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 […]
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 […]
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 […]