Growth and Poverty in Tanzania

12 May 2010 | Uwazi

Has this growth succeeded in improving lives of people? This note demonstrates that this “successful transition”

• has failed to bring poverty reduction,   
• most of the progress has occurred in Dar es Salaam and not in rural areas, and 
• is associated with the poorest getting poorer and the richest richer  

At the same time

• Tanzania remains of track to achieving the poverty MDG /MKUKUTA targets, and 
• does worse than comparator countries in Africa and Asia  

Read more: growth policy forum Tanzania Twaweza

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