The papers published in this book are a product of a five day workshop held at Arusha, Tanzania, in August 1987. The papers were presented during plenary sessions with the two subthemes family and urban population. Four papers are based on Tanzania, three on Kenya and one each on Uganda, Zambia...

The paper evaluates the economic necessity and political incentives of a transitional fund for the East African Community (EAC). The fund has been proposed to encounter trade imbalances which may arise due to the intended customs union in East Africa. Using a disaggregated approach at the...