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Physical Address: Sandalwood Lane, Next to the Sandalwood Apartments (off Riverside Drive), Nairobi, Kenya
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 72427 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 (0) 707 387 429
Email: info-kenya@poverty-action.org

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Research Findings

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Encouraging Adoption of Rainwater Harvesting Tanks Through Collateralized Loans in Kenya

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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.

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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

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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

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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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Policy Impact

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Education Policy

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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

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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

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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.

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Our Team

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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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Associate Director of Policy, Kenya

Victoria Kiasyo Isika

Victoria Isika is the Associate Director of Policy for IPA Kenya. Previously she served as the Deputy Country Director for IPA Rwanda and Uganda. She began her career as part of IPA Kenya's field teams growing through the ranks from the position of a Field Assistant to Research Associate.

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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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Field Manager

Ben Mark Kariuki

Ben Mark is a Field Manager at IPA Kenya where he previously worked as a Senior Field Officer and Associate Field Manager. He joined IPA in April 2015 as a Field Officer.

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Research Associate

George Ganda

George is a Researcher Associate at IPA Kenya, where he previously worked as a Field Manager in charge of logistics in regards to field activities and field team management for the African Health Markets for Equity (AHME) Impact Evaluation project.

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Associate Finance Manager

Japheth Juma

Japheth has been working for Innovations for Poverty Action since 2011.

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Policy Assistant

Catherine Musumba Mukoya

Catherine is a Policy and Project Management professional with more than five years of experience in project management, policy, and budget advocacy on health-related projects.

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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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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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Associate Director of Policy, Kenya

Victoria Kiasyo Isika

Victoria Isika is the Associate Director of Policy for IPA Kenya. Previously she served as the Deputy Country Director for IPA Rwanda and Uganda. She began her career as part of IPA Kenya's field teams growing through the ranks from the position of a Field Assistant to Research Associate.

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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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Field Manager

Ben Mark Kariuki

Ben Mark is a Field Manager at IPA Kenya where he previously worked as a Senior Field Officer and Associate Field Manager. He joined IPA in April 2015 as a Field Officer.

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Research Associate

George Ganda

George is a Researcher Associate at IPA Kenya, where he previously worked as a Field Manager in charge of logistics in regards to field activities and field team management for the African Health Markets for Equity (AHME) Impact Evaluation project.

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Associate Finance Manager

Japheth Juma

Japheth has been working for Innovations for Poverty Action since 2011.

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Policy Assistant

Catherine Musumba Mukoya

Catherine is a Policy and Project Management professional with more than five years of experience in project management, policy, and budget advocacy on health-related projects.

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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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