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 Poverty, Old-Age and Social Pensions in Kenya
20 International Poverty Centre W orking Paper nº 24 children living in other households. This suggests that children living in elderly headed households suffer greater financial hardship compared to those living in non-elderly ones. “O ther” as a...
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20 International Poverty Centre W orking Paper nº 24 children living in other households. This suggests that children living in elderly headed households suffer greater financial hardship compared to those living in non-elderly ones. “O ther” as a reason other than the specific six reasons, is the next highest cause after fees cited by the children for not com pleting the education cycle. The children who responded no interest as a reason for not attending school is also significant, at 8.8 percent
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http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper24.pdf#page=16
www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper24.pdf#page=16
14 International Poverty Centre W orking Paper nº 24 2.7 PO VERTY SIM ULATIO N <span class="highlight">The</span> study sim ulates several alternative designs of a non-contributory social pension <span class="highlight">system</span> <span class="highlight">for</span> <span class="highlight">the</span> <span class="highlight">elderly</span>. These are intended to illustrate <span class="highlight">the</span> relative effects of alternative program design and associated costs on poverty reduction. O utcom es are estim ated not only <span class="highlight">for</span> <span class="highlight">the</span> <span class="highlight">elderly</span>, but also <span class="highlight">for</span> national poverty. To evaluate <span class="highlight">the</span> potential im pact of a social pension, several alternative designs <span class="highlight">for</span> such a
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http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper24.pdf#page=22
www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper24.pdf#page=22
20 International Poverty Centre W orking Paper nº 24 children living <span class="highlight">in</span> other households. This suggests that children living <span class="highlight">in</span> <span class="highlight">elderly</span> headed households suffer greater financial hardship compared to those living <span class="highlight">in</span> non-<span class="highlight">elderly</span> ones. “O ther” as a reason other than <span class="highlight">the</span> specific six reasons, is <span class="highlight">the</span> next highest cause after fees cited by <span class="highlight">the</span> children <span class="highlight">for</span> not com pleting <span class="highlight">the</span> education cycle. <span class="highlight">The</span> children who responded no interest as a reason <span class="highlight">for</span> not attending school is also significant, at 8.8 percent
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http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper24.pdf#page=44
www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper24.pdf#page=44
42 International Poverty Centre W orking Paper nº 24 show s, a given level of pension w ould have a more significant impact on poor individuals living far below <span class="highlight">the</span> poverty threshold rather than those clustered around <span class="highlight">the</span> threshold. This point is further highlighted w hen it comes to poverty among <span class="highlight">elderly</span>. Finally, as expected, <span class="highlight">the</span> pension transfer leads to substantial reduction <span class="highlight">in</span> poverty among <span class="highlight">elderly</span> and also <span class="highlight">in</span> non-negligible poverty reduction <span class="highlight">for</span> children under 15 (at <span class="highlight">the</span> national level
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