Economic Policy and Rural Poverty in Tanzania: A Survey of Three Regions

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dc.contributor.authorRutasitara, Longinus
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-08T12:38:25Z
dc.date.available2016-07-08T12:38:25Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.descriptionReprinted as chapter in “Researching Poverty in Tanzania: Problems, Policies and Perspectives.” Edited by Idris Kikula, Jonas Kipokola, Issa Shivji, Joseph Semboja, Ben Tarimo Dar es Salaam, Mkuki na Nyota publishers, 2005en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study provides some evidence about the effects of the macro-economic reforms that have been going on since 1985 on rural poverty. The aim was to make a quantitative estimate of the extent of poverty, explore factors that are closely associated to poverty, add qualitative elements of poverty and relate these to policies, particularly the constraints to rural markets and infrastructure. The latter are seen as important variables at the meso-level, linking the macro-level (policies) to the micro-one (poverty). A Rural Household Budget Survey (RHBS) was carried out in 1998 to arrive at reliable poverty data, and to highlight policy changes during the last decade as perceived by the rural poor. A total of 649 households were covered, in 13 clusters in three locations, including clusters and households covered by earlier surveys. A small participatory poverty assessment (PPA) complemented the quantitative household survey, capturing people's perceptions on poverty and the impact of policies. Economic characteristics showed a high dominance of agriculture and a mixture of food and cash crops. Social indicators showed that 50 percent of the rural people do not have basic literacy, with some correlation between per capita income (expenditure) per village and literacy levels. Health behaviour depends very much on the access to modern facilities, and access to clean water was limited. On the basis of two adjusted poverty lines, a lower food one (Tshs. 105,000) and upper (basic needs) one of Tshs 139,000, resulted in poverty indices as follows: 46 percent of the rural population was below the food poverty line, 61 percent below the basic needs one. The range of 46 percent (absolute) to 61 percent (relative) of the incidence of poverty compares reasonably well with earlier attempts, and suggests little change over time.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipResearch on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA)en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9976-973-99-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2973
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMkuki na Nyota Publishers Dar es Salaam for REPOAen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRP;02.1
dc.subjectrural poverty poverty indices inequality correlates of poverty rural non-farm sector diversificationen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.titleEconomic Policy and Rural Poverty in Tanzania: A Survey of Three Regionsen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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