Rural-Urban Complementarities for the Reduction of Poverty (RUCROP): Identifying the Contribution of Savings and Credit Facilities

project summary

People increasingly organize their livelihood activities and strategies by straddling rural and urban locations. Personal, institutional and organizational links are established and enhanced across space which provides rural and urban living to complement each another. The main objective of the project is to gain a thorough understanding of the poverty reducing effects of the complementarities between rural and urban livelihoods and how saving and credit facilities enhance these complementarities. The project focuses on how emerging urban centres (EUCs) in rural areas can function as vehicles for these processes. The project includes four case studies on EUCs in Tanzania: i) Ilula/Mazombe in Kilolo District characterized by tomato trade, ii) Igowole in Mafinga District characterized by Tea production and processing, iii) Kibaigwa in Kongwa District characterized by Maize trade and iv) Turiani in Mvomero District characterized by Sugarcane production and processing. Thus each study EUC is expected to perform complementarities with rural settlements given the different economic dynamics spurring the economic and demographic growth and diversification.

Facts

PERIOD: 1 July 2010 to 1 January 2015
PROJECT CODE: 09-P11-TAN
COUNTRIES: Tanzania
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Evelyne Albert Lazaro
TOTAL GRANT: 5,033,700 DKK