Developing Income Proxy Models for USAID Mission in Kenya: A Technical Report

David Tschirley () and Mary K. Mathenge

No 55154, Food Security Collaborative Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: This paper details the specific procedures utilized to develop the income proxy method for the USIAD/Kenya mission, 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 briefly on the Tegemeo/MSU Tampa 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; section V assesses model performance, and section VI touches on how the models can be used.

Keywords: Food; Security; and; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 117
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.55154

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