Pro-poor budget analysis of Kenya's free primary education policy

Gabrielle Appleford, Victor Odero and Wendy Erasmus

Development in Practice, 2015, vol. 25, issue 4, 587-593

Abstract: This practical note outlines Concern's approach to pro-poor budget analysis using the case of the Kenya Free Primary Education (FPE) policy. Analysis conducted on the outcomes of the FPE policy for Nairobi's urban slum-based poor suggests that the policy is not being implemented evenly within the city. The reasons stem from poor allocation and planning approaches, to political interference and unwillingness of teachers to work in slum-based schools. These have the unintended effect of increasing inequities for the urban poor, the reverse of the policy intention. The note outlines the pitfalls and practicalities of conducting this type of analysis.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2015.1026879

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