We contribute to the literature on trends in living standards in Tanzania by analysing child welfare using two multi-dimensional … approaches, first-order dominance (FOD) and Alkire-Foster (AF). Between 1991/92 and 2010, remarkably similar area rankings emerge … in the middle. The methodologies also complement each other by providing upper and lower bounds on underlying welfare …

Reducing poverty and inequality and promoting inclusive growth are fundamental to achieving the United Nations … Sustainable Development Goals. Much has changed in the global economy in recent decades and perspectives on progress made vary … evaluation of the main stylized facts concerning poverty, inequality, and growth. It will uncover existing trends, put …

negligible poverty reducing effects at the national level. The contribution of welfare benefits to reducing inequality is mixed … Social Protection Strategic Plan with the aim of supporting socio-economic development, and strengthening the resilience of … programmes. We conduct a poverty and inequality decomposition analysis as well as a benefit-incidence analysis to examine the …

Since 1994, a great deal has been accomplished. We argue that poverty reduction was temporarily sidelined in the 2000s … agriculture and a weather shock, undermined progress in measured consumption poverty. We expect progress in poverty reduction to … resume. These shocks also exposed persistent weaknesses in development strategies and programmes. Nevertheless, Mozambique …

We broadly review the challenges encountered and choices made in the national assessments of consumption poverty using … estimates produce qualitatively very similar results. We conclude that the principal conclusions of the poverty assessments are …

poverty reduction. However, these positive dynamics started to revert from 2015, with per capita growth rates getting close to … inequality for Mozambique and their trends over the last 25 years. Using real per capita consumption as the main welfare …

The poverty mapping methodology for estimating welfare rankings from small areas has proven to be useful in guiding … approach is multi-dimensional allowing for a broader conception of poverty. Finally, FOD indicators can be chosen that relate … allocation of government funds, regional planning, and general policy formulation. Nevertheless, poverty mapping also suffers …

poverty over the period, and what poverty reduction there has been has mostly occurred in Dar es Salaam. Indicators of non …-monetary poverty have gradually improved over the past 20 years but significant differences across the country remain. …

consumption poverty and non-monetary poverty outcomes over this period, showing improvements in almost all indicators over this …-monetary outcomes, remains an important concern. This increase in inequality is one reason why growth has not led to faster poverty …