Mar 17, 2025 | Action research, Commentary, Research
School feeding programmes are a vital safety net for vulnerable children, providing them with healthy and nutritious meals that they might otherwise miss out on. Such initiatives are not new and have run in Kenya in different forms for decades; in Nairobi, for...
Feb 13, 2025 | News, Research
A new report by Paul Isolo Mukwaya, Judith Mbabazi and Henrik Ernstson draws on ACRC’s holistic conceptual framework components – politics, systems and domains – to analyse urban development in Kampala. Kampala is Uganda’s capital city, serving as its major...
Jan 21, 2025 | News, Research
By Kunal Sen, director of UNU-WIDER Structural transformation involves the movement of workers from low-productivity to high-productivity sectors – often from agriculture to manufacturing and services – and is a necessary condition for sustained economic growth....
Jan 10, 2025 | Commentary, Research
Recently published ACRC research, exploring land and connectivity in African cities, found “land brokers” to be significant players within urban land markets. In Mogadishu, Somalia and Kampala, Uganda in particular, the research found that brokers play a prominent...
Dec 12, 2024 | News, Research
Dar es Salaam is Tanzania’s socioeconomic and political powerhouse. But it faces numerous challenges, as everyday politics and historical legacies have determined its urban development, hindering delivery of basic services and safe and affordable housing, and giving...
