About half of Kenya's ruralpopulation (approximately 9 million people) was the povertyline in 1992, a proportion unchanged from 1982. In urbanareas, approximately a million and a quarter persons or 30percent of the population was below the poverty line. In theearly 1980s, Kenya's social indicators were distinctlymore favorable than those of most countries in the region,and there was further progress. But many indicatorsstagnated in the early 1990s. There are also persistentdifferences between rural and urban areas and between thepoor and the non-poor. These are the findings of the Kenyapoverty assessment (March 1995) which is one of the fewstudies in the region to document and measure changes inpoverty indicators over a decade. Using data from a numberof sources, it shows that while Kenya achieved someimprovement in its social indicators, the lack of sustainedper capita income growth resulted in continued poverty foran increasing number. And that the benefits of good healthand education did not accrue to all.
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