-structured interviews. Data were analyzed using income and consumption approaches focusing on poverty and on subjective assessment using … happiness approach. Additionally, a probit model was used for a poverty assessment. The survey revealed that flooded farmers … were amongst the poorest in the study system. Seven variables determined poverty in this study: household size, location …

household income and assets in Kenya. We use a survey panel dataset, which allows us to control for unobserved heterogeneity … welfare, even when addressing the issue of selection into commercialization. While the production of vegetables for the export … market is consistently associated with income in a positive way, the results for asset holdings as the measure of household …

(1988-2008), we tell the story of this descent into hell from the standpoint of poverty and living standards. In 2008, after … five years of civil war and another episode yet to come (2010-11), the extreme US$1.25 poverty headcount had reached a …