Poverty and development in Tanzania

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The paper investigates the relationship between development, as measured by the GNI per capita and lived poverty in Tanzania which is measured on the basis of whether and how often respondents go, in the course of one year, without food, water, medical care, cooking fuel and cash income. By using the data collected by Afrobarometer in Tanzania, we are able to create one set of indicators that capture the extension of lived poverty, that is what percentage of the respondents, experiences deprivation, but we also develop a series of indicators that capture the severity of lived poverty, that is how frequently respondents experience this problem. Our statistical analyses reveal that while Tanzanian progress along the developmental path did not have a significant impact on the extension of lived poverty, it made a large and significant contribution to reduce its severity.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: AGDI Working Paper ; No. WP/18/011

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General ; Comparative Studies of Countries ; Health: General ; Education and Research Institutions: General ; Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
• Subject: poverty ; lived poverty ; Afrobarometer ; development ; inequality ; Tanzania

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pelizzo, Riccardo ; Katera, Lucas ; Mwombela, Stephen ; Olan'g, Lulu
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
• (where): Yaoundé
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/191334
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET