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Impact of Income Poverty on Livelihood Strategies of Rural Households Headed by Physically Disabled Parents in Kigoma District Council, Tanzania.

Tanzania Journal of Development Studies

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Title Impact of Income Poverty on Livelihood Strategies of Rural Households Headed by Physically Disabled Parents in Kigoma District Council, Tanzania.
 
Creator Ndunguru, MJ
Hageze, AJ
 
Description This article presents the impact of income poverty on the livelihood strategies of rural households headed by physically disabled parents in Kigoma District, Tanzania, using information collected in 2011 through questionnaires administration, interviews, observations and documentary; and analysed by using Microsoft excel for graphical representations. Specifically, the study looked on the extent to which income-poverty affects livelihood strategies, efforts taken in the fight against it, constraints faced and the search for workable measures for improving the situation. Findings indicated that a majority of the studied families had very low income to live on. Efforts to fight against the problem included farming, livestock and beekeeping with less success to get income to live on. The constraints to their success included disability, social exclusion, and lack of education. Therefore, it is recommended that the government should provide social welfare services, evaluate the options for enhancing livelihood security, involve NGOs and CSOs to introduce development assistance to people with disabilities, fund development projects, and provide necessary tools.
 
Publisher Educational Publishers and Distributors
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2015-07-21
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjds/article/view/119676
 
Source Tanzania Journal of Development Studies; Vol 12, No 1 (2012); 100-115
0856-9622
0856-9622
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjds/article/view/119676/109136
 
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