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Gauging the Welfare Effects of Shocks in Rural Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorHoffmann, Vivian
dc.contributor.authorChristiaensen, Luc
dc.contributor.authorSarris, Alexander
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-08T20:27:48Z
dc.date.available2012-06-08T20:27:48Z
dc.date.issued2007-11
dc.description.abstractStudies of risk and its consequences tend to focus on one risk factor, such as a drought or an economic crisis. Yet 2003 household surveys in rural Kilimanjaro and Ruvuma, two cash-crop-growing regions in Tanzania that experienced a precipitous coffee price decline around the turn of the millennium, identified health and drought shocks as well as commodity price declines as major risk factors, suggesting the need for a comprehensive approach to analyzing household vulnerability. In fact, most coffee growers, except the smaller ones in Kilimanjaro, weathered the coffee price declines rather well, at least to the point of not being worse off than non-coffee growers. Conversely, improving health conditions and reducing the effect of droughts emerge as critical to reduce vulnerability. One-third of the rural households in Kilimanjaro experienced a drought or health shocks, resulting in an estimated 8 percent welfare loss on average, after using savings and aid. Rainfall is more reliable in Ruvuma, and drought there did not affect welfare. Surprisingly, neither did health shocks, plausibly because of lower medical expenditures given limited health care provisions.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8735778/gauging-welfare-effects-shocks-rural-tanzania
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4406
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/7592
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4406
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABSENTEEISM
dc.subjectACCESS TO CAPITAL
dc.subjectACCESS TO CREDIT
dc.subjectACCESS TO IRRIGATION
dc.subjectACCESSIBILITY
dc.subjectADDITIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectAMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS
dc.subjectASSET HOLDINGS
dc.subjectBANANA TREES
dc.subjectBANANAS
dc.subjectBANKING SERVICES
dc.subjectCALCULATIONS
dc.subjectCASH CROPS
dc.subjectCASH RESERVES
dc.subjectCASH-CROP
dc.subjectCASHEW NUTS
dc.subjectCOFFEE
dc.subjectCOFFEE CROP
dc.subjectCOFFEE FARMERS
dc.subjectCOFFEE GROWERS
dc.subjectCOFFEE GROWING
dc.subjectCOFFEE PRICES
dc.subjectCOFFEE PRODUCTION
dc.subjectCOFFEE TREES
dc.subjectCOMMODITIES
dc.subjectCOMMODITY
dc.subjectCONSUMER
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
dc.subjectCOVARIATE SHOCKS
dc.subjectCRIME
dc.subjectCROP
dc.subjectCROP FAILURE
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectCROWDING OUT
dc.subjectCULTIVATED LAND
dc.subjectCULTIVATION
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectDIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectDROUGHTS
dc.subjectEARNINGS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC CRISES
dc.subjectECONOMIC CRISIS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS
dc.subjectEFFECTS OF DROUGHT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectEXTERNAL SHOCK
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFAMILY MEMBER
dc.subjectFAO
dc.subjectFARM
dc.subjectFARM ENTERPRISE
dc.subjectFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectFARMING
dc.subjectFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFOOD AID
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFORMAL CREDIT
dc.subjectFORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectFULL ACCESS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH ECONOMICS
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH SPENDING
dc.subjectHOLISTIC APPROACH
dc.subjectHOSPITALIZATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEADS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME GENERATION
dc.subjectINCOME SHOCK
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINSURANCE MARKETS
dc.subjectINSURANCE SCHEMES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectLANDHOLDING SIZE
dc.subjectLANDHOLDINGS
dc.subjectLIFE CYCLE
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME
dc.subjectLOWER INCOMES
dc.subjectMARGINAL RATE
dc.subjectMEDICAL EXPENSES
dc.subjectMICRO-FINANCE
dc.subjectMICRO-FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOSSESSION
dc.subjectPOSSESSIONS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPROBABILITY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVE CAPITAL
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROFITABILITY
dc.subjectQUALITY OF LIFE
dc.subjectQUESTIONNAIRE
dc.subjectRATE OF RETURNS
dc.subjectRECEIPT
dc.subjectREMITTANCE
dc.subjectREMITTANCES
dc.subjectRISK AVERSION
dc.subjectRISK FACTORS
dc.subjectRISK SHARING
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectSAFETY NET
dc.subjectSAFETY NET PROGRAMS
dc.subjectSALE
dc.subjectSALES
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSELF-EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectSENIOR
dc.subjectSOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectTOBACCO
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectVALUE OF ASSETS
dc.subjectVILLAGE
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectWAGE
dc.subjectWORKING AGE
dc.subjectYIELDS
dc.titleGauging the Welfare Effects of Shocks in Rural Tanzaniaen
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okr.globalpracticeAgriculture
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4406
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryTanzania
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Access to Finance
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicCrops and Crop Management Systems
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.topicAgriculture
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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