Ponte, S. and Brockington, D. orcid.org/0000-0001-5692-0154 (2020) From pyramid to pointed egg? A 20-year perspective on poverty, prosperity and rural transformation in Tanzania. African Affairs, 119 (475). pp. 203-223. ISSN 0001-9909
Abstract
This article analyses patterns of poverty, prosperity and rural transformation in Tanzania through longitudinal research examining livelihoods and asset change in a twenty-year period. We argue that some current measures of rural transformation are inadequate for capturing forms of change that matter to rural Africans. We consider in detail some of the processes that lie behind such change in selected locations in Morogoro region, noting the importance of improvements that are taking place through smallholder agriculture. In concluding, the article discusses the implications of these findings for agricultural policy, while also cautioning about the blindness of our methods to other forms of poverty.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal African Society. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in African Affairs. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ES/L012413/2 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2020 11:32 |
Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2022 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/afraf/adaa002 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:157897 |