PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 3 Investigating poverty : an example from Tanzania

Investigating the dynamics of rural differentiation and class formation were at the forefront of our research in Lushoto District, Tanga Region, Tanzania in 1986. But precisely because of our focus on differentiation and class formation among households, we were careful to devise techniques of reaching households which might be omitted if we relied on local people’s answers to questions concerning poverty and wealth.