REMITTANCE INFLOWS, POVERTY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN TANZANIA: A MULTIVARIATE CAUSALITY MODEL

Purpose: This study examined the causal flow between economic growth, poverty, and remittances for Tanzania, using annual data from 1990 to 2020. Tanzania is working achieve policy targets set in its Vision 2025, findings of this will add value effectiveness timing. The uses household consumption expenditure per capita (HCE) as a measure rate change GDP remittance inflows percentage remittances. Methodology: used autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach cointegration ECM-based Granger causality. Results: found bidirectional causality poverty short run unidirectional long run. No was growth capita. Conclusions: point importance reduction sustainable development Tanzania. Recommendations: encouraged continue implementing policies that support positively influence reduction.