BEST PRACTICES in CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUND (CDF) Prepared By Kimani Francis Praxides Nekesa Bernard Ndungu For THE CENTRE Collaborative Centre for Gender and Development Best Practices In CDF First Published in 2009 By Collaborative Centre for Gender and Development P.O. Box 27559-00506, Nairobi, Tel: 020-607885, Email:
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[email protected] _________________________________________________________ The research presented in this publication is the result of a project funded by Canada’s International Development Reseach Centre (www.idrc.ca). Table of Contents Acronyms ................................................................... vi Executive Summary .....................................................viii Preface ....................................................................... xii Acknowledgement ......................................................xiv CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION..1 Section I:Economic Development Patterns, Trends and Strategies: Kenyan Context ........................1 :Constituency Development Fund: An Overview...4 Section II: The Study Introduction ..................................................10