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GEF Evaluation Office

UNDP Evaluation Office

Joint Evaluation of the
GEF Small Grants Programme

Country Program Case Study:
Kenya

Prepared by
Violet Matiru
Environment Liaison Centre International
Nairobi, Kenya and Howard Macdonald Stewart
United Nations Development Programme
New York, USA
June 2007

GEF Evaluation Office–UNDP Evaluation Office

Joint Evaluation of the GEF Small Grants Programme

Contents
Foreword ......................................................................................................................................... ii
Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................. iii
Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................... iv
1 Background ................................................................................................................................1
1.1

Methodology..................................................................................................................1

1.2

Kenya: The Environmental and Socioeconomic Context..............................................1

1.3

Key Environmental Policies and Laws..........................................................................2

1.4

The GEF in Kenya .......................................................................................................10

1.5

History of the GEF’s SGP in Kenya............................................................................12

1.6

Structure and Operations of the SGP in Kenya ...........................................................12

1.7

SGP Portfolio in Kenya ...............................................................................................14

2 Relevance of the SGP

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