United Nations and Kenya

ISBN-13: 9783848495467 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 108 str.

Samuel Kiiru; Kenya) Njuguna Ng'ethe (University of Nairobi;Basil Omutsotsi

Opis

This is the result of a study carried out on the activities of the UN in Kenya since independence in 1963. The studys main objective was to establish the role played by the UN in Kenyas development history. The study focused on both the ideas and practices, traceable to the UN, that have in one way or the other informed Kenyas development performance. The study looked at five thematic areas: socio-economic opportunities, agriculture, social security, environmental sustainability and governance. In all of these, it emerged that the UN has played a significant role in Kenyas development performance, and that in the last four decades, partnership between Kenya and the UN has borne fruit in both ideas and actual development. The contributions of the UN in Kenyas Development has mainly been registered in Health, Agriculture, the environment, governance, as well as security and peace building. Some of these developments have been regional in character.

O autorze

An Associate Research Professor at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, where he teaches both Masters and PhD students and conducts research in various fields. Samuel W. Kiiru holds an MA in Development Studies degree. He is a Project Assistant at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi. Mr Kiiru has studied many issues in development, including trusteeship.