[Osmf-talk] Sustainable Participation in OSM (was Tanzania)

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

Tanzania is a very large country by territory. It has an area of 945
thousand square kilometres. By territory it is as large as Franace and
Germany together. A lot of people in rural areas live by
self-sufficiency farming.

But it does not mean that people in cities and towns can live (and
actually live) with 52USD per month. Here is the cost of living in
Tanzania:
http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Tanzania

Despite widely accepted stereotypes, the economy of Tanzania (and Africa
as a whole) is growing several percent a year. Already several years in
a row. Taking into account the immense scale of this continent, its
mineral resources, it may well continue to grow with the same phenomenal
rate.

brgds
Oleksiy

On 04.09.2014 19:16, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>
> more seriously, if you look at GNI (Gross national income) per capita,
> in Tanzania it was 630USD for 2013 (or 52,50 a month).
> http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.CD/countries/TZ-ZF-XM?display=graph
>
> For comparison, in France it was 42250, Germany 46100, USA 53670,
> Russian Fed 13860 etc.
>
> Please note that these are average numbers, i.e. if this is not
> distributed evenly (never the case), you will have a lot of people
> earning even less.
>
> Potential mappers are people with enough time, money and sufficient
> education / access to computers, my guess is that in a very poor
> country like Tanzania is undoubtedly there is a very small amount of
> these (in other words: if people struggle to survive working all day
> long, they won't have time to participate - money for equipment left
> aside).
>
> Please also note that internet connection fees are much higher in
> Africa than they are in Europe.
>
> cheers,
> Martin