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- Jul 31, 2017
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If you are a middle-class child in Kenya, you are more likely to complete your education and have better basic numeracy and literacy skills than a rich child in Uganda or Tanzania.
Most opinion polls show that among East Africans, Tanzanians are the most cautious about regional economic integration, particularly the proposed East African Political Federation.
The sceptics in Tanzania say deeper regional integration leads to other East Africans “stealing” their jobs, and possibly taking away their land.
To the extent that education and the skills one acquires give one a better chance of getting ahead in a competitive economy, the Uwezo results suggests that Tanzanians’ intuition about their likely disadvantage is largely accurate.
Among the middle class, only 18 per cent of children in Kenya dropped out of school. In Tanzania, more wealthy children (24 per cent) dropped out of school compared with those from poor backgrounds (23 per cent). Uganda’s dropout rates are almost equally distributed across poor and wealthy households.
Most opinion polls show that among East Africans, Tanzanians are the most cautious about regional economic integration, particularly the proposed East African Political Federation.
The sceptics in Tanzania say deeper regional integration leads to other East Africans “stealing” their jobs, and possibly taking away their land.
To the extent that education and the skills one acquires give one a better chance of getting ahead in a competitive economy, the Uwezo results suggests that Tanzanians’ intuition about their likely disadvantage is largely accurate.
Among the middle class, only 18 per cent of children in Kenya dropped out of school. In Tanzania, more wealthy children (24 per cent) dropped out of school compared with those from poor backgrounds (23 per cent). Uganda’s dropout rates are almost equally distributed across poor and wealthy households.