Moving out of poverty in Tanzania: evidence from Kagera

Type Journal Article - The Journal of Development Studies
Title Moving out of poverty in Tanzania: evidence from Kagera
Author(s)
Volume 46
Issue 2
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2010
Page numbers 331-3
URL http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:46:y:2010:i:2:p:331-349
Abstract
This paper uses linked qualitative and quantitative data to explore the growth trajectories of matched households in the Kagera region of Tanzania, finding that agriculture and trade provided the two main routes out of poverty. The interplay between initial conditions, shocks, networks and experiences of life beyond their village determine whether a person moves out of poverty in the following decade.

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