Kenya : Participatory Poverty Assessment

A Participatory Poverty Assessment (PPA) was undertaken by the World Bank in collaboration with the Government of Kenya to complement previous statistical studies of poverty in Kenya. While the PPA confirmed many findings of the Welfare Monitoring Survey (WMS), it also revealed significant new data concerning poverty, female-headed households, access by the poor to water, education and health facilities, and challenges facing indigenous self-help networks. These findings have import implications for targeting poverty alleviation programs.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 1996-08
Subjects:POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, POVERTY EVALUATION METHODS, DATA COLLECTING, METHODOLOGY, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIOLOGISTS, ANTHROPOLOGISTS, PERCEPTION, POVERTY RESEARCH, POVERTY SEVERITY, HOUSEHOLD DATA, WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT, SELF-HELP, POVERTY MITIGATION COMMUNITY LEVEL, DATA ANALYSIS, DATA COLLECTION, DROUGHT, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FIELD RESEARCH, FIELD TESTING, GROUP DISCUSSIONS, HEALTH CARE, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, IMPOVERISHMENT, INCOME, INFORMAL SAFETY, INFORMAL SAFETY NETS, LONG-TERM TRENDS, NATIONAL LEVELS, OLD AGE, PARTICIPATORY POVERTY, PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POOR, POOR PARENTS, POOR PEOPLE, POOR PERSON, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY LINE, PRIMARY SCHOOL, RECIPROCITY, RESEARCH TEAM, RURAL APPRAISAL, RURAL AREAS, SAFETY NETS, SAMPLING FRAMEWORK, SOCIAL CAPITAL, TARGETING, TREND ANALYSIS, UNDERSTANDING POVERTY, WEALTH RANKING,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/08/2830366/kenya-participatory-poverty-assessment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11615
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