20.01.2013 Views

Poverty and Human Development Report 2009 - UNDP in Tanzania

Poverty and Human Development Report 2009 - UNDP in Tanzania

Poverty and Human Development Report 2009 - UNDP in Tanzania

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

pOVertY aND hUMaN DeVeLOpMeNt repOrt <strong>2009</strong><br />

Figure 56: Changes <strong>in</strong> Mean Quantity Consumed <strong>and</strong> Real Prices<br />

from 2000/01 to 2007<br />

158<br />

Change <strong>in</strong> quantity<br />

1.5<br />

1<br />

.5<br />

0<br />

-.5<br />

-.5<br />

Soft dr<strong>in</strong>k<br />

milk<br />

Rice<br />

maize ga<strong>in</strong><br />

0<br />

Change <strong>in</strong> Price<br />

suger<br />

Chicken<br />

note: the values on the axes of the chart depict fractional changes, so that -.5 to .5 on the<br />

horizontal axis <strong>in</strong>dicates changes from -50% (a reduction of 50%) to an <strong>in</strong>crease of 50%. A<br />

similar scale is used on the vertical axis.<br />

source: hoogeveen et al., <strong>2009</strong><br />

Asset Ownership<br />

Beyond household consumption <strong>and</strong> expenditure patterns, asset ownership <strong>and</strong> quality of<br />

hous<strong>in</strong>g are important measures of household well-be<strong>in</strong>g. this section, therefore, looks at changes<br />

<strong>in</strong> households’ asset ownership for three types of assets – consumer durables, productive<br />

assets <strong>and</strong> household sav<strong>in</strong>gs – to further assess progress <strong>in</strong> household well-be<strong>in</strong>g between<br />

2000/01 <strong>and</strong> 2007.<br />

.5<br />

beef

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!