Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2 (2014): Volume 3, Nos. 1 & 2, 2014

National Planning and the Quest for Transforming Rural Livelihood in Tanzania

https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v3i1%20&%202.157
Edwin Babeiya,
Mateng’e
Kihamba

Corresponding Author(s) : Edwin Babeiya,

edwin.Babeiya@duce.ac.tz

Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2 (2014): Volume 3, Nos. 1 & 2, 2014

Abstract

This paper adopts a historical approach to assess the efficacy of public planning in
transforming rural livelihood in Tanzania, one of the engagements of Sam Maghimbi.
Based on documentary reviews we examine the various national plans specifically aimed
at transforming rural livelihood since 1961 to the present with a view of
interrogating the impact they have had in transforming the lives of majority
Tanzanians who live in rural areas. The paper argues that although there are notable
achievements in such aspects as social services provision stemming from the
execution of these plans, the national planning has not significantly transformed the
lives of the rural population in Tanzania largely due to, among others, external
resource dependency, short-termism orientation, top-down approach, contradiction
between policy intentions and practice, over ambitiousness in the planning process
and inadequate sectoral inter-linkages. Basing on these weaknesses, this paper calls
for a new thinking of the planning processes towards a more transformative and
results oriented approach.

Keywords

rural livelihoods, planning, Tanzania
National Planning and the Quest for Transforming Rural Livelihood in Tanzania. (2022). Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), 3(1 & 2). https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v3i1 & 2.157
Download Citation
Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS)
BibTeX
References
  1. Babeiya, E. 2011a. Liberalization and public policy-making in Tanzania: a cross-sector experience.
  2. Elixir Soc. Sci. 40: 5608–5617.
  3. —. 2011b. The politicization of organization development in Tanzania.Elixir Hum. Res. Mgmt. 37: 3884–
  4. Babu, A.M. 1991. A New Europe: The Consequences for Tanzania, Review of African Political
  5. Economy, Vol. 50.
  6. Hyden, G. 1980. Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania: Underdevelopment and an Uncaptured Peasantry.
  7. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  8. Hyden, G. & M. Mmuya. 2008. Power and Policy Slippage in Tanzania: Discussing National Ownership of
  9. Development, Sida Studies No. 21.
  10. Ibhawoh, B. &J.I. Dibua. 2003. Deconstructing Ujamaa: The Legacy of Julius Nyerere in the Quest
  11. for Social and Economic DevelopmentinAfrica. African Political Science, 8(1): 59–83.
  12. Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC). 2006. Tanzania Human Rights Report 2006. Dar es Salaam:
  13. LHRC.
  14. Lofchie, M.F. 1978. Agrarian Crisis and Economic Liberalisation in Tanzania. The Journal of Modern
  15. African Studies, 16(3): 451–475.
  16. Mhando, L. 2011. Tanzania and the Geo-Politics of Rural Development: The Return of Neo- Liberalism.
  17. Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets, 3: 455–472.
  18. Mintzberg, H. 1994).The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning. New York: The Free Press.
  19. Mukandala, R.S. 1988. Political Economy of Parastatal Enterprise in Tanzania and Botswana. PhD Dissertation,
  20. University of California, Berkeley.
  21. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). 2010. Tanzania: 2010 Demographic and Health Survey Key Findings.
  22. Accessed at www.nbs.go.tz/takwimu/references/2010TZKeyFindings.pdf on November 10, 2013.
  23. Nyerere, J.K. 1968. Freedom and Socialism. Dar es Salaam: Oxford University Press.
  24. Picard, L.A. 1980. Socialism and the Field Administrator: Decentralization in Tanzania. Comparative Politics,
  25. (4): 439–457.
  26. Proctor, J.H. (ed.). 1975).Building Ujamaa Villages in Tanzania: Studies in Political Science No. 2. Dar esSalaam:
  27. Tanzania Publishing House.
  28. Rugumamu, S.M. 1997. Lethal Aid: The Illusion of Socialism and Self Reliance in Tanzania. New Jersey:Africa
  29. World Press, Inc.
  30. Sobhan, R. 2001. Aid Dependence and Policy Ownership: The Tanzanian Experience with Lessons from
  31. Bangladesh. Identity, Culture and Politics, 2(1): 85–114.
  32. Therkildsen, O. 1988. Watering White Elephants? Lessons from Donor Funded Planning and Implementation of Rural
  33. Water Supplies in Tanzania. Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies.
  34. Tripp, A.M. 2012. Donor Assistance and Political Reform in Tanzania. Working Paper No. 2012/37.
  35. United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economic Research
  36. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2013. Human Development Report 2013, The Rise ofthe South:
  37. Human Progress in a Diverse World. New York: United Nations Development Programme.
  38. United Republic of Tanzania (URT). 2011. The Economic Survey 2011. President’s Office, Planning Commission.
  39. —. 2001. Rural Development Strategy, Main Report (Final). Dar es Salaam: Prime Minister’s Office.
  40. —. 2011). Poverty and Human Development Report 2011. Dar es Salaam: Government Printer
  41. —. 2012a. Speech by the Minister of State, President’s Office, Social Relations and CoordinationHon.
  42. Stephen M. Wasira (MP), Presenting the State of the Economy for 2011 and National Development Plan
  43. for 2012/13 to the Parliament
  44. —. 2012b. The Tanzania Long-Term Perspective Plan (LTPP) 2011/12–2025
Read More
Author biographies is not available.

How to Cite

National Planning and the Quest for Transforming Rural Livelihood in Tanzania. (2022). Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), 3(1 & 2). https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v3i1 & 2.157
Download

Similar Articles

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.