Poverty and Family Size Patterns
Comparison Across African Countries The study was prompted by two earlier survey-based studies in Tanzania that showed less poverty with higher household size. The availability of data from Demographic and Health Surveys of the 1990s in many countries provided an opportunity to explore the finding on a varying spectrum across Africa, and Tanzania is explored […]
Assessment of Village Level Sugar Processing Technology in Tanzania
The Institute of Production Innovation (IPI) and the Faculty of Engineering (FoE), both of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) innovated a plant for processing crystalline sugar from sugarcane, at the village level in the mid-1980s. Fourteen such plants, as of 1999, have already been manufactured by IPI, twelve were installed and among them, […]
Poverty and Family Size in Tanzania
Survival and Accumulation Strategies at the Rural-Urban Interface
A Study of Ifakara Town, Tanzania Traditionally, small towns have been viewed as an extension of the exploitative arm of state capitalism and an instrument of rural under-development, draining cheaply obtained resources from the rural areas to the large cities. This study takes a different view, that small town may have a positive role in […]
Poverty, Environment and Livelihood along the Gradients of the Usambaras on Tanzania
Two of the most important global issues today are pervasive poverty and problems related to environmental degradation. The causal factors are complex (Leonard et al, 1989, Holmberg, 1991). There is considerable debate on the relationships between poverty and the environment. The “Brundtland Commission” brought to the forefront the links between development and the environment, concluding […]
Foreign Aid, Grassroots Participation and Poverty Alleviation in Tanzania
Credit Schemes and Women’s Empowerment for Poverty Alleviation
The Case of Tanga Region, Tanzania The study set out to assess the extent of empowerment of low-income women at the household level as a result of loans given for starting income generating activities(IGAs) or micro-enterprises. It covered clients of the Credit Scheme for Productive Activities of Women in Tanzania piloted in Tanga region from […]
Youth Migration and Poverty Alleviation
A Case Study of Petty Traders (Wamachinga) in Dar es Salaam This study begins with a proposition that there is a link between poverty, migration, and policy. Its purpose is, therefore, to study and understand the phenomenon of rural-urban youth migration by focusing on mobile and stationary petty-traders in Dar es Salaam popularly known as […]
Labour Constraints, Population Dynamics and the AIDS Epidemic
The Case of Rural Bukoba District, Tanzania Poverty, though noted to have no universally agreed definition, is given as a condition of living below a set minimum standard level, the poverty line. In rural Tanzania, it is widespread. This study investigates factors exacerbating poverty conditions in rural Tanzania by a case study of Bukoba Rural […]
The Use of Labour-Intensive Irrigation Technologies in Alleviating Poverty in Majengo, Mbeya Rural District
This study investigates the role of small-scale labour-intensive irrigation technologies on poverty alleviation among small-scale farmers in Majengo area in Mbeya rural district.
Educational Background, Training and Their Influence on Female-Operated Informal Sector Enterprises
The need for this study arose due to the increasing role that women are playing in petty trade and what is generally termed the informal sector. The role that this sector has in the alleviation of poverty is expanding as a result of widespread displacement from formal sector employment, and difficult economic conditions in recent […]
The Impact of Technology on Poverty Alleviation
The Case of Artisanal Mining in Tanzania Small-scale artisanal mining in Tanzania involving minerals such as gold, gemstones, salt, kaolin, building and construction materials can be traced back to the colonial period and has gone through different transformations over time. It has a significant contribution to the National economy and as a source of livelihood […]
Making Tourism Work for Tanzania
The tourism industry in Tanzania has experienced an extraordinary growth over the years. The success of our tourism industry is hardly surprising. Few destinations worldwide can compete with what Tanzania has to offer. But tourism is a very competitive industry: destinations rise and decline. The tourism hot spots of the 1950s were entirely forgotten by […]
Governing Petroleum Resources Prospects and Challenges for Tanzania
Part I of the book comprises of two chapters that provide the scope and context for the ensuing sector analysis. This introductory part explores the underlying macroeconomic environment for Petroleum resources, institutions and politics. Analysis of both the empirical and theoretical literature on Petroleum resources forces the authors to review the concept of a “resource […]
Beyond Shifting Wealth
Perspectives on Development Risks and Opportunities from the Global South Emerging and developing countries have grown faster than advanced countries since the 2000s. This shifting weight of global economic activity from ‘the West’ to ‘East and South’ is referred to as ‘shifting wealth’. But in recent years, several factors, such as lower commodity prices, seem to have […]