Publications
All working papers, studies, policy-related briefs and journal articles from the African Cities Research Consortium can be accessed here.
FEATURED | Data portraits: Covid-19 vaccine rollout in informal settlements in Harare, Kampala, Lilongwe and Mumbai
The joint issues of access to, and uptake of, Covid-19 vaccines are still very much alive in the global South. This paper reports on a study from Harare, Kampala, Lilongwe and Mumbai by national affiliates of Slum Dwellers International (SDI). Drawing on a series of surveys, our findings provide a snapshot of how global vaccine inequalities played out locally in 21 informal settlements across these cities.
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Working Paper 6 | Data portraits: Covid-19 vaccine rollout in informal settlements in Harare, Kampala, Lilongwe and Mumbai
Kate Lines, Stanley Dzimadzi, Thomas Karakadzai, Edris Lubega, Diana Mitlin, Patience Mudimu-Matsangaise, Vinodkumar Rao, Junior Alves Sebbanja and Happiness Zidana | October 2022 | Working PapersAbstract | View | Download ⇩
Working Paper 5 | Towards a comparative understanding of community-led and collaborative responses to Covid-19 in Kampala, Mogadishu and Nairobi
Alice Sverdlik, Henrik Ernstson, Paul Mukwaya, Jane Wairutu and Jackie Waithaka | June 2022 | Working PapersAbstract | View | Download ⇩
Working Paper 4 | Understanding the politics of Covid-19 in Kampala, Nairobi and Mogadishu: A political settlements approach
Badru Bukenya, Tim Kelsall, Jacqueline Klopp, Paul Mukwaya, Tonny Oyana, Eliud Wekesa and Abdhalah Ziraba | May 2022 | Working PapersAbstract | View | Download ⇩
Working Paper 3 | Annotated bibliography on urban politics and political economy in African cities
Lewis Abedi Asante | Dec 2021 | Working PapersAbstract | View | Download ⇩
Working Paper 2 | Uneven development, politics and governance in urban Africa: An analytical literature review
Michaela Collord, Tom Goodfellow and Lewis Abedi Asante | Nov 2021 | Working PapersAbstract | View | Download ⇩
Working Paper 1 | Politics, systems and domains: A conceptual framework for the African Cities Research Consortium
Tim Kelsall, Diana Mitlin, Seth Schindler and Sam Hickey | Sep 2021 | Working PapersAbstract | View | Download ⇩
- Journal Articles
Covid-19 vaccine rollout: data from informal settlements in Harare, Kampala, Lilongwe and Mumbai
Environment & Urbanization | February 2023 | Kate Lines, Stanley Dzimadzi, Edris Lubega, Patience Mudimu-Matsangaise, Vinodkumar Rao, Junior Alves Sebbanja, Happiness Zidana and Diana MitlinView (open access)
The contribution of reform coalitions to inclusion and equity: Lessons from urban social movements
Area Development and Policy | December 2022 | Diana MitlinView (open access)
- City Research
Accra: City Scoping Study
Ransford A. Acheampong | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesAddis Ababa: City Scoping Study
Ezana Haddis Weldeghebrael | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesBukavu: City Scoping Study
Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka, Emery Mushagalusa Mudinga and Tom De Herdt | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesDar es Salaam: City Scoping Study
Milla Nyyssölä, Tim Kelsall and Tim Ndezi | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesFreetown: City Scoping Study
Alexandre Apsan Frediani | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesHarare: City Scoping Study
George Masimba | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesKampala: City Scoping Study
Henrik Ernstson and Paul Mukwaya | Dec 2021 | City Scoping StudiesKhartoum: City Scoping Study
Enrico Ille and Griet Steel | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesLagos: City Scoping Study
Ola Uduku, Taibat Lawanson and Oghenetega Ogodo | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesLilongwe: City Scoping Study
Kate Strachan, Jessica Kavonic, Tim Kelsall and Tom Hart | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesMaiduguri: City Scoping Study
Marissa Bell and Katja Starc Card | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesMogadishu: City Scoping Study
Lucy Earle | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesNairobi: City Scoping Study
Alice Sverdlik | Jun 2021 | City Scoping Studies - Reports + Briefings
Download key background documents and briefing materials from the African Cities Research Consortium.
Covid Collective | Redefining urban social protection programmes in Malawi: Lessons from the Covid-19 Emergency Urban Cash Intervention (CUCI)
Happiness Zidana and Zilire Luka | September 2023 | Policy Brief
Covid Collective | Informal settlement communities as first responders to disasters: Covid-19 pandemic experiences in Harare
Tarisai Manyowa, Sheila Muganyi and Teurai Nyamangara | September 2023 | Policy BriefCovid Collective | Nairobi in the wake of Covid-19: Civil society organisations key to building resilient capacities
Michelle Koyaro, Elvira Songoro, Jane Wairutu and Joseph Kimani | August 2023 | Policy BriefCovid Collective | Covid-19 effects and responses in Kampala’s informal sector: Promises for social justice and resilient livelihoods in the face of multiple crises
Hakimu Sseviiri, Paul Isolo Mukwaya, Viola Nuwahereza and Junior Alves Sebbanja | June 2023 | Policy BriefACRC | Evidence-informed decisionmaking to spur action in Nairobi
Michelle Koyaro, Charity Mwangi, Joseph Kimani, Rashid Mutua and Nancy Njoki | March 2023 | Workshop ReportACRC | Nairobi research progress and collaborations workshop
Michelle Koyaro, Charity Mwangi and Joseph Kimani | November 2022 | Workshop ReportACRC | Lagos development vision leaves the citizens behind
Taibat Lawanson | November 2022 | Research BriefCovid Collective | The politics of Covid responses in African cities: Lilongwe
Tuntufye Mwalyambwire and Thoko Sambakunsi | August 2022 | Briefing PaperCovid Collective | Towards a comparative understanding of community-led and collaborative responses to Covid-19 in Mogadishu
Henrik Ernstson and Alice Sverdlik | June 2022 | Briefing PaperCovid Collective | Towards a comparative understanding of community-led and collaborative responses to Covid-19 in Kampala
Alice Sverdlik, Henrik Ernstson and Paul Mukwaya | June 2022 | Briefing PaperCovid Collective | Understanding community-led and collaborative responses to Covid-19 in Nairobi
Alice Sverdlik, Henrik Ernstson, Jane Wairutu and Jackie Waithaka | June 2022 | Briefing PaperCovid Collective | Covid-19 response in Nairobi: A political settlements approach
Jacqueline Klopp, Eliud Wekesa and Abdhalah Ziraba | June 2022 | Briefing PaperCovid Collective | Politics and Covid-19 in Kampala
Badru Bukenya, Paul Mukwaya and Tonny Oyana | May 2022 | Briefing PaperAfrican Cities Research Consortium | Explainer Leaflet
African Cities | August 2022 | GeneralAfrican Cities Research Consortium | Two-Page Summary
African Cities | April 2021 | General
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