data paper

2021 Social Accounting Matrix for Kenya: A Nexus Project SAM

by The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA),
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KBS) and
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Open Access | CC BY-4.0
Citation
The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA); Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KBS); International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2023. 2021 Social Accounting Matrix for Kenya: A Nexus Project SAM. Data Paper. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136728

The 2021 Kenya Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) follows IFPRI's Standard Nexus SAM approach, by focusing on consistency, comparability, and transparency of data. The Nexus SAMs available on IFPRI's website separates domestic production into 42 activities. Factors are disaggregated into labor, agricultural land, and capital, with labor further disaggregated across three education-based categories. The household account is divided into 10 representative household groups: Rural and urban households across per capita consumption quintiles. Nexus SAMs support the improvement of model-based research and policy analysis in developing countries and allow for more robust cross-country comparisons of national economic structures, especially agriculture-food systems.