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The Politics of Economic Diversification: Reconceptualizing the Rural Informal Sector in South‐east Tanzania
Author(s) -
Seppälä Pekka
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
development and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-7660
pISSN - 0012-155X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7660.1996.tb00603.x
Subject(s) - diversification (marketing strategy) , livelihood , tanzania , economic liberalization , division of labour , politics , liberalization , development economics , economic growth , economics , geography , socioeconomics , business , political science , market economy , agriculture , archaeology , marketing , law
This study examines how economic diversification is changing a Tanzanian village under economic liberalization. More specifically, it asks how different wealth groups are able to incorporate income‐generating activities into their livelihood strategies. The conclusion is that while diversification (as a division of labour) is advanced at the village level, it appears that different activities enhance the division of the village into segregated cultural spheres and increase economic differentiation. At village level the diversity of income‐generating activities reduces any single line of economic dependency either on the state or on market actors.