Protracted displacement and remittances: the view from Eastleigh, Nairobi

This paper explores experiences of the remittance process among Somali refugees living in Nairobi. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled to Kenya since 1991 as a result of the civil war in Somalia. The paper focuses on Eastleigh, a bustling suburb of Nairobi with a large Somali population. Known in Swahili as Mogadishu ndogo (little Mogadishu), Eastleigh has a reputation for thriving business activity, dilapidated infrastructure and crime.