Although charcoal is the single most important energy source for millions of urban dwellers in Tanzania, being used by … option contributing to energy security, sustainable forest management, and poverty alleviation strategies. The largely … comprehensive reform of the sector: with Tanzania's total annual charcoal consumption being estimated at 1 million tons, the annual …

Tanzania was again one of the top growth performers in the region. Official GDP figures show that growth remained … from last year's contraction. The Government's Tanzania Development Vision 2025 and the Five-Year Development Plan (FYDP II …) set out ambitious goals for reducing poverty and sustainably industrializing so that the country can achieve middle …

The study builds on lessons from Tanzania's development experience of the past four decades, with emphasis on the … reforms on growth, incomes, and welfare in the country. The study assesses Tanzania's current development status against the … country's ambition, since independence, to rid the nation of three archenemies: poverty, ignorance, and disease. Structural …

safety nets and transfers can play in reducing poverty more rapidly in Tanzania. It presents the potential need and costs, to … the options might be, within an analytical assessment of the nature of poverty and shocks faced by the poor in Tanzania is …Tanzania has made significant economic progress in the recent past, with per capita national income almost doubling …

economic update discusses a bold new way of lessening extreme poverty by transferring cash directly to the most vulnerable … people. In Tanzania, the success of a similar program piloted by the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF), which includes … hallmarks of Tanzania's recent economic performance. Tanzania needs to strike the right balance between making large capital …

achievements were overshadowed by the slow response of poverty to the growing economy. Until 2007, the poverty rate in Tanzania … Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA) in Tanzania has given high priority to eradicating extreme poverty and promoting … between poverty, inequality, and economic growth. This report uses the availability of the new Tanzanian Household Budget …

households. At present, Tajikistan's system of social assistance exerts almost no downward influence on poverty rates. This note … important household characteristics for predicting consumption are the number of children, the number of family members, and the …

Indonesians living below the poverty line has fallen dramatically. Nonetheless, around 12 percent of Indonesians remain in poverty … and another 30 percent remain highly vulnerable to falling into poverty in any given year. In addition, Indonesia has … promote the poor out of poverty and protect poor and vulnerable households from both individual and more widespread shocks …

non poor households into poverty, and poor households into deeper poverty; and 3) to promote investment in human and … medium run and of interrupting the intergenerational cycle of poverty. This vision is fully consistent with the World Bank … programs help create the resilience, equity and access to jobs and opportunities essential to save lives, reduce poverty and …