Tanzania Poverty, Growth, and Public Transfers : Options for a National Productive Safety Net Program

This report reviews the role that safety nets have played in Tanzania and explores options on how they can contribute in accelerating poverty reduction in Tanzania, focusing on mechanisms for giving transfers to the poor. The report shows that given the large numbers of poor in Tanzania and the country s limited resources, it is essential that safety net interventions be well-targeted and efficiently organized. Significant amounts of money are already being spent on transfer programs in Tanzania, but their impact has been limited. The report recommends that for Tanzania, a single intervention will not be enough to effectively tackle extreme poverty but a combination of different type of cash transfer options is more likely to make a difference in the strategy to reduce extreme poverty and food insecurity.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Smith, W. James
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2011-09
Subjects:	AGRARIAN ECONOMY, AGRICULTURAL INPUTS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, AVAILABILITY OF FOOD, AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME, BASIC FOODSTUFFS, BENEFICIARIES, BENEFICIARY, CALORIC CONSUMPTION, CAPACITY-BUILDING, CASH CROPS, CASH INCOME, CASH PAYMENTS, CASH TRANSFER, CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS, CASH TRANSFERS, CHRONIC POVERTY, CHRONICALLY POOR, CLINIC ATTENDANCE, COMMUNITY GROUPS, COMMUNITY HEALTH, CONDITIONAL CASH, CONDITIONAL TRANSFERS, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, CONTRIBUTORY PENSION, COPING STRATEGIES, COST-EFFECTIVENESS, CREDIT PROGRAMS, DECLINE IN POVERTY, DIRECT TRANSFERS, DONOR FUNDING, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ELDERLY PEOPLE, EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS, EMPLOYMENT SCHEME, EXTREME POVERTY, EXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDS, EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE, FARM ACTIVITIES, FARM INCOME, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD DISTRIBUTION, FOOD FOR EDUCATION, FOOD GRAINS, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD INTAKE, FOOD ITEMS, FOOD MARKETS, FOOD POVERTY, FOOD POVERTY LINE, FOOD PRICE, FOOD PRICES, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD REQUIREMENTS, FOOD SALES, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SECURITY PROBLEMS, FOOD SHORTAGES, FOOD SUBSIDIES, FOOD TRANSFERS, FOOD-FOR-WORK, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH FUND, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH SERVICES, HIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, HOME RATIONS, HOUSEHOLD BUDGET, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS, IMPACT OF SHOCKS, IMPACT ON POVERTY, IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION, INCIDENCE ANALYSIS, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME GROWTH, INCOME LOSS, INCOME ON FOOD, INCOME POVERTY, INEQUALITY, INFORMAL SAFETY NETS, INFORMAL TRANSFERS, INPUT SUBSIDIES, IRRIGATION, LAND QUALITY, LANDHOLDINGS, LANDLESS, LEAN SEASON, LIVING CONDITIONS, MALNUTRITION, MARKET PRICES, MEANS TESTING, MEANS TESTS, MEDICAL CARE, MICRO-CREDIT, MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION, NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE, NUTRITION, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OLD AGE, OLD AGE PENSION, PENSION, PENSIONS, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PERMANENT DESTITUTION, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POOR, POOR AREAS, POOR FARMERS, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR INFRASTRUCTURE, POOR LIVING, POOR PEOPLE, POOR POPULATION, POOR WOMEN, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY DATA, POVERTY GROUPS, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION IMPACT, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY STATUS, PROTECTION POLICIES, PROTECTION POLICY, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC INTERVENTION, PUBLIC SAFETY NET, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SPENDING, PUBLIC TRANSFER, PUBLIC TRANSFERS, PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS, PURCHASING POWER, REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION, REMOTE AREAS, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL FAMILIES, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL PHENOMENON, RURAL POOR, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL ROAD, RURAL ROAD MAINTENANCE, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NET PROGRAMS, SAFETY NET SYSTEM, SAFETY NET SYSTEMS, SAFETY NET TRANSFERS, SAFETY NETS, SAVINGS, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL FEEDING, SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS, SHARE OF BENEFITS, SHOCK, SMALL FARMERS, SOCIAL ACTION, SOCIAL ACTION FUND, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL PENSION, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SAFETY NET, SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS, SOCIAL TRANSFERS, SOCIAL WELFARE, SUBSISTENCE, SUBSISTENCE FARMERS, TARGETING, TEMPORARY SUPPORT, TRANSFER PROGRAM, TRANSFER PROGRAMS, TRANSFERS IN CASH, TRANSFERS OF FOOD, UNINSURED RISK, UNINSURED RISKS, UNIVERSAL PENSION, VILLAGE LEVEL, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, VOUCHERS, VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, VULNERABLE CHILDREN, VULNERABLE GROUP, VULNERABLE GROUPS, VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS, VULNERABLE PEOPLE, WAGE RATE, WORK PROGRAM, WORKS PROGRAM,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/09/20302289/tanzania-poverty-growth-public-transfers-options-national-productive-safety-net-program https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20781
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