Predicting rural household poverty - methodological issues and the PRSP process in Kenya.
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2005Author
Manda, D. K.
Nafula, N.
Kimalu, P. K.
Kimenyi, M. S.
Mwabu, G
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This chapter develops a method for using poverty indices derived from survey data for a given year to predict poverty rates in subsequent periods without having to conduct a new household survey. It illustrates the workings of this method with data from the Kenya Welfare Monitoring Surveys for 1994 and 1997. The methodology is thought to provide reasonable predictions of poverty in Kenya over the period analysed. It is suggested that this methodology is a convenient and important tool for monitoring and evaluating the success of poverty alleviation programmes.
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"Predicting Rural Household Poverty: Methodological Issues and the PRSP Process in Kenya," in: Frank Ellis and H. Ade Freeman, eds, Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction Policies, London: Routledge, September 2004., MWIGA, PROF. MWABU GERMANO , Proceedings Sixth College on Thin Film Technology, July 24th , (2004) copy at http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/mwabu/publications/predicting-rural-household-poverty-methodological-issues-and-prsp-process-kenya-fPublisher
London: Routledge, Depatment of Economics, University of Nairobi