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How informal water markets serve the urban population: Dynamics of invisible hand in Nairobi’s water sector
Citation: Chumo I, Mberu B, Kabaria C (2025) How informal water markets serve the urban population: Dynamics of invisible hand in Nairobi’s water sector. PLOS Water 4(6): e0000379. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000379 Editor: Abraham Matamanda, University of the Free State, SOUTH AFRICA Received: November 11, 2024; Accepted: April 24, 2025; Published: June 6, 2025 Copyright: © 2025 Chumo et al.
Sanitation services for the urban poor A social capital approach to sanitation challenges in informal settlements
Sanitation services for the urban poor A social capital approach to sanitation challenges in informal settlements
The Value of Community Capitals in Sustainable Urban Development: A Qualitative Exploration of Urban Informal Workers
1. Introduction Urban informality is commonly seen as a “threat” to progress, ascribed to the urban poor who live and work in informal settlements [1,2]. However, what is really failing residents in informal settlements is an underlying multiplicity of “formal” workers, actors, institutions, legal frameworks, and markets that are not able to respond, absorb, or adjust to this reality [3,4].
GOVERNANCE DIARIES IN KOROGOCHO AND VIWANDANI, NAIROBI, KENYA: A Brief
MONTSERRAT / EXTRA BOLD Montserrat / Light ARISE ARISE ARISE Accountability in Urban Health ARISEARISE Accountability in Urban HealthARISE Accountability in Urban HealthARISE GOVERNANCE DIARIES IN KOROGOCHO AND VIWANDANI, NAIROBI MAPPING THE SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE TERRAIN IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS INTRODUCTION More than half of humanity currently lives in urban areas, and 90% of the global population is projected to be urban by 2050.
Unmet Needs and Resilience: The Case of Vulnerable and Marginalized Populations in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements
This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle by Ivy Chumo 1,*, Caroline Kabaria 1, Alex Shankland 2 and Blessing Mberu 1 1 African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), APHRC Campus, Kitisuru, Nairobi P.O. Box 10787-00100, Kenya 2 Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton BN1 9RE, UK * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
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