Spatial determinants of poverty in rural Kenya.

ABSTRACT: This article investigates the link between poverty incidence and geographical conditions within rural locations in Kenya. Evidence from poverty maps for Kenya and other developing countries suggests that poverty and income distribution are not homogenous. We use spatial regression techniques to explore the effects of geographic factors on poverty. Slope, soil type, distance/travel time to public resources, elevation, type of land use, and demographic variables prove to be significant in explaining spatial patterns of poverty. However, differential influence of these and other factors at the location level shows that provinces in Kenya are highly heterogeneous; hence different spatial factors are important in explaining welfare levels in different areas within provinces, suggesting that tar

SUBMITTER: Okwi PO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2040447 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature