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The Causes of Poverty in Tanzania
SEATTLE — Tanzania is one of the least-developed countries in the world, and though the poverty rate is slowly decreasing, a significant amount of its citizens remain impoverished. In 2012, 12 million Tanzanians lived in poverty, about
70 percent of the population . One out of seven of those living in poverty lived in extreme poverty, surviving on the equivalent of less than $1.25 a day.
About 34 percent of Tanzanians live below the basic needs poverty line, meaning they lack the minimum resources that people need to be physically healthy. There have been small improvements since 2012, but poverty is still an obvious issue. So what are the causes of poverty in Tanzania?
Many of the causes are unfortunately all too familiar in discussions of poverty around the world. Poor access to and knowledge about healthcare, insufficient nutrition due to food insecurity, and a lack of education all play a role in Tanzania’s poverty. However, other factors cause poverty in Tanzania as well, including problems with agriculture and a high rural population.
The poor healthcare system in Tanzania is largely the fault of unequal distribution of finances within the system. About 85 percent of healthcare spending goes to central urban hospitals, but only about 10 percent of the population has access to these hospitals. This means that 90 percent of the population has to rely on 15 percent of the country’s healthcare funding. This leads to a severe lack of resources, resulting in many people being inadequately or improperly treated. This small amount of resources also fails to treat many of the diseases common to those in poverty, including tuberculosis, malaria, HIV, diarrhea, and cholera. Thousands of people, many of them children under the age of five, die of these illnesses every day.
People are also forced to deal with malnutrition and food insecurity. Tanzania implemented the Food Security Act in 1991, which was designed to deal with local food shortages and enforce food security on a national level. But it has not alleviated the problems with food security and malnutrition. In 2009, the Ministry of Agriculture estimated that in the Chamwino district, one of many in the country, more than 17,000 people were unable to afford daily food. On a country-wide scale, the inability to buy food coupled with food shortages has dangerous and deadly consequences for many.
Poor or total lack of education is another one of the causes of poverty in Tanzania. Ever since obtaining its independence, Tanzania has prioritized education. However, millions of children are still barred from secondary and post-secondary schooling. Only three out of every five Tanzanian children are enrolled in secondary school. For many, further education is not even an option. Education is too expensive for many families.
Other barriers besides cost interfere as well. For girls, harassment, pregnancy and menstruation are just a few reasons why women can be excluded from education. Distance is also a common factor for many who are unable to attend school. Poor transportation and infrastructure leave schools hours away, especially for those in rural areas. Even if a student is able to go to school, the quality of the education is subpar due to a lack of supplies and properly educated teachers.
Dependence on agriculture as well as high populations in rural areas are also causes of poverty in Tanzania. Tanzania relies on agriculture for more than 40 percent of its GDP and 85 percent of its exports. Agricultural jobs employ about 80 percent of the country’s workforce. With about 74 percent of Tanzania’s population living in rural areas, many in these areas rely on agriculture or livestock as their only means of survival.
Though farming and livestock can help people get out of poverty, they can also worsen existing poverty. Tanzania lacks necessary agricultural policies to meet the country’s needs, and the lack of assistance provided to farmers often results in food insecurity and very low incomes. This sometimes forces individuals further into poverty, unable to obtain the necessary resources to survive. Inadequate technology as well as desertification, deforestation and pests combine with a poor budget and failing infrastructure in rural areas to create a negative situation for those nearing or already affected by poverty.
The causes of poverty in Tanzania are more complicated and interwoven than poor education, healthcare and agriculture, but they account for a great deal of the persisting destitution in Tanzania. Instead of only giving food to those already starving (something that is still crucial to do in the short term), it is necessary to address these causes in order to get to the root of the issues and try to stop poverty in Tanzania at its source.
– Rachael Lind
 
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The Causes of Poverty in Tanzania
SEATTLE — Tanzania is one of the least-developed countries in the world, and though the poverty rate is slowly decreasing, a significant amount of its citizens remain impoverished. In 2012, 12 million Tanzanians lived in poverty, about
70 percent of the population . One out of seven of those living in poverty lived in extreme poverty, surviving on the equivalent of less than $1.25 a day.
About 34 percent of Tanzanians live below the basic needs poverty line, meaning they lack the minimum resources that people need to be physically healthy. There have been small improvements since 2012, but poverty is still an obvious issue. So what are the causes of poverty in Tanzania?
Many of the causes are unfortunately all too familiar in discussions of poverty around the world. Poor access to and knowledge about healthcare, insufficient nutrition due to food insecurity, and a lack of education all play a role in Tanzania’s poverty. However, other factors cause poverty in Tanzania as well, including problems with agriculture and a high rural population.
The poor healthcare system in Tanzania is largely the fault of unequal distribution of finances within the system. About 85 percent of healthcare spending goes to central urban hospitals, but only about 10 percent of the population has access to these hospitals. This means that 90 percent of the population has to rely on 15 percent of the country’s healthcare funding. This leads to a severe lack of resources, resulting in many people being inadequately or improperly treated. This small amount of resources also fails to treat many of the diseases common to those in poverty, including tuberculosis, malaria, HIV, diarrhea, and cholera. Thousands of people, many of them children under the age of five, die of these illnesses every day.
People are also forced to deal with malnutrition and food insecurity. Tanzania implemented the Food Security Act in 1991, which was designed to deal with local food shortages and enforce food security on a national level. But it has not alleviated the problems with food security and malnutrition. In 2009, the Ministry of Agriculture estimated that in the Chamwino district, one of many in the country, more than 17,000 people were unable to afford daily food. On a country-wide scale, the inability to buy food coupled with food shortages has dangerous and deadly consequences for many.
Poor or total lack of education is another one of the causes of poverty in Tanzania. Ever since obtaining its independence, Tanzania has prioritized education. However, millions of children are still barred from secondary and post-secondary schooling. Only three out of every five Tanzanian children are enrolled in secondary school. For many, further education is not even an option. Education is too expensive for many families.
Other barriers besides cost interfere as well. For girls, harassment, pregnancy and menstruation are just a few reasons why women can be excluded from education. Distance is also a common factor for many who are unable to attend school. Poor transportation and infrastructure leave schools hours away, especially for those in rural areas. Even if a student is able to go to school, the quality of the education is subpar due to a lack of supplies and properly educated teachers.
Dependence on agriculture as well as high populations in rural areas are also causes of poverty in Tanzania. Tanzania relies on agriculture for more than 40 percent of its GDP and 85 percent of its exports. Agricultural jobs employ about 80 percent of the country’s workforce. With about 74 percent of Tanzania’s population living in rural areas, many in these areas rely on agriculture or livestock as their only means of survival.
Though farming and livestock can help people get out of poverty, they can also worsen existing poverty. Tanzania lacks necessary agricultural policies to meet the country’s needs, and the lack of assistance provided to farmers often results in food insecurity and very low incomes. This sometimes forces individuals further into poverty, unable to obtain the necessary resources to survive. Inadequate technology as well as desertification, deforestation and pests combine with a poor budget and failing infrastructure in rural areas to create a negative situation for those nearing or already affected by poverty.
The causes of poverty in Tanzania are more complicated and interwoven than poor education, healthcare and agriculture, but they account for a great deal of the persisting destitution in Tanzania. Instead of only giving food to those already starving (something that is still crucial to do in the short term), it is necessary to address these causes in order to get to the root of the issues and try to stop poverty in Tanzania at its source.
– Rachael Lind
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10 Important Facts about Poverty in Tanzania
1. In Tanzania, 67.9 percent of the population lives below the poverty line.
2. Extreme poverty in Tanzania has declined in recent years, from 11.7 percent in 2006 to 9.7 percent in 2012.
3. Poverty leads to hunger. Roughly 42 percent of children under five in Tanzania suffer from chronic malnutrition and 16 percent are underweight.
4. Malnutrition affects children’s physical development. The rate of stunting in Tanzania ranks third in sub-Saharan Africa, after Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo .
5. Many of the most commonly eaten foods in Tanzania, such as potatoes and cassava, are inexpensive but lack essential nutrients . Some schools in Tanzania now hold nutrition classes for students in hopes of reducing malnutrition.
6. On average, women in Tanzania will have five children. Slowing fast population growth and the high fertility rate by empowering women through education support and family planning services is key to reducing poverty in Tanzania.
7. Poverty is highest in rural areas, with around
80 percent of the country’s poor living in those regions.
8. Poverty is also highest among female-headed households, particularly those that depend on livestock or food-crop production for their livelihood.
9. Young girls and women in Tanzania often suffer from more nutritional deficiencies than men. One-third of women are deficient in iron, iodine, and vitamin A and two-fifths are anemic.
10. Cash transfer programs, which have been successful in other parts of the world, have proven in recent years to be effective in Tanzania. While families do not receive large sums of money, it is enough to free them from constant subsistence farming and allows them to focus on generating additional, more stable, sources of income.
 
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Kenya turns into a beggars’ paradise
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5 Best Innovations that Have put Kenya on the World Map Companies Firing Staff Reflect Kenya’s Crumbling Economy nya is ranked the most generous country in Africa as most Kenyans have no problem sharing their meager resources with other Kenyans thus the coined the Harambee adage.
The country’s generosity, research indicate, has been growing in time making beggars’ rate to rise significantly. Statistics show that the percentage of beggars in Kenya has risen from 6 to 12.5 in the past five years. Beggars coming from as far as Rwanda and Tanzania have found refuge in Kenya considering the generosity of the Kenyan people.
Our immediate neighbours from Tanzania have contributed 4% of the new beggars in the country’s cities and towns.




In Thika, for instance, there are over 100 beggars spread across the various corridors and markets within the town and it is surprising that most of the beggars are not residents of the town.
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Early in the morning, beggars are ferried by car, motorbike or tuktuk to their respective slots by enthusiastic handlers who pick them promptly in the evening after a day’s collection.
Pablo Musioka, a street beggar who hails from Tanzania, has been on Kenyan soil for the last seven years where he has been getting his bread and donations from well-wishers.
 
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