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IDS BULLETIN-INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
卷 52, 期 1, 页码 37-44出版社
INST DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
DOI: 10.19088/1968-2021.104
关键词
informal settlements; Nairobi; Covid-19; income support; urban; informal; youth
资金
- Government of Ireland
- Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)Accountability and Responsiveness in Informal Settlements for Equity (ARISE) [ES/S00811X/1]
For the large population living in Nairobi's informal settlements, the long-term effects of Covid-19 pose a threat to livelihoods, health, and wellbeing. This article highlights the challenges posed by existing government responses, including poor accountability structures and targeted income support only for the 'most vulnerable'. Improving community-led enumeration, accountability for distribution, and widening income support is necessary to build solidarity and improve the future resilience of these vulnerable communities.
For the large population living in Nairobi's informal settlements, the long-term effects of Covid-19 pose a threat to livelihoods, health, and wellbeing. For those working in the informal sector, who are the lifeblood of the city, livelihoods have been severely supressed by Covid-19 restrictions such as curfews, pushing many into further poverty. This article draws on community data, meetings, and authors' observations as community organisers, to explore the challenges posed by existing government responses from a community development perspective. We found that poor accountability structures and targeted income support only for the 'most vulnerable' exacerbates tensions, mistrust, and insecurity among already vulnerable communities. We draw on a rapid desk review of existing literature to argue that community-led enumeration to validate entitlement claims, improved accountability for distribution, and widening income support is required to build solidarity and improve the future resilience of these communities.
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