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12th May 2025
Seeing the Story Behind the Dataset: Perspectives from an Internship
While studying at King’s College London, having the opportunity to work with EfD has been one of the greatest honors and the most rewarding parts of my experience in the UK. I was initially drawn to EfD’s mission of providing reliable data for policymaking in developing countries. Throughout my academic and professional background, I’ve found […]
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Measuring poverty and livelihoods with The Nasio Trust: A baseline village study in Kakamega County, Kenya (2025)
Aware of increasing rates of poverty and growing demands on its services, The Nasio Trust which operates in western Kenya, commissioned EfD to conduct an in depth, quantitative household economy survey and training for its staff. The IHM study described in this report throws a clear light on the levels of poverty in Mumias West sub county, […]
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Insights from an internship with Evidence for Development
One of the main reasons I applied for my Masters programme in Environment, Politics, and Development at King’s College London over other institutions was the opportunity offered to complete an internship placement module alongside my second semester of study, and I am pleased to say it was one of the best experiences of my degree. […]
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Livelihood Zones & Household Economy Approach (HEA) Survey Report, Homa Bay County, Kenya (2018)
Acidri, J., Machuki, H., Seaman J., (2018) Report on a livelihood study in Homa Bay County, Kenya using the Household Economy Approach (HEA) Evidence for Development Working Paper: 10 DOI 10.5281/zenodo.5113445 This report summarises the findings of a survey of household economy conducted in part of Homa Bay County, Kenya and includes a description […]
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Assessment of rural livelihoods in a lakeside community, NB, Homa Bay, Kenya (2018)
Ngoleka S., Petty, C., Achiro E., Machuki, H., Alip L., Owour, J., (2018) Assessment of rural livelihoods in a lakeside community, Ngegu Beach, Homa Bay, Kenya Evidence for Development Working Paper 9 DOI 10.5281/zenodo.5113425 The report describes household economy in a lakeshore village in Homa Bay county, Kenya. A quantitative, household economy approach, the […]
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Report on a pilot study in Mukono District, Uganda, using the Household Economy Approach (HEA) (2016)
Seaman, J.A., Acridri, J., Machuki , H., (2016) Report on a pilot study in Mukono District, Uganda, using the Household Economy Approach (HEA) Evidence for Development Working Paper 6 DOI 10.5281/zenodo.5113323 This report gives an initial summary of the findings of a survey of household economy conducted in part of Mukono District, Uganda.
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Livelihoods around Lake Wamala (Mityana District) and Lake Victoria (Mukono District): A scoping study (2015)
Acidri, J., (2015) Scoping Study: Livelihoods around Lake Wamala (Mityana District) and Lake Victoria (Mukono District) Evidence for Development Working Paper 5 DOI 10.5281/zenodo.5113298 This report in selected sites around Lake Wamala and Lake Victoria provided initial contextual information for more detailed household economy studies, carried out as part of the HyCRISTAL (Integrating Hydro-Climate […]
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15th May 2018
Imagine all the snows of Mount Kilimanjaro had melted
At the HyCRISTAL AGM in Kampala last month, climate change researchers were talking about 40-year horizons, where we did an exercise in small groups to each imagine the consequences of one of a list of possible scenarios. We were given our scenario and asked to work back to what we would have to do now, […]
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23rd November 2017
How new technologies can make a difference to rural smallholder farmers.
Some of you may have seen this piece on the BBC about “How missing weather data is a ‘life and death’ issue”. It’s about tech start-up Kukua, and the weather stations they have installed in Tanzania to help provide local commercial farmers with better forecasts. Kukua is a business with a rather unusual business model: […]
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28th September 2016
Measuring resilience to climate change in the Lake Victoria basin
Just over a year ago the UK Department for International Development (DfID), with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) launched its ‘Future Climate for Africa’ (FCFA) project. This £20 million project, involving five research consortia, aims to “generate fundamentally new climate science focused on Africa, and to ensure that this science has an impact on […]