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Economic Reforms And Health Conditions Of The Urban Poor In Tanzania, Joe Lugalla
Economic Reforms And Health Conditions Of The Urban Poor In Tanzania, Joe Lugalla
Institute for Educational Development, East Africa
This paper examines the impact of economic reforms, namely Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs), on the health conditions of the Tanzanian urban poor. My conclusion is that these policies have had detrimental effects on the living conditions of the urban poor. Thus, SAPs are contributing to the deterioration of health conditions among these people rather than improving them. SAPs are affecting these people in a variety of ways. First, by affecting negatively the development of the urban environment, SAPs are destroying the environmental conditions on which the poor depend for their existence and survival. Secondly, by impacting the provision of urban …
The State, Law And Urban Poverty In Tanzania, Joe Lugalla
The State, Law And Urban Poverty In Tanzania, Joe Lugalla
Institute for Educational Development, East Africa
This paper is about the state, law and urban poverty in Tanzania. The paper examines how the state in Tanzania has been trying to solve the problem of urban poverty. The main argument is that the state's conception of urban poverty is not realistic. The urban poor are seen as responsible for their poverty. This is confirmed by the kind of coercive policies, legislation and other measures which have been instituted by the state in order to solve the problem. The paper argues that due to lack of a critical analysis of the causes of poverty, the state has been …
Conflicts And Politics In Urban Planning In Tanzania, Joe Lugalla
Conflicts And Politics In Urban Planning In Tanzania, Joe Lugalla
Institute for Educational Development, East Africa
This paper tries to discuss two important issues. First, it examines the conflict between ideology and actual urban planning in Tanzania. It is argued that via the Arusha-Declaration,Tanzania showed the intention of building an egalitarian society based on the principles of Ujamaa (socialism), hence one expected that an attempt to transform some colonial structures in order to suit the socialist aspiring nation could be in the agenda in Tanzania. This has never been the case at the level of urban planning. The paper argues that the gap between theory and practice exists because Tanzania's socialist theory itself is weak, and …