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      Emeritus Research Director at INED, Paris; Honorary President of IUSSP      		Massimo livi BacciMassimo livi Bacci
      Emeritus Professor of Demography, University of Florence, Italy      		Alaka BasuAlaka Basu
      Professor, Dept of Development Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA and Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation, Washington DC, USA
      Bruno MasquelierBruno Masquelier
      Professor of Demography, University of Louvain, Belgium      		Gustavo De SantisGustavo De Santis
      Professor of Demography, University of Florence, Italy      		Ernestina CoastErnestina Coast
      Associate Professor of Population Studies, London School of Economics
      Roberto ImpicciatoreRoberto Impicciatore
      Assistant Professor of Demography, University of Milan, Italy      		Salvatore StrozzaSalvatore Strozza
      Professor of Demography, University Federico II, Naples (Italy)      		Cinzia ContiCinzia Conti
      Researcher at Istat, Head of Unit on Foreign Presence and Social Dynamics
      Alessandro RosinaAlessandro Rosina
      Professor of Demography and Director, Center for Applied Statistics in Business and Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore      		Letizia MencariniLetizia Mencarini
      Associate professor of Demography, Bocconi University - Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy & Collegio Carlo Alberto; P.I. ERC P.I. ERC project n. 313617 (2013-2018) SWELLFER http://swellfer.wordpress.com      		Feng WangFeng Wang
      Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine, USA, and Professor at Fudan University, Shanghai, China
      Corrado BonifaziCorrado Bonifazi
      Director of the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies, National Research Council, Rome Italy      		John KnodelJohn Knodel
      Research Professor Emeritus, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan (USA) and International staff, College of Populations Studies, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)      		Gilles PisonGilles Pison
      Professor at Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle and Director of Research at the French National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) (Paris)
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      Research Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, USA
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      Senior Program Officer, Giovanni Agnelli Foundation, Italy      		Cheikh MbackéCheikh Mbacké
      Associate Professor, Sociology department, Laval University      		Letizia TanturriLetizia Tanturri
      Associate Professor of Demography, University of Padova, Italy
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      Professor, Demography Department and Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Jacques B.O. Emina

University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

July 17, 2017

Family planning in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya
Planning familial dans les bidonvilles de Nairobi, Kenya

Donatien Beguy, Alex C. Ezeh, Blessing U. Mberu, Jacques B.O. Emina
children in Nairobi

In Kenya, rapid population growth has occurred amidst poor urban governance and limited employment opportunities, leading to widespread urban poverty that is concentrated in informal settlements or slums.
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