Kenya Overview

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In this Image A community focus group discussion takes place during an IPA Kenya study. © 2022 IPA Kenya

 

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Highlights

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Storybooks Promote Early Childhood Literacy in Kenya
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When a Crisis Hits, How Should Lenders Adapt?
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Can providing information to consumers about scams mitigate victimization? Evidence from Kenya

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Enhancing young children’s language acquisition through parent–child book-sharing: A randomized trial in rural Kenya
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IPA Hosts Evidence Sharing Policy Workshop in Kenya
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Project Syndicate Features IPA Evidence on Universal Basic Income in Kenya

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In The Guardian, The Life You Can Save Highlights IPA Study
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Inside Philanthropy on Grants to Evidence-Informed Clean Water

Research Findings

Encouraging Adoption of Rainwater Harvesting Tanks Through Collateralized Loans in Kenya

Over the last decade, billions of dollars have been invested in the development of new agricultural technologies, which have the potential to contribute to economic growth and poverty alleviation amongst the poor. However, in Sub-Saharan Africa, the adoption of these promising agriculture technologies has been limited. Low adoption rates may be explained in part by credit constraints, which prevent many smallholder farmers from making the often large, initial investment in a new technology. A sizeable initial deposit or a guarantor is often required to receive a loan, restricting access for most. In developed countries, guarantor requirements are uncommon; instead, loans for purchase of houses, vehicles, and small business equipment often use the assets themselves as loan collateral.

Using assets as collateral is rare in developing countries, where credible and efficient institutions and processes to seize collateral may be lacking. But in certain environments or for certain products—like water tanks, which are large and difficult to hide or relocate, making repossession feasible—can asset collateralization expand access to credit without affecting repayment rates?

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Chlorine Dispensers for Safe Water

Researchers found that a point-of-collection water chlorination system, in combination with encouragement from community promoters, dramatically increased access to safe water in Kenya. In response, IPA launched and incubated a program called Dispensers for Safe Water. The program is now part of Evidence Action, which is dedicated to bringing cost-effective and evidence-based interventions to scale. Today the Dispensers for Safe Water program is providing on-going access to chlorine to over 4 million people in Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda today.

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Long-run and Intergenerational Impacts of Child Health Gains from Deworming in Kenya

Intestinal helminths—including hookworm, roundworm, whipworm, and schistosomiasis—infect more than one in four people worldwide. Researchers evaluated the short-run impacts of a mass school-based deworming program in western Kenya, and found that deworming substantially improved health and school participation of treated children, as well as of untreated children in treatment schools and children in neighboring schools. Approximately ten years after treatment, researchers found that the program increased women’s educational attainment and men’s labor supply, with accompanying shifts in occupation choice. Twenty years after treatment, earnings, spending, and time spent working outside of agriculture had improved.

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In this image:IPA Kenya staff participate in a team-building exercise. © 2022 IPA Kenya

Policy Impact

Education Policy

IPA Kenya is a member of the Education Evidence 4 Action Network, a coalition of Civil Society Organizations and the Ministry of Education that promotes the greater impact of education reforms through strong partnerships, research, and evidence-based policy.

Economic Empowerment

IPA Kenya is a member of the National Advocacy Coalition on Women Economic Empowerment and helped formulate the National Policy on Women’s Economic Empowerment. We are developing a roadmap for the development of the Unpaid Care and Domestic Work policy.

Evidence Hub

IPA Kenya is leading other education stakeholders in establishing an evidence hub at the Ministry of Education which will support the vision of institutionalizing evidence-based policy and decision-making.

Kenya

Our Team

Kenya

Our Team

Applied Research & Methods (ARM) Group Affiliate | Country Director, Kenya

Ginger Golub

Ginger Golub oversees research management of over 20 active impact evaluations at IPA Kenya, as well as country office operational departments, including finance, HR/admin, IT, policy, and business development.

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Deputy Country Officer, Kenya

Peter LeFrancois

Peter is the Deputy Country Director for IPA Kenya. He initially joined IPA as a Research Associate in Kenya where he worked on a project in Bungoma from 2012-2014.

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Associate Director, Policy & Gender

Victoria Kiasyo Isika

Victoria Isika co-leads IPA's Intimate Partner Violence Initiative. She brings extensive experience in managing randomized evaluations on IPV across multiple countries, and is responsible for promoting evidence uptake among decision-makers in the sector. She holds a PhD with a focus on Intimate Partner Violence.

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Associate Director, Policy

Charles Opiyo

Charles Opiyo has over 15 years of experience in public policymaking processes and governance in Kenya and across Africa.

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Regional Research Engagement Manager, Research Collaboration Initiative

Caroline Nyuguto

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Research Manager and KLPS Researcher

Eric Ochieng

Eric is a seasoned quantitative research and project manager with broad experience spanning over 10 years.

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Research Manager

Ben Wekesa

Ben Wekesa is a Research Manager at IPA Kenya where he previously served as an Associate Research Manager. He has over nine years of experience in randomized controlled trial programs.

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Research Associate

Nick Ayugi

Nick Ayugi oversees the tracking and monitoring of E4D-SOGA program whose aim is to understand the effects of the SOGA project on employment and the welfare of the beneficiaries over time with a view on the gendered impact of the project and to evaluate the differences in the effectiveness of the training as provided by different institutions.

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Research Associate

Abigael Mwanyiro

Abigael Mwanyiro works at IPA Kenya as a Research Associate, having served previously as a Field Manager, Senior Field Officer, and Associate Field Manager.

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Associate Policy Manager

Jemima Okal

Jemima serves as an Associate Policy Manager at IPA Kenya, having previously worked as a Senior Policy Associate, Research Associate, and Field Officer.

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Research Associate

John Ototo

John Ototo is a Research Associate at IPA Kenya, overseeing the day-to-day research operations. Prior to this role, he previously served at IPA as an Associate Field Manager for Universal Basic Income and Trade Barriers projects and as a Field Manager for Kenya Youth Employment.

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Applied Research & Methods (ARM) Group Affiliate | Country Director, Kenya

Ginger Golub

Ginger Golub oversees research management of over 20 active impact evaluations at IPA Kenya, as well as country office operational departments, including finance, HR/admin, IT, policy, and business development.

Read Full Bio

Deputy Country Officer, Kenya

Peter LeFrancois

Peter is the Deputy Country Director for IPA Kenya. He initially joined IPA as a Research Associate in Kenya where he worked on a project in Bungoma from 2012-2014.

Read Full Bio

Associate Director, Policy & Gender

Victoria Kiasyo Isika

Victoria Isika co-leads IPA's Intimate Partner Violence Initiative. She brings extensive experience in managing randomized evaluations on IPV across multiple countries, and is responsible for promoting evidence uptake among decision-makers in the sector. She holds a PhD with a focus on Intimate Partner Violence.

Read Full Bio

Associate Director, Policy

Charles Opiyo

Charles Opiyo has over 15 years of experience in public policymaking processes and governance in Kenya and across Africa.

Read Full Bio

Regional Research Engagement Manager, Research Collaboration Initiative

Caroline Nyuguto

Read Full Bio

Research Manager and KLPS Researcher

Eric Ochieng

Eric is a seasoned quantitative research and project manager with broad experience spanning over 10 years.

Read Full Bio

Research Manager

Ben Wekesa

Ben Wekesa is a Research Manager at IPA Kenya where he previously served as an Associate Research Manager. He has over nine years of experience in randomized controlled trial programs.

Read Full Bio

Research Associate

Nick Ayugi

Nick Ayugi oversees the tracking and monitoring of E4D-SOGA program whose aim is to understand the effects of the SOGA project on employment and the welfare of the beneficiaries over time with a view on the gendered impact of the project and to evaluate the differences in the effectiveness of the training as provided by different institutions.

Read Full Bio

Research Associate

Abigael Mwanyiro

Abigael Mwanyiro works at IPA Kenya as a Research Associate, having served previously as a Field Manager, Senior Field Officer, and Associate Field Manager.

Read Full Bio

Associate Policy Manager

Jemima Okal

Jemima serves as an Associate Policy Manager at IPA Kenya, having previously worked as a Senior Policy Associate, Research Associate, and Field Officer.

Read Full Bio

Research Associate

John Ototo

John Ototo is a Research Associate at IPA Kenya, overseeing the day-to-day research operations. Prior to this role, he previously served at IPA as an Associate Field Manager for Universal Basic Income and Trade Barriers projects and as a Field Manager for Kenya Youth Employment.

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