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Concern Worldwide’s Research on Indicators for Urban Emergencies

Implications for Policy and Practice in Kenya

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Born out of the growing interest in predicting and averting urban food security crises. Concern Worldwide has implemented the “indicator development for surveillance of urban emergencies” (IDSUE), a study funded by the United States Agency for International Development – Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. The central question that IDSUE seeks to address is: How do we know when a situation has gone from chronic poverty to an acute crisis in an urban slum?

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