Tanzania : crisis and struggle for survival

Abstract

This is one of the first comprehensive books on the crisis of the Tanzanian economy and society during the 1980s, including the manifestations of the problems and the responses to them at different levels. It frankly examines the long-term causes of the crisis and endeavours to map ways ahead.

<p>Contents: 1. Introduction / The editors -- 2. Population growth in historical perspective-the key role of changing fertility / Juhani Koponen -- 3. The creation of macroeconomic imbalances and a structural crisis / Knud Erik Svendsen -- 4. Growth and crisis in the manufacturing sector / Rune Skarstein -- 5. Eating the carrot and wielding the stick: The agricultural sector in Tanzania / Phil Raikes -- 6. Soil erosion and conservation in the drylands / Carl Christiansson -- 7. Wood-the other energy crisis / Per Nilsson 8. The development of agricultural mechanization / Finn Kjaerby -- 9. The Green Revolution in the Southern Highlands / Torben Rasmussen -- 10. Tea, does it do the peasant women in Rungwe any good? / Rie Odgaard -- 11. Grain for livestock and livestock for grain. Are the agro-pastoral Iramba marginalising themselves? / Jan Lindstrom -- 12. Pastoralism under pressure: The Ngorongoro Maasai / Kaj Århem -- 13. No sugar-no tea! A women's cooperative in a crisis. Experiences from Manyoni / Ulla Vuorela -- 14. A resource overlooked--crafts and small-scale industries / Kjell J. Havnevik -- 15. State, donors and villagers in rural water management / Ole Therkildsen -- 16. Health services: Official and unofficial / Harald Kristian Heggenhougen</p>