Knowledge co-production for transformation in low-income settlements in urban Africa

Shuaib Lwasa; Paul Isolo Mukwaya; Judith Mbabazi; Teddy Kisembo; Hasifa Namuli; Hakimu Sseviiri; Disan Byarugaba; Gloria Nsangi Nakyagaba; Moses Nadiope; Kareem Buyana; Daniel Ochieng Ologe

Knowledge co-production for transformation in low-income settlements in urban Africa

Shuaib Lwasa
, Paul Isolo Mukwaya
, Judith Mbabazi
, Teddy Kisembo
, Hasifa Namuli
, Hakimu Sseviiri
, Disan Byarugaba
, Gloria Nsangi Nakyagaba
, Moses Nadiope
, Kareem Buyana
, Daniel Ochieng Ologe

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Delivering services and utilities to keep up with the pace of urban growth remains a policy challenge. Livelihood improvement programmes and social protection have not been successful in increasing coverage, availability and a!affordability of services and physical infrastructure or in the creation of employment opportunities in urban areas. Communities have developed innovations to address this deficit and have created employment opportunities for their integration into the urban economy. Individual and community inequalities are catalysed by the involvement of research and private industry actors to co- produce knowledge, and co-implement and validate some of the economic opportunities where they exist that can enable the transformation of urban areas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Co-production of Knowledge in Action
Subtitle of host publication	Emancipatory strategies for urban equality
Editors	Cassidy Johnson, Vanesa Castán Broto, Wilbard Jackson Kombe, Catalina Ortiz, Barbara Lipietz, Emmanuel Osuteye, Caren Levy
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	UCL Press
Chapter	2
Pages	55-78
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-80008-893-1, 978-1-80008-894-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-80008-891-7, 978-1-80008-892-4
Publication status	Published - 14 Sept 2025

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Lwasa, S., Mukwaya, P. I., Mbabazi, J., Kisembo, T., Namuli, H., Sseviiri, H., Byarugaba, D., Nakyagaba, G. N., Nadiope, M., Buyana, K., & Ologe, D. O. (2025). Knowledge co-production for transformation in low-income settlements in urban Africa. In C. Johnson, V. Castán Broto, W. J. Kombe, C. Ortiz, B. Lipietz, E. Osuteye, & C. Levy (Eds.), Co-production of Knowledge in Action : Emancipatory strategies for urban equality (pp. 55-78). UCL Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.26868647.10

Lwasa, Shuaib ; Mukwaya, Paul Isolo ; Mbabazi, Judith et al. / Knowledge co-production for transformation in low-income settlements in urban Africa. Co-production of Knowledge in Action : Emancipatory strategies for urban equality. editor / Cassidy Johnson ; Vanesa Castán Broto ; Wilbard Jackson Kombe ; Catalina Ortiz ; Barbara Lipietz ; Emmanuel Osuteye ; Caren Levy. London : UCL Press, 2025. pp. 55-78

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Knowledge co-production for transformation in low-income settlements in urban Africa. / Lwasa, Shuaib; Mukwaya, Paul Isolo; Mbabazi, Judith et al.
Co-production of Knowledge in Action : Emancipatory strategies for urban equality. ed. / Cassidy Johnson; Vanesa Castán Broto; Wilbard Jackson Kombe; Catalina Ortiz; Barbara Lipietz; Emmanuel Osuteye; Caren Levy. London: UCL Press, 2025. p. 55-78.

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