Nelson, Nici. 1996. 'Representations of Men and Women, City and Town in Kenyan Novels of the 1970s and 1980s'. African Languages and Cultures, 9(2), pp. 145-165. ISSN 0954416X [Article]

Nelson, Nici and Wright, Susan. 1995. Power and Participatory Development: Theory and Practice. ITDG Publishing. ISBN 978-1853392412 [Book]

Nelson, Nici. 2000. 'Genderizing Nairobi's Urban Space'. In: F Grignon and H Maupeu, eds. L'Afrique Orientale. Paris: L'Harmattan, pp. 269-323. [Book Section]

Nelson, Nici. 1999. 'Urban Poverty in Africa: A Historical Perspective'. In: Sue Jones and Nici Nelson, eds. Urban Poverty in Africa: From Understanding to Alleviation. London: Intermediate Technology Publications, pp. 1-8. ISBN 978-1853394744 [Book Section]

Nelson, Nici. 1996. 'The Kambu Group: A Successful Women's ROSCA in Mathare Valley (1971-1990). In: Shirley Ardener and Sandra Burman, eds. Money Go Rounds: The Importance of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations for Women. Oxford: Berg. ISBN 978-1859731703 [Book Section]

Nelson, Nici. 1995. 'A Discourse of Anger in a Situation of Gender-Power Asymmetry: The Negotiation of Safer Sexual Practices Between Young Women and Men in Nairobi'. In: Stephanie Newell, ed. Images of African Women: The Gender Problematic. University of Stirling: Center for Commonwealth Studies:. ISBN 978-1857690323 [Book Section]