REPOA’s Research Report 08.2 examines:

•The contribution of small businesses to poverty alleviation:
issues covered are income generation, employment creation, salaries, profit margin and profitability.

•The influence of socio-economic factors:,
issues covered are gender, owner’s level of education, motivation for starting the business, sources of initial capital, owner’s prior activity, and use of technology.

•The impact of business formality on profit margins and empl more...

Over 7,000 Tanzanians Give Their Opinions on livelihood, education, health, governance, infrastructure, well-being, citizen participation, and more. This report is the largest perception survey conducted in Mainland Tanzania to date. 7,879 Tanzanians, aged from 7 to 90 years, from ten mainland regions, were asked for their opinion on aspects of economic progress, their standard of living, quality of and access to economic and social services, and trends in governance.

Included in this report more...

This paper will be useful to those who would like to gain an overview of the issue of growth and poverty for a developing country. Special Paper 08.27 by Prof. Marc Wuyts presents the conceptual framework for REPOA’s research programme on growth and poverty, explaining the underlying rationale and agenda.

The Poverty and Human Development Report provides a consolidated national analysis of trends in development in Tanzania. It is an authoritative reference document on socio-economic and macro issues for Tanzania.

Part I presents an analysis of the most recent data for the national set of indicators used to monitor Tanzania’s National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA).

Part II gives an overview of the findings from a public perception survey ‘Views of the People†more...