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Developing Income Proxy Models for Use by Title II-funded NGOs in Kenya: A Technical Report for NGOs and USAID/Kenya

Author(s):  Tschirley,David;Mathenge,Mary

Introduction

This paper details the specific procedures utilized to develop the income proxy method for
Kenya NGOs, reports on the performance of the method, and brings together in one place
each part of the package needed to implement the method. The next section provides general
background on income proxy methods; section III reports on the full income survey that
formed the basis for development of the proxy method; section IV provides details on model
development, including definition of income components, the types of proxy variables tested,
and the performance of the models, while section V briefly explains how the models are to be
used. Finally, section VI provides an overview of the rural economy in the study zone based
on the detailed income data set collected by the NGOs.

Document Reference No:  9

Language:  English


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