a closer look at kenya
A Mixed Picture: Poverty Reduction, Rapid Population Growth, and Extreme Weather
Extremely poor people, Concern believes, have few assets or achieve little return on the assets they own. They cannot escape extreme poverty because of structural inequalities and because of risks and vulnerabilities.
The following case study by Concern Worldwide gives some insight into the real and insidious impacts of food price increases and volatility in the slums of Nairobi.
For Concern Worldwide, gender mainstreaming is an integral component of all projects and programmes. It is a cross-cutting issue which relates to all decision-making processes and affects all fields of activity at all levels.