Assessing Poverty in Kenya

Assessing Poverty in Kenya

About half of Kenya's rural population (approximately 9 million people) was the poverty line in 1992, a proportion unchanged from 1982. In urban areas, approximately a million and a quarter persons or 30 percent of the population was below the...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL GROWTH ARID AREAS ARID LANDS BASIC HEALTH BASIC NEEDS BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CREDIT PROGRAMS CREDIT SCHEMES DECLINE IN FERTILITY DIVORCE DROUGHT ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT PROMOTION FEWER CHILDREN FOOD SECURITY HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH SECTOR IMMUNIZATION IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME GROWTH RATE INCOME POVERTY LABOR FORCE LOCAL AUTHORITIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MALE SUPPORT MARRIED WOMEN MEDIUM TERM MICRO-CREDIT MILK MOTHER NOMADIC POPULATION NUTRITION PER CAPITA INCOME POOR POOR AREAS POOR FAMILIES POOR PARENTS POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POORER DISTRICTS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PROMOTION POLICIES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SPENDING RURAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL INCOMES RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL ROADS RURAL WATER SANITATION SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SECONDARY SCHOOLS SMALLHOLDER SECTOR SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS TARGETING UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POOR URBAN SLUMS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/01/12845397/assessing-poverty-kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9980

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/01/12845397/assessing-poverty-kenya
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9980