| While villagization did bring some measure of welfare and social services to the countryside, it failed the production test decisively. |
| In fact, this outside assistance may well have played a role in buffering the impact of the Tanzanian villagization. |
| Resources were also lacking for a related villagization program, which had the putative aim of concentrating scattered populations into villages where they might receive modern services. |
| But in those areas in which villagization did occur, it radically transformed household access to and use of resources. |
| With villagization, household land use patterns changed dramatically, and the use of resources intensified in areas close to villages. |
