COVID-19 Impacts Cross Border Traders in East Africa
GI ACE researchers Jacqueline Klopp, Alissa Krueger, and Melissa Trimble highlight the implications of COVID-19 on small scale cross-border trading in Kenya and Uganda.
Barriers for small-scale traders in Kenya: Exploring women’s challenges on International Women’s Day
GI-ACE researchers explore the multitude of ways traders interpret bribery on East African borders. Especially for small-scale traders with perishable goods, the cost and time involved drive traders to seek out shortcuts.
‘Usain Bolt’ meters: Reform successes in the electricity sector can be quick, but only the failures get reported
A new analysis of corruption and corruption reform in the electricity sectors of Ghana and Kenya suggests a new interpretation of how and why successes against corruption seem so elusive.