“Running With Two Legs” Why Poverty Remains High in Tanzania and What To Do About It

Lars Osberg and Amarakoon Bandara ()
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Amarakoon Bandara: Department of Economics, Dalhousie University

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Abstract: Using growth incidence curves and pseudo-cohort analysis we show that Tanzania’s growth from 2001 to 2007 has not been pro-poor. The underlying reason appears to be the slow growth in agriculture, where most rural poor make a living. However, we argue that development of agriculture alone would not enable Tanzania to reduce poverty on a sustainable basis. Tanzania needs to emphasize both productivity improvements in small-scale agriculture which enable increased farm production and higher farm income, and growth in non-farm employment to provide the markets needed for increased agricultural output and to generate income directly.

Keywords: Poverty reduction; Agricultural productivity; Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2011-05-25
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