The role of informal microfinance institutions in saving

Year Number
of
Members
Value
of Shares
(Tshs)
Saving Mobilized
(Tshs)
Loan Issued
(Tshs)
Loan
Outstanding
(Tshs)
1998 769 3,416,287,150 15,110,306,195 2,189,676,458 7,525,734,886
1999 825 5,569,331,623 16,335,545,178 1 3,210,988,463 10,435,176,565
2000 803 5,618,112,584 18,225,778,112 11,524,329,388 13,330,113,198
2001 927 6,610,362,757 20,925,360,250 12,362,207,570 15,903,883,173
2002 987 6,853,113,256 21,533,441,775 12,789,115,620 16,111,987,412
2003 1,700 7,213,114,315 23,427,116,352 20,115,963,119 18,679,568,132
2004 1,760 11,567,507,110 26,345,947,252 30,112,570,630 20,635,446,127
2005 1,875 13,169,502,709 28,529,439,054 54,140,056,528 27,231,087,502
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.
Table 5: The Trend of Households Consumption and Disposable Income in Tanzania 1961 – 2002
Year
Percentage of
Consumption
of lowest 20
Percent
households
Percentage
of income
Received
by lowest
20 Percent
households
Total
Normal
Household
Consumption
expenditure.
(Mill TZS)
Inflation
Normal
Households
Disposable
Income
(Mill. TZS)
Real
Consumption
Expenditure
of lowest 20
Percent
households
(Mill. TZS)
Real Private
Disposable
Income of
lowest 20
Percent
households
(Mill. TZS)
1961 1.8 1.1 3617 1.0 3,439.2 65.1 38.2
1962 1.8 1.1 3987 1.1 4,503.2 65.2 45.5
1963 2.5 1.3 4126 1.5 5,367.6 68.3 45.1
1964 2.5 1.7 4785 1.9 5,422.6 63.5 48.9
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