk assessment by pastoralists in the arid and semi-arid lands of southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. Despite superficial homogeneity among […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): C. Barrett; K. Smith; P. Box
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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