World Bank2012-08-132012-08-131996-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11615A 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOPOVERTY ASSESSMENTSPOVERTY EVALUATION METHODSDATA COLLECTINGMETHODOLOGYNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSSOCIOLOGISTSANTHROPOLOGISTSPERCEPTIONPOVERTY RESEARCHPOVERTY SEVERITYHOUSEHOLD DATAWOMEN IN DEVELOPMENTSELF-HELPPOVERTY MITIGATION COMMUNITY LEVELDATA ANALYSISDATA COLLECTIONDROUGHTFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFIELD RESEARCHFIELD TESTINGGROUP DISCUSSIONSHEALTH CAREHOUSEHOLD DATAHOUSEHOLD LEVELIMPOVERISHMENTINCOMEINFORMAL SAFETYINFORMAL SAFETY NETSLONG-TERM TRENDSNATIONAL LEVELSOLD AGEPARTICIPATORY POVERTYPARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTPOORPOOR PARENTSPOOR PEOPLEPOOR PERSONPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY LINEPRIMARY SCHOOLRECIPROCITYRESEARCH TEAMRURAL APPRAISALRURAL AREASSAFETY NETSSAMPLING FRAMEWORKSOCIAL CAPITALTARGETINGTREND ANALYSISUNDERSTANDING POVERTYWEALTH RANKINGWorld Bank10.1596/11615