Long-run rural livelihood diversification in Kagera, Tanzania

Ralitza Dimova, Sandra Kristine Halvorsen, Milla Nyyssölä and Kunal Sen

No wp-2021-9, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: What drives livelihood diversification among predominantly rural households in developing countries and how can welfare-enhancing patterns be established and sustained in the long run? A large literature has focused on whether income diversification is a means of survival or a means of accumulation, but it remains inconclusive. We first examine the pattern of income diversification for a panel of households in Tanzania from the 1990s—the Kagera Health and Development Survey—with a focus on whether it is primarily driven by survivalist or accumulation motives.

Keywords: Income diversification; Tanzania; Livelihoods; Household income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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