State and civil society joint efforts for poverty alleviation and sustainable development a study conducted in Iramba district, Singida region
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2015
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University of Dar es Salaam
Abstract
This study investigated the joint efforts of the State and the Civil Society in alleviating poverty in Iramba District so as to bring sustainable development. The main problem in this study was the presence of poverty in Iramba District which seemed to threaten the welfare of the people. Various literature which portrayed poverty in various contexts like global, African, Tanzanian, Singida and Iramba contexts were reviewed. In all these contexts, poverty seemed a seriously increasing problem which affected people and was a stumbling block to development. Generally, the study investigated the causes, magnitude and the impact of poverty on Iramba people and the District at large. To achieve the desired results, the researcher used questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussions as methods of data collection. Data were analysed by the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Likewise, Microsoft Excel (MS Excel) was used for data analysis for drawing figures.Study findings indicated that poverty in Iramba District was increasing at the alarming rate compared to the past days. Reasons for the increase of poverty were backwardness in education, drought and shortages of rains, deforestation and desertification, unemployment and death of animals due to diseases. The efforts of the State and the Civil Society to alleviate poverty in the District were still minimal. Findings showed that little efforts were made by the State to alleviate poverty in the District. Study findings also showed that the Civil Society did comparatively better than the State to alleviate poverty in Iramba District, particularly in social service delivery and credit giving. But because both the State and the Civil Society were working separately in their attempts to alleviate poverty, their efforts for poverty alleviation of Individual people and the entire District at large had little impact to the people of Iramba. Because of this lack of cooperation of the State and the Civil Society, poverty kept on increasing in the District and it was a serious problem in the District. It was recommended that both the State and the Civil Society should cooperate in their efforts to alleviate poverty. For a long time, the State and the Civil Society were working separately to alleviate poverty in the District. Because of this, there were no fruitful impacts as far as poverty alleviation was concerned. There was a need for both the State and the Civil Society to combine their efforts so as to fight against the same enemy, which was poverty, in order to bring sustainable development in the District. Such joint efforts of the State and the Civil Society for poverty alleviation would make an increase in social service delivery like water services, improve medical services, improve education and infrastructural services, among others. Additionally, joint efforts would help the State and the Civil Society to advise each other on strategies to alleviate poverty in the District, something which would be very important. To achieve all those things, cooperation between the State and the Civil Society would be imperative.
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Available in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula Library, Class mark (THS EAF HC79.P6N52)
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Poverty, Sustainable development, Iramba district, Singida region, Tanzania
Citation
Nicodemus, B. (2015) State and civil society joint efforts for poverty alleviation and sustainable development a study conducted in Iramba district, Singida region, Master dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam