Identifying and addressing the causes of declining participation rates in Kenyan primary schools

Poverty has emerged as the focus of concern for international agencies and the Kenyan Government. However this paper argues that defining and targetin g poverty are complex issues calling for complex responses, involving the h olistic improvement of the quality of education, as well as improving acces s. The paper draws its evidence primarily from the 1998 Kenyan National Pri mary Baseline. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.