The Changing Economy of Tanzania
Patterns of Accumulation and Structural Change This working paper explores past processes of economic transformation in Tanzania, particularly since the economic reforms of the 1980s. The paper starts with the premise that it is not sufficient to look at the evolution of the rate of economic growth to assess the macroeconomic performance of the economy, […]
Economic Transformation in Tanzania: Vicious or Virtuous Circle?
This paper explores the concept of economic transformation and investigates its relevance to present-day policy debates in Tanzania. This paper, therefore, is conceptual in nature and starts by taking a critical look at a homemade definition of economic transformation. It then presents a brief literature review of the concept of economic transformation and its relation […]
Preventing Malnutrition in Tanzania: A Focused Strategy to Improve Nutrition in Young Children
This brief examines the status of nutrition in Tanzania. Despite improvements between 1999 and 2004/05, data clearly show that the prevalence of child undernutrition remains high in Tanzania and malnutrition begins at an early age. Based on the evidence presented, the brief concludes that a national strategy to prevent malnutrition must focus upon protecting, promoting […]
Institutional Analysis of Nutrition in Tanzania
This special paper provides a summary of the situation of nutrition in Tanzania, and an institutional analysis of the principal actors in nutrition nationally and locally. The paper argues the need to focus on prevention of malnutrition by protecting, promoting and sustaining improved nutrition in children under two years of age. This strategy implies the […]
Changes in Household Non-income Welfare Indicators –
Can Poverty Mapping be used to predict change in per capita consumption in Tanzania over time? In recent years a technique has been developed to obtain generate poverty estimates for small geographical areas where the available data is not representative. This estimation method, in popular terms called poverty mapping, combines data sources of the population […]