The bureaucracy of birth registration in Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12985114 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Summer Wood (University of Arizona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 379-395 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Policy Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1946-0171 • E-ISSN: 1946-018X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19460171.2019.1672573 |
| OpenAlex | W2978083033 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 39 |
Birth registration is a basic human right. It is also considered a ‘gateway right’ which aids in the realization of many other civil, political, economic and social rights. After decades as an ‘orphan’ policy issue, birth registration is gaining prominence among experts and policy actors in the fields of international development and global health. This article examines the challenges of improving birth registration policy and implementation in Tanzania, which has one of the lowest rates of birth registration in the world. Ethnographic interviews with families and government workers in Dar es Salaam reveal that policies intended to discipline families into registering children’s births promptly instead serve to create numerous barriers to birth registration. This case study contributes to a greater understanding of the unintended consequences of policy implementation in developing country contexts, demonstrating the importance of ethnographic studies that examine the perspectives of both the targets and the implementers of policies
Bureaucracy · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Politics · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Global Maternal and Child Health · Law · Migration, Identity, and Health · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |