Why Growth Poverty Reduction Mismatch?
This topic was intended to address a number of questions related to this growth – poverty mismatch with the intention to uncover the reasons and barriers which have been obstructing the trickle down effects to happen in Tanzania since early 1990s. As noted earlier, the 2007 HBS reveals that the percentage of Tanzanians living below the basic needs poverty line has slightly fallen from 35.7 percent in 2001 to 33.3 in 2007 (a decrease of only 2.4 percent). About 12.8 million people are still living in poverty out of the population of 38.3 million. The situation in rural areas, where the majority live is even more-worse as the incidence of poverty has decreased by only 1.3 percent(from 38.7 to 37.4 percent) during the same period. According to the forum discussions, these statistics indicate that growth has not manifested itself into poverty reduction in the country. It suggests that growth alone cannot lead to poverty reduction in the country. Although growth is a necessary condition, it
Related Questions
- Why does the IMF insist on low inflation in programs? Isn it true that growth and poverty reduction can occur at moderate inflation levels?
- Why Does Agricultural Growth Dominate Poverty Reduction in Low- and Middle-income Countries?
- How important is trade for poverty reduction? Can trade liberalisation promote growth?
