Poverty and Growth in Remote Villages in Tanzania (2004-2008)

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Lucia da Corta

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Laurance Price

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Date Written: October 2009

Abstract

This working paper accompanies ‘Village Voices’, a film which covers the lives of people in five remote regions of Tanzania over five years (2004-08). The paper examines specifically why high economic growth during the period of Tanzania's poverty reduction strategy (MKUKUTA 2005-2010) has not translated into the expected reduction in poverty, as there has been a rise in one million people living in poverty over the period 2001 to 2007. The official response has been a call for broad-based growth by stepping up efforts to green revolutionise agriculture through an Agriculture First (Kilimo Kwanza) strategy.

Keywords: growth, Tanzania

Suggested Citation

da Corta, Lucia and Price, Laurance, Poverty and Growth in Remote Villages in Tanzania (2004-2008) (October 2009). Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper No. 153, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1524724 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1524724

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