Network Frames And Their Link To Commitment In Drought Early Warning Information Systems: Evidence From The Fews Net-kfssg Anti-famine Campaign

This study examined the effectiveness of Kenya’s famine early warning information (FEWI) network from 2007 to 2013. The study assessed: presence of collaborative networks (NC), strength of networks (C), organizational commitment (OC), types of information commitments (IC), and perceived impact (PE) by stakeholders at FEWI’s strategy-capacitybuilding-network, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) and the coordination-implementer-network, the Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG), since 2007. The study’s discussions are nested in the study’s functional framework: the multithe…