Natalist policy:
The problem that Tanzania is facing is their population growth. It is currently faster than the growth of the economy. It is hard to grow economically when a country is growing in such a way. This is how Tanzania came about their anti-natalist policy. Tanzania needs to lower birth rates so there can be fewer kids in the country. For this policy to work, Tanzania needs to encourage families to adapt to family planning methods. Here there is another problem, many of the country's residents and their cultural beliefs, many of the methods that are suggested cannot be done. An example of a method that is not encourage is contraception. Tanzania is trying to find a way to reduce births while preventing any actions that could affect a persons cultural beliefs.
government strategies on enforcing natalist policy and population momentum:
The main reason the population in Tanzania is growing too fast is because of agriculture. Agriculture is big in Tanzania and families need kids who can help them. The government feels that many families and people do not have access to high quality services such as education. It is because of this that families push agriculture. The government tries to spend more money on education and making opportunities for jobs so that the population starts decreasing because mothers are at work. When mothers are at work, the population becomes smaller and when there is a smaller population, there is less demands on government services. The growth rate in Tanzania is actually so high that it affects future growth for the country. When the population is increasing, this gives a country a PMF that is greater than 1.
push and pull factors:
Internal migration is the reason for many push and pull factors in Tanzania. A common push factor in Tanzania is the lack of job opportunities that are provided in rural areas. Due to this it is often hard for many to find jobs. Another push factor would be fewer services and poor transport links that are located in rural areas. This pushes people away and toward the urban life. This is particularly common in less economically developed countries that have rural areas. Pull factors for urban areas are typically the same push factors for rural areas. For example, many are attracted to the urban life simply because there are better job opportunities. This grabs the attention of people un rural areas because there are typically few jobs. Not only is this a pull factor, but so is access to better and more advanced services. When people can have a better health care and more reliable access to basic goods, it is a wonderful thing.
external, internal, and net migration:
The current net migration rate in Tanzania is -0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (based on 2012 estimate.) Comparing this to the rest of the countries in the world, Tanzania ranks 128th. This number is acheived by taking the difference of people leaving and entering the country per 1,000 persons. If migration becomes too high, it could cause many problems such as unemployment. Most of this country's population growth is internal growth, which is growing quickly. This is because so many people leave the country for better services and opportunities (as shown by the negative net migration rate.) The push and pull factors of this country show a pattern of rural-urban migration. Thus, most of Tanzania's migration is internal migration.
sources:
- http://www.howmany.org/newsarc/tanzania-controlling-population-growth-vital-for-meaningful-economic-growth/
- http://www.un.org/popin/regional/asiapac/fiji/disc/disc18.htm
- http://www.indexmundi.com/tanzania/net_migration_rate.html