World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192009-04-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3081This assessment of poverty and inequality comes at an important juncture for Kenya. The December 2007 elections and subsequent pronouncements of the newly formed Grand Coalition have underlined the salience of these issues to ordinary Kenyans, and for policy makers. The violence in early 2008 highlighted the importance of addressing poverty and inequality as major goals in their own right, but also for instrumental reasons, as major goals in their own right, the persistent inequalities spark conflict, which is welfare reducing, and this conflict in turn will harm prospects for growth. The onset of the global credit crunch has also shown how poverty and public service delivery related vulnerabilities could be exacerbated by external shocks. Cumulatively, these factors underline the value of appropriate diagnostics about the patterns of poverty and inequality in informing public debates, strategies and actions to overcome exclusion from the benefits of growth and development in Kenya as well as designing policies to minimize the impact of the current global crisis.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE TERMSACCESS TO CREDITACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICESACCESS TO MARKETSACCESS TO SERVICESAGRICULTURAL LABORERSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYARABLE LANDARID LANDSBASIC EDUCATIONBORROWINGBRIBESBUDGET MANAGEMENTBUSINESS OPPORTUNITIESBUSINESS SUPPORTCONFLICTCONSUMPTION PER CAPITACONSUMPTION SMOOTHINGCORRUPTIONCREDIT ACCESSCREDIT CRUNCHDEBTDEBT FINANCINGDEPENDENCY RATIODEVELOPMENT FINANCEDEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONSDISADVANTAGED GROUPSDISPARITIES IN ACCESSDISSEMINATIONDIVERSIFICATIONEARNINGSECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC MANAGEMENTECONOMIC TRENDSEDUCATION LEVELSEDUCATION SPENDINGEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPLOYMENT STATUSENROLLMENTENROLMENT RATEENROLMENT RATESEXCLUSIONEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURESEXTERNAL SHOCKSFAMILY FARMFAMILY SIZEFARM ACTIVITIESFARM EMPLOYMENTFARM INCOMEFARMERFARMERSFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY RATESFINANCIAL ACCESSFINANCIAL COSTSFINANCIAL SERVICEFINANCIAL SERVICE ACCESSFOOD BUNDLEFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD NEEDSFOOD PRICEFOOD SHAREGENDERGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGOVERNMENT POLICIESHEALTH CAREHEALTH FACILITIESHIVHOME OWNERSHIPHOSPITALHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD INCOMESHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIDILL-HEALTHILLNESSINCIDENCE ANALYSISINCOMEINDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDSINEQUALITIESINEQUALITYINFANTINFANT DEATHINTERNAL MIGRATIONKNOWLEDGE BASELABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOUR FORCELABOUR MARKETLAND INEQUALITYLAND OWNERSHIPLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIMITED ACCESSLIVING CONDITIONSLOANMALARIAMARKET DEVELOPMENTMICROFINANCEMICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONSMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMILKMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINORITYMORTALITYNEW MARKETNEW POORNUTRITIONNUTRITION INTERVENTIONSPARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTPERSISTENT INEQUALITIESPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOORPOOR FAMILIESPOOR GROUPSPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDSPOORER HOUSEHOLDSPOORER PROVINCESPOPULATION CENSUSPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION GROUPSPOPULATION SIZEPOVERTY BY PROVINCEPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LEVELPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY PROGRAMSPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCINGPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION IMPACTPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY RISKPOVERTY STATUSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPROGRESSPROVINCIAL HOSPITALPROVINCIAL HOSPITALSPUBLIC DISCUSSIONPUBLIC EDUCATIONPUBLIC FACILITIESPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH SERVICESPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC INVESTMENTSPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC SUBSIDIESPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSQUALITATIVE DATARECESSIONREMITTANCESRESPECTRURALRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL EMPLOYMENTRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL INCOMERURAL POPULATIONRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY LINESRURAL QUINTILERURAL SERVICESSAFE WATERSAFETY NETSSANITATIONSAVINGSSCHOOL ATTENDANCESECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLINGSECONDARY SCHOOLSSEEDLING NURSERYSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSSEXSKILLS DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL COMMISSIONSOCIAL EXCLUSIONSOCIAL MOBILITYSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL TENSIONSSPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONSTART-UPSTRUCTURAL INEQUALITIESSUBSISTENCETARGETINGTECHNICAL SUPPORTTOTAL POVERTYUNEMPLOYED WOMENUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATESURBAN AREASURBAN DEVELOPMENTSURBAN POPULATIONURBAN SLUMSVILLAGEVILLAGESVULNERABILITYWAGE EMPLOYMENTWELFARE IMPROVEMENTSYOUNG ADULTSWorld Bank10.1596/3081