The Invisibility of Wage Employment in Statistics on the Informal Economy in Africa: Causes and Consequences
Through a Tanzanian case study, this paper challenges the claim, along with the statistics that support it, that self-employment is the dominant employment status in the informal economy. The paper begins by reviewing key insights from the relevant literature on the informal economy to argue that conventional notions of ‘wage employment’ and ‘self-employment’, while unfit […]
The Changing Economy of Tanzania
Patterns of Accumulation and Structural Change This working paper explores past processes of economic transformation in Tanzania, particularly since the economic reforms of the 1980s. The paper starts with the premise that it is not sufficient to look at the evolution of the rate of economic growth to assess the macroeconomic performance of the economy, […]
Economic Transformation in Tanzania: Vicious or Virtuous Circle?
This paper explores the concept of economic transformation and investigates its relevance to present-day policy debates in Tanzania. This paper, therefore, is conceptual in nature and starts by taking a critical look at a homemade definition of economic transformation. It then presents a brief literature review of the concept of economic transformation and its relation […]
The Growth-Poverty Nexus in Tanzania
From a Developmental Perspective This presents the conceptual framework for REPOA’s research programme on growth and poverty, explaining the underlying rationale and agenda. This document will also be useful to those who would like to gain an overview of the issue of growth and poverty
Developing Social Protection in Tanzania within a Context of Generalised Insecurity
This will be of interest to those involved in research in the area of social protection, and to those who would like to gain an overview of the likely implications of addressing or not addressing social protection in a developing country.