KIPPRA, in collaboration with the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) launched the Social Accounting Matrix for Kenya on 23rd June 2023.
The nexus project is aimed at improving the quality of social accounting matrices (SAMs) used for computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling. The nexus project develops toolkits and establishes common data standards, procedures, and classification systems for constructing and updating national SAMs.
The 2021 Kenya SAM follows the Standard Nexus Structure. The open access version of the Kenya SAM separates domestic production into 42 activities. Factors are disaggregated into labour, land, and capital. Labour is further disaggregated across three education categories. Representative households are disaggregated by rural and urban areas and by per capita expenditure quintile. The remaining accounts include enterprises, government, taxes, savings-and-investment, and the rest of the word.
