This paper uses the case of Kenya to investigate the attitudes and behaviours of the middle class. It uses Afrobarometer survey data to explore whether there is anything distinctive about the political attitudes of the Kenyan middle class. The paper measures class in four ways: education, employment status, poverty, and wealth (assets). It then tests whether these variables ...» more
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This e-library contains more than 4500 external publications on governance, social development, conflict and humanitarian issues. It includes academic and grey literature selected for its basis in good quality research and coverage of a range of perspectives. Policy-oriented summaries of each document are provided, plus links to the full text.
Support for African Women’s Equality Rises: Education, jobs & political participation still unequal
Widespread support for equality, alongside approval of most governments' attempts to empower women, suggest that a majority of Africans have embraced gender equality and reject traditional norms that hold women back. However, women continue to be disadvantaged in critical ways, especially through lack of equal education – a gap that has long-term implications for women’s ...» more
What Drives Quality Of Schools In Africa? Disentangling Social Capital And Ethnic Divisions
In this paper data from the Afrobarometer is used to test the role of social capital and ethnic divisions in determining the quality of schools in Africa. The paper captures social capital by the average level of trust and ethnic divisions via an index of ethnic fractionalization. It then skirts reverse causality problems between trust and quality of public goods by using ...» more
Masculinities, conflict and peacebuilding: Perspectives on men through a gender lens
This paper aims to advance discussions about integrating a masculinities perspective into peacebuilding policy and practice. It examines existing programmes that promote non-violent and gender equitable masculinities and poses key questions about how these can be further developed to challenge the gender norms which drive conflict and insecurity.The paper consists of desk ...» more
Aid and the Islamic State
This crisis brief examines the flows of international aid into parts of Iraq controlled by militants from the so-called Islamic State (IS).Key findings:The group calling itself Islamic State (IS) has been present in Iraq in various incarnations for a decade or more. It made its first territorial claim in Iraq in early January 2014, seizing parts of the city of Fallujah in Anbar ...» more