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dc.contributor.editorBrockington, Dan
dc.contributor.editorChristine Noe
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-05T14:18:11Z
dc.date.available2021-10-05T14:18:11Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50752
dc.description.abstractWhat does it mean to say that rural areas of Africa are poor? Many people insist that in rural African populations poverty is prevalent. This is either because the smallholder agricultural practices are unproductive or it is because economic policies have not protected and promoted African farming. But whether this deprivation is the fault of the peasant, or the government, both sides agree on the facts of rural poverty. However in both cases rural poverty is described using measures which make it hard, if not impossible, to capture new forms of wealth that rural people may be accruing. These new forms of wealth, which largely comprise productive assets, are especially important because they feature so prominently in rural peoples’ own definitions of wealth. Using an unprecedented collection of longitudinal surveys, in which experienced researchers have revisited villages that they have known for decades, the volume tracks surprising increases in assets in diverse locations in Tanzania. The result of these findings is a compilation which is fascinating in itself and important for the understanding of rural economies’ development data and agricultural policy.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCG Economic growthen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVD Agricultural and rural economicsen_US
dc.subject.otherassets, poverty, prosperity, rural areas, Tanzania, agriculture, longitudinal researchen_US
dc.titleProsperity in Rural Africa?en_US
dc.title.alternativeInsights into Wealth, Assets, and Poverty from Longitudinal Studies in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1093/oso/9780198865872.001.0001en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedByb9501915-cdee-4f2a-8030-9c0b187854b2en_US
oapen.relation.isFundedBy59475d91-5248-42d4-882f-f425fea366c1en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9780198865872
oapen.pages464en_US
oapen.place.publicationOxforden_US


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