fluctuations, raising the incidence of poverty. Drawing on micro-level data from South Africa and Tanzania, we examine the … that reducing consumption volatility would have on aggregate poverty. We then discuss coverage of consumption insurance … are most prevalent and which consumption-smoothing mechanisms are available. In Tanzania, agricultural shocks are an …

This article uses a 13-year panel of individuals in Tanzania to assess how adult mortality shocks affect both the short …

poverty. This paper intends to quantitatively assess the welfare implications of rising food prices in rural Tanzania, by … Tanzania. However, relatively little is known about the quantitative effects of rising food prices on household welfare and … the complete demand system using the QUAIDS model, and calculate welfare and poverty indices. Our results indicate that …

This paper investigates the direct impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on poverty reduction in Tanzania … between 1980 and 2014. The paper attempts to answer one critical question: Does FDI reduce poverty in Tanzania? The study … employs three poverty reduction proxies, namely, household consumption expenditure (Pov1), infant mortality rate (Pov2), and …

fluctuations, raising the incidence of poverty. Drawing on micro-level data from South Africa and Tanzania, we examine the … that reducing consumption volatility would have on aggregate poverty. We then discuss coverage of consumption insurance … are most prevalent and which consumption-smoothing mechanisms are available. In Tanzania, agricultural shocks are an …