Mchomvu, A. S. T.Tungaraza, Felician S. K.Maghimbi, Sam2016-07-092016-07-092002Mchomvu, A.S.T., Tungaraza, F. and Maghimbi, S., Social security systems in Tanzania: Phase II: Co-operatives and Social Protection. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 17(2).http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3028Full text can be accessed at http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jsda/article/view/23832In the 1950s and 1960s Tanzania had the third largest co-operative movement in the world. These co-operatives provided economic and social protection to members so that poor peasants could sell their crops even in years of bad world market prices. The services provided by co-operatives, like education and trusteeship for peasants who took out loans, collapsed when the government abolished co-operatives in 1976. They were re-introduced in 1982 but, due to their abolition, they had lost capital, personnel and members. The current co-operatives are much weaker than the pre-1976 ones and cannot provide the same kind of protection they once did. Co-operatives have still a great potential for social and economic protection but much change in the government policy on co-operatives is needed.enJournal Article, Peer Reviewed10.4314/jsda.v17i2.23832