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This report analyzes Kenya's current development and projects its trajectory to 2043 through eight sectoral scenarios and a combined 'Agenda 2063' scenario. It evaluates progress in demographics, health, education, infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing, trade, and governance, highlighting the potential for significant GDP growth and poverty reduction if strategic policy interventions are implemented.

This report assesses the role and effectiveness of community peace accords in seven Kenyan counties: Tana River, Garissa, Isiolo, Marsabit, Mandera, Wajir, and Turkana. It examines the transition from top-down, state-led agreements to community-led processes, highlighting that sustainable peace depends on local ownership, inclusive design, and the integration of traditional customs. The study identifies key drivers of conflict, including resource scarcity, historical marginalisation, and political competition under devolution, while providing policy recommendations to improve the coordination, funding, and legal frameworks supporting these accords.

This case study describes a pilot flood insurance programme in Kenya, developed by Britam Insurance Kenya with support from FSD Africa and Swiss Re, to provide financial resilience to vulnerable households in Tana River County following devastating floods in late 2023.

This report by Krutham, commissioned by the African Climate Foundation, evaluates the role of climate risk insurance in Kenya. It analyzes the country's disaster risk financing strategies, the current state of the insurance and reinsurance markets, and the barriers preventing the insurance sector from contributing more effectively to climate adaptation and resilience.

This briefing from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) introduces a multidisciplinary toolkit designed to create more effective development interventions by combining service design, complex adaptive systems thinking, and behavioural science. The approach aims to move beyond the dichotomy of top-down and bottom-up strategies through a highly iterative, seven-stage process that emphasizes stakeholder co-definition and rapid prototyping.

This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the barriers women farmers in Kenya face when accessing post-harvest technologies for mango production. Using service design methods, including Customer Journey Mapping and ecosystem mapping, the study identifies how power imbalances with brokers and a market preference for quantity over quality discourage technology adoption. The report evaluates several technologies—ranging from fruit fly traps to pulping machines—and concludes that technology alone is insufficient without holistic support for business development and the creation of reliable quality-based markets.

This case study describes the development and pilot of Kenya's first private-sector flood insurance product, created by Britam Insurance Kenya with support from FSD Africa. The project targeted vulnerable households in Tana River County, providing payouts to 300 families following heavy rains between October and December 2023.