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Tanzania is a country rich in natural resources, and of great geographic and cultural diversity.
However, it remains one of the poorest countries in the world. Thirty-six percent of Tanzanians live in extreme
poverty, and almost one in five are hungry, living below the food poverty line. An HIV prevalence of approximately 7%, a population growth rate of over 2% and a growing number
of orphans and vulnerable children present huge obstacles to poverty alleviation efforts. Poverty in Tanzania
is further exacerbated by environmental degradation, reflected in declining fertility of agricultural lands, deforestation,
and destruction of water sources and catchment areas.
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Excerpted from the Poverty and
Human Development Report, 2005 & 2007 (Last Updated: March 2009)
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