NYU Poverty Gap in Kenya Questions

1. For your assigned country Kenya, provide the following statistics and answer the following questions:

a. Poverty line

b. Explain the structure of your countries poverty line and how it was decided

c. Headcount (Poverty) ratio

d. Poverty Gap Index (for a two year period or years that are close together)

e. Income Gap Index (for a two year period or years that are close together)

2. Explain how the Poverty Gap Index and Income Gap Index are used to assess a countries development

3. Use your country to explain what biases or errors the Poverty Gap Index and the Income Gap Index could have

4. Describe the level of poverty shown in the statistics gathered (Question 1)