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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okr-10986-99802021-04-23T14:02:48Z Assessing Poverty in Kenya World Bank 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 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 poverty line. In the early 1980s, Kenya's social indicators were distinctly more favorable than those of most countries in the region, and there was further progress. But many indicators stagnated in the early 1990s. There are also persistent differences between rural and urban areas and between the poor and the non-poor. These are the findings of the Kenya poverty assessment (March 1995) which is one of the few studies in the region to document and measure changes in poverty indicators over a decade. Using data from a number of sources, it shows that while Kenya achieved some improvement in its social indicators, the lack of sustained per capita income growth resulted in continued poverty for an increasing number. And that the benefits of good health and education did not accrue to all. 2012-08-13T10:02:57Z 2012-08-13T10:02:57Z 1996-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/01/12845397/assessing-poverty-kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9980 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 55 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Kenya |
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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 |
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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 World Bank Assessing Poverty in Kenya |
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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 poverty line. In the
early 1980s, Kenya's social indicators were distinctly
more favorable than those of most countries in the region,
and there was further progress. But many indicators
stagnated in the early 1990s. There are also persistent
differences between rural and urban areas and between the
poor and the non-poor. These are the findings of the Kenya
poverty assessment (March 1995) which is one of the few
studies in the region to document and measure changes in
poverty indicators over a decade. Using data from a number
of sources, it shows that while Kenya achieved some
improvement in its social indicators, the lack of sustained
per capita income growth resulted in continued poverty for
an increasing number. And that the benefits of good health
and education did not accrue to all. |
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Assessing Poverty in Kenya |
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Assessing Poverty in Kenya |
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Assessing Poverty in Kenya |
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Assessing Poverty in Kenya |
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Assessing Poverty in Kenya |
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assessing poverty in kenya |
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Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/01/12845397/assessing-poverty-kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9980 |
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