Understanding the role of rural non-farm enterprises in Africa’s economic transformation: Evidence from Tanzania

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dc.creatorDiao, Xinshen
dc.creatorMagalhaes, Eduardo
dc.creatorMcMillan, Margaret S.
dc.date2018-03-01
dc.date2024-06-21T09:05:38Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:05:38Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:10:46Z
dc.descriptionTanzania’s recent growth boom has been accompanied by a threefold increase in the share of the rural labour force working in nonfarm employment. Although households with nonfarm enterprises are less likely to be poor, a substantial fraction of these households fall below the poverty line. Heterogeneity in the labour productivity of rural nonfarm businesses calls for a two-pronged strategy for rural transformation. Relatively unproductive enterprises may be part of a poverty reduction strategy but should not be expected to contribute to employment and labour productivity growth. Failure to account for this heterogeneity is likely to lead to disappointing outcomes.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146033
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/96875
dc.languageen
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceDiao, Xinshen; Magalhaes, Eduardo; and McMillan, Margaret S. 2018. Understanding the role of rural non-farm enterprises in Africa’s economic transformation: Evidence from Tanzania. Journal of Development Studies 54(5): 833-855. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2018.1430766
dc.subjectrural population
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjectsurveys
dc.subjectnonfarm income
dc.subjectlabour productivity
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjectsmall and medium enterprises
dc.subjectrural development
dc.subjectoff-farm employment
dc.subjectprobit analysis
dc.titleUnderstanding the role of rural non-farm enterprises in Africa’s economic transformation: Evidence from Tanzania
dc.typeJournal Article

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