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

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierXinshen Diao: 0000-0003-4843-1670
cg.creator.identifierMargaret McMillan: 0000-0002-9260-9213
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2018.1430766
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankB
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn0022-0388
cg.issn1743-9140
cg.issue5
cg.journalThe Journal of Development Studies
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.volume54
dc.contributor.authorDiao, Xinshen
dc.contributor.authorMagalhaes, Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorMcMillan, Margaret S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:05:38Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:05:38Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146033
dc.titleUnderstanding the role of rural non-farm enterprises in Africa’s economic transformation: Evidence from Tanzaniaen
dcterms.abstractTanzania’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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDiao, 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/10.1080/00220388.2018.1430766en
dcterms.extentpp. 833-855
dcterms.issued2018-03-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherRoutledge
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/6184
dcterms.subjectrural populationen
dcterms.subjecteconomic developmenten
dcterms.subjectsurveysen
dcterms.subjectnonfarm incomeen
dcterms.subjectlabour productivityen
dcterms.subjectproductivityen
dcterms.subjectsmall and medium enterprisesen
dcterms.subjectrural developmenten
dcterms.subjectoff-farm employmenten
dcterms.subjectprobit analysisen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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