Tanzania requires Sh161bn every month to end poverty

A street scene in Dar es Salaam. The city is home to three per cent of Tanzania’s poorest people, according to an NBS report. PHOTO | FILE

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The poverty gap - which measures the depth of poverty and help in calculating how much money would be needed to bring the poor population up to the poverty line – also reduced from 6.7 per cent to 6.2 per cent in the same period.