Livelihoods and rural poverty reduction in Kenya

Ade Freeman, H., Ellis, F. and Allison, E. (2004) Livelihoods and rural poverty reduction in Kenya. Development Policy Review, 22 (2). pp. 147-171. ISSN 0950-6764

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Abstract

This article describes research linking micro-level outcomes to macro-level strategies with respect to rural poverty reduction in Kenya. It is set against a background in which a new government, elected at the end of 2002, is wrestling with how to break away decisively from previously unfavourable norms in the conduct of public life. The research undertaken in ten villages in Suba and Bomet districts in 2001 and 2002 confirms governance problems as having a broadly debilitating effect on rural livelihoods. Rolling back this pattern of public service behaviour needs to be made a priority; otherwise national goals to improve education, health and the transport infrastructure will reap significantly lower gains than are potentially possible.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 1 - no poverty ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/no_poverty
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2013 14:10
Last Modified:	11 Aug 2023 15:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/43956
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-7679.2004.00243.x

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