Julie Zollmann

Julie Zollmann

Consulting Associate

Publications by this author

Waking up to the Covid health threat in Kenya
Livelihoods and Microenterprise | February 4, 2021

Waking up to the Covid health threat in Kenya

Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, February 4, 2021  “Yes, corona is real,” Beauty, a middle-aged mother in...

By Julie Zollmann
A bridge too far? Paying for school in an economic crisis
Livelihoods and Microenterprise | November 18, 2020

A bridge too far? Paying for school in an economic crisis

Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, November 18, 2020  Parents across Kenya are receiving ambiguous messages about the...

By Julie Zollmann
Living on Little: Navigating financial scarcity in modern Kenya
Financial Health | November 16, 2020

Living on Little: Navigating financial scarcity in modern Kenya

Living on very little money doesn’t just mean that you worry about how to feed your family and pay...

By Julie Zollmann
Finance bends; will it break?
Livelihoods and Microenterprise | November 11, 2020

Finance bends; will it break?

Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, November 11, 2020  On average, families in the Kenya Financial Diaries started...

By Julie Zollmann
Investors and Indigents: Divergent trajectories of Kenyans in the COVID era
Livelihoods and Microenterprise | November 11, 2020

Investors and Indigents: Divergent trajectories of Kenyans in the COVID era

Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, November 11, 2020  As we completed a new round of COVID-19 Diaries...

By Julie Zollmann
How are things now? Summary of September/October COVID diaries findings
Livelihoods and Microenterprise | November 11, 2020

How are things now? Summary of September/October COVID diaries findings

Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, November 11, 2020  Between 7 September and 14 October, our team spoke...

By Julie Zollmann
Debts in distress: how ordinary people are finding the liquidity they need to survive COVID
Livelihoods and Microenterprise | September 6, 2020

Debts in distress: how ordinary people are finding the liquidity they need to survive COVID

Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, September 6, 2020  “Things are getting bad,” Vanessa told us. When we...

By Julie Zollmann
Imagining Post-COVID recovery
Livelihoods and Microenterprise | July 10, 2020

Imagining Post-COVID recovery

Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, July 10, 2020  How Financial Diaries families imagine reconstructing their income streams...

By Julie Zollmann
Corona Case Studies: Running out of options
Livelihoods and Microenterprise | June 12, 2020

Corona Case Studies: Running out of options

Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, June 12, 2020  After three months of Covid-19 restrictions, Jennifer’s economic options...

By Julie Zollmann
Corona Case Studies: ‘Waiting for nothing’
Livelihoods and Microenterprise | June 12, 2020

Corona Case Studies: ‘Waiting for nothing’

Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, June 12, 2020  Agnes, 45, lives in rural Makueni with her children...

By Julie Zollmann