Untapped Potential
The World Bank in collaboration with the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) conducted an assessment on the constraints and opportunities faced by non-farm household enterprise owners when starting and growing a business. The report highlights the findings from two applied methodologies namely a qualitative toolkit and a quantitative analysis. The toolkit included several qualitative techniques like focus groups, life stories, key informant interviews, and a community mapping exercise administered to 385 individuals from eight communities, among whom about a third were beneficiaries of the countrywide TASASF III - Productive Social Safety Net (PSSN) program. The quantitative data had rich information on 7,400 Tanzanian households and included a specific section on household enterprises. The authors found that the major constraints household enterprise owners face when starting or growing a business are lack of access to financial resources, weak markets and high competition among themselves, and lack of skills. Participants also identified severe weather conditions (droughts and rainy season) as a risk for their businesses and their communities. The report concludes with recommendation for TASAF and the Tanzanian government as they move forward towards the next phase of the PSSN program.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018-06
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| Subjects: | JOB CREATION, LABOR MARKET, SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, PUBLIC WORKS, LIVELIHOODS, ACCESS TO FINANCE, INFRASTRUCTURE, MARKET ACCESS, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, WEATHER, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, RISK, GENDER, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/683801527849304687/Untapped-potential-household-enterprises-in-Tanzania https://hdl.handle.net/10986/30038 |
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| Summary: | The World Bank in collaboration with the
Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) conducted an assessment
on the constraints and opportunities faced by non-farm
household enterprise owners when starting and growing a
business. The report highlights the findings from two
applied methodologies namely a qualitative toolkit and a
quantitative analysis. The toolkit included several
qualitative techniques like focus groups, life stories, key
informant interviews, and a community mapping exercise
administered to 385 individuals from eight communities,
among whom about a third were beneficiaries of the
countrywide TASASF III - Productive Social Safety Net (PSSN)
program. The quantitative data had rich information on 7,400
Tanzanian households and included a specific section on
household enterprises. The authors found that the major
constraints household enterprise owners face when starting
or growing a business are lack of access to financial
resources, weak markets and high competition among
themselves, and lack of skills. Participants also identified
severe weather conditions (droughts and rainy season) as a
risk for their businesses and their communities. The report
concludes with recommendation for TASAF and the Tanzanian
government as they move forward towards the next phase of
the PSSN program. |
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