Zanzibar Sees Slight Decline in Poverty Except for Pemba
November 03, 2017
November 03, 2017
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Nov. 3 -- The World Bank issued the following news release:
Zanzibar saw a modest reduction of 4.5 percent in its basic needs poverty rate, and a one percent decrease in extreme poverty between 2010 and 2015, with its more urban, Unguja island the main driver behind this, according to the latest World Bank Poverty Assessment for Zanzibar.
The Zanzibar archipelago consists of several islands with a total population of about 1.3 million. Unguja, t . . .
Zanzibar saw a modest reduction of 4.5 percent in its basic needs poverty rate, and a one percent decrease in extreme poverty between 2010 and 2015, with its more urban, Unguja island the main driver behind this, according to the latest World Bank Poverty Assessment for Zanzibar.
The Zanzibar archipelago consists of several islands with a total population of about 1.3 million. Unguja, t . . .