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| Adhvaryu, Achyuta; Nyshadham, Anant. |
| We estimate the effects of higher quality healthcare usage on health, labor supply and schooling outcomes for sick individuals in Tanzania. Using exogenous variation in the cost of formal sector healthcare to predict treatment choice, we show that using better quality care improves health outcomes and changes the allocation of time amongst productive activities. In particular, sick adults who receive better quality care reallocate time from non-farm to farm labor, leaving total labor hours unchanged. Among sick children, school attendance significantly increases as a result of receiving higher quality healthcare, but labor allocations are unaffected. We interpret these results as evidence that healthcare has heterogeneous effects on marginal productivity... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Labor supply; Health shocks; Schooling; Tanzania; Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital; I10; J22; J43; O12. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107260 |
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| Busse, Matthias; Shams, Rasul. |
| This article evaluates the trade effects of the new East African Community, which fosters trade liberalisation among Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The analysis uses a disaggregated approach at the two-digit level of the Standard International Trade Classification. The commodities that will be particularly affected by the customs union are identified. The results show that considerable trade effects cannot be expected, except for a very narrow range of products. The transitional fund, which has been proposed to counter trade imbalances due to the new customs union in East Africa, becomes less urgent from this perspective. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Customs Union; EAC; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23870 |
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| Kaliba, Aloyce R.. |
| This study uses the inverse almost ideal demand system (IAIDS) to estimate demand flexibilities for beef, small ruminant (sheep and goat) meat, pork and poultry in Tanzania. Own uncompensated price flexibilities were less than one in absolute value, implying that both direct and indirect induced price effect through a change in total expenditure have little impact on budget shares. Estimated scale flexibilities were all negative, suggesting that increases in income will increase the quantities of meat consumed. Production of small ruminant meat was the most attractive investment compared to other meat commodities. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: IAIDS; Meat demand; Flexibilities; Two-stage budgeting; Tanzania; Livestock Production/Industries; Q11; Q18. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56964 |
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| Bautista, Romeo M.; Robinson, Sherman; Tarp, Finn; Wobst, Peter. |
| "May 1998." "Macro Economic Reforms and Regional Integration in Southern Africa." Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-25). Published as Bautista, Romeo M., Robinson, Sherman, Tarp, Finn, and Wobst, Peter. 2001. Policy bias and agriculture: partial and general equilibrium measures. Review of Development Economics 5(1): 89-104. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Terms of trade; Equilibrium (Economics) -- Mathematical models; Tanzania; Computable general equilibrium (CGE); Agricultural trade; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97544 |
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| Minot, Nicholas. |
| In Tanzania, as in many other developing countries, the conventional wisdom is that economic reforms may have stimulated economic growth, but that the benefits of this growth have been uneven, favoring urban households and farmers with good market access. This idea, although quite plausible, has rarely been tested empirically. In this paper, we develop a new approach to measuring trends in poverty and apply it to Tanzania in order to explore the distributional aspects of economic growth and the relationship between rural poverty and market access. We find that, between 1991 and 2003, a period of extensive economic reforms, the overall rate of poverty fell about 9 percentage points. The degree of poverty reduction was similar between rural and urban areas,... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Tanzania; Poverty; Market access; Agricultural development; Rural areas; Economic reform; Measurement; Rural poverty; International Development; I32; O18; O55; Q13; R11. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59829 |
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| van Campenhout, Bjorn. |
| Pushed by increasing availability of price data and extensive market liberalisation efforts in many developing countries, research on food market integration has evolved rapidly over the last two decades. Empirical methods to measure market integration diverged in two directions: on the one hand, there is the Parity Bounds Model (PBM), while on the other hand the use of Threshold Autoregressive (TAR) Models has been proposed. This article provides a discussion of the two methods and argues that TAR models are more able to capture the dynamics of the arbitrage process underlying interconnected markets. Furthermore, we extend the standard TAR model to include a time trend in both the threshold and the adjustment parameter. Using weekly maize price data on... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Market integration; Transaction costs; Thresholds; Maize; Tanzania; Agribusiness; F15; O18. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24718 |
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| Mussei, Ahaz; Mwanga, Judicate; Mwangi, Wilfred; Verkuijl, Hugo; Mongi, Rose; Elanga, Anthony. |
| This study was conducted to gain an understanding of how small-scale farmers in Mbeya District have adopted improved wheat technologies promoted by the wheat research program at MARTI-Uyole. The specific objectives were to assess farmers’ wheat management practices, determine the technical and socioeconomic factors affecting the adoption of improved wheat technologies, and draw implications for research, extension, and policy. A purposive multistage sampling procedure was used to select 202 farmers, 160 from Tembela Division and 42 from Isangati Division, which are two important wheat-growing areas in Mbeya District. Primary data were collected using structured questionnaires and supplemented by secondary information obtained from MARTI-Uyole. Juhudi was... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Tanzania; Wheats; Varieties; Innovation adoption; Technology transfer; Economic indicators; Socioeconomic environment; Plant breeding methods; Research programs; Crop management; Fertilizer application; Food production; Small farms; Highlands; Crop Production/Industries; E14; E30. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56190 |
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| Tschirley, David L.; Poulton, Colin; Boughton, Duncan. |
| With cotton sector reform in much of SSA a decade old, it is now possible to review the empirical record and begin drawing lessons from experience. This paper assesses the record of five countries in southern and eastern Africa: Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Mozambique. In four of these countries, cotton is the first- or second most important smallholder cash crop; only in Uganda does it substantially lag other cash crops. The focus on the course of reform in each – initial conditions, key elements of the reform, and institutional response to it – and attempt to draw lessons for policy makers, donors, and researchers. the paper begins by outlining the challenges faced by cotton production and marketing systems. Next a review the range of... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Cotton sector reform; Tanzania; Uganda; Zimbabwe; Zambia; Mozambique; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Q18. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54477 |
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| Pan, Lei; Christiaensen, Luc J.M.. |
| Through decentralized targeting of input vouchers new agricultural input subsidy programs aim to more effectively reach their objectives and target population. But, lingering fears of elite capture remain. These are borne out in the 2009 input voucher program in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Sixty percent of the voucher beneficiaries were households with village officials. This significantly reduced the targeting performance of the program, especially in unequal and remote communities. When targeting the poor, greater coverage and concentration in higher trust settings mitigated these concerns. Scrutiny remains important when relying on decentralized targeting, as is a clearer sense of purpose of input vouchers. |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Local elite; Decentralization; Targeting; Fertilizer; Voucher program; Tanzania; International Development; Public Economics; H11; H42; O22. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122905 |
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| Kaliba, Aloyce R.; Verkuijl, Hugo; Mwangi, Wilfred. |
| This paper examines factors influencing the adoption of improved maize seeds and the use of inorganic fertilizer for maize production by farmers in the intermediate and lowland zones of Tanzania. The results indicate that availability of extension services, on-farm field trials, variety characteristics and rainfall were the most important factors that influenced the extent of adopting improved maize seeds and the use of inorganic fertilizer for maize production. Farmers preferred those varieties which minimize field loss rather than maximizing yields. Future research and extension policies should emphasize farmer participation in the research process and on-farm trials for varietal evaluation and demonstration purposes. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Agroecological zones; Improved maize seeds; New technology; Tanzania; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15392 |
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| Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K.. |
| This research report highlights the findings from a set of studies undertaken by the International Food Policy Research Institute, along with several national and international research institutions, to assess the economic impact of improved cultivars and management practices on smallholder farmers in the Lake Victoria Region of Uganda and Tanzania— an area where the cooking banana is both economically and culturally important. Genetic transformation is a promising alternative for improving the resistance of banana plants to the pests and diseases that cause serious economic losses, because bananas, unlike rice, wheat, and maize, are difficult to improve through conventional breeding techniques. The team of researchers posed three broad questions: What is... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Bananas; Genetic engineering; Economic aspects; Uganda; Tanzania; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37876 |
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