Trade Facilitation and Logistics as Pillars of Tanzania’s Blue Economy Competitiveness
This Policy Brief calls for trade facilitation and logistics reforms to be repositioned as a system wide competitiveness agenda. It advocates for an integrated Blue Economy logistics ecosystem that aligns maritime, inland transport, digital infrastructure, and institutional reforms to strengthen trade efficiency, economic resilience, and sustainable growth. READ ON…!
Financing the Blue Economy for Tanzania’s Marine and Inland Water Transformation
This Policy Brief examines the effectiveness of existing blue finance instruments including blue bonds, blended finance, and risk mitigation mechanisms, assesses systemic constraints, and outlines policy directions to strengthen alignment between finance, development priorities, and international good practice. READ ON…!
Social and Environmental Safeguards as Foundations for an Inclusive and Resilient Blue Economy in Tanzania
This Policy Brief examines the current state of social and environmental safeguards within Tanzania’s Blue Economy ecosystem, focusing on three interrelated dimensions: social inclusion; benefit sharing and participatory governance; and environmental risk management and resilience building. It argues that safeguarding systems in Tanzania remain conceptually sound but operationally constrained, and that moving from principle based […]
Capacity Building and Human Capital Development for Tanzania’s Blue Economy Transformation
This Policy Brief examines the current state of capacity building and and Human Resource Development (HRD) in Tanzania’s Blue Economy ecosystem. It assesses the existing skills base, identifies emerging and future workforce requirements, and evaluates the extent to which capacity development efforts are aligned with sector transformation and employment objectives, arguing that coordinated, evidence based […]
Policy Innovations for Improved Agricultural Production in Tanzania
This book emerges as a timely and significant contribution to the national and regional discourse on agricultural development. This volume brings together a diverse range of perspectives, grounded in empirical research and informed by practical experience, to explore how policy innovations can unlock the latent potential of Tanzania’s agricultural sector. The book does not merely […]
Tax policies and informality in Tanzania
This study examines the relationship between tax policies and informality in Tanzania. Specifically, it analyses how changes in tax policies affect the behaviour of individuals in the labour market and how these changes impact the level of inequality and poverty in Tanzania. Tanzania’s informal economy, accounting for over 60% of employment and nearly 40% of […]
Addressing Disparities in Local Economic Development Implementation across Councils in Tanzania
This policy brief explores these disparities and provides actionable recommendations to harmonize Local Economic Development (LED) implementation across councils. This policy brief aims to shed light on the underlying factors contributing to the disparities in LED implementation between urban and rural councils in Tanzania. By examining the specific challenges faced by rural councils, such as […]
Strengthening Local and Regional Strategies for Economic Transformation in Tanzania
This policy brief explores the potential of Local Economic Development (LED) strategies to drive Tanzania’s economic transformation, examining their implementation at both local and regional levels. It analyses the key factors influencing the success of these initiatives, including policy frameworks, resource allocation, and stakeholder engagement. Furthermore, the brief investigates innovative approaches and best practices that […]
Examining Funding Systems for Local Economic Development in Tanzania: A Key Component of Economic Structural Transformation
This study investigates the funding mechanisms that support Local Economic Development (LED) initiatives across seven regions in Tanzania: Kilimanjaro, Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Kigoma, Iringa, Dodoma, and Mtwara. LED is recognized as a strategic approach to enhancing local economic capacities through decentralized governance, enabling local authorities to tailor initiatives to their communities’ specific needs. However, […]
Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in the Decentralized Funding Systems to enhance Local Economic Development Contributions in Tanzania
The success of Local Economic Development (LED) in Tanzania is closely linked to the effectiveness of financial management systems at the local level. Improving transparency, building financial management capacity, and decentralising fund disbursement are critical for ensuring that LED initiatives are sustainable and aligned with community development needs. By addressing these challenges, Tanzania can enhance […]
Diversifying Funding Sources for Sustainable Local Economic Development: Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships and Community
Diversifying funding sources for LED initiatives is essential for building more sustainable and resilient local economies in Tanzania. Overreliance on central government transfers and international aid leaves many LGAs vulnerable to funding delays and budget cuts. By expanding public-private partnerships, enhancing local revenue generation, and promoting community-driven contributions, LGAs can secure more stable and sustainable […]
The Manufacturing Sector in Zanzibar: The Case Study of the Capacity Utilization, Manufacturing Costs, Business Environment, Investment Incentives, and Skills Gaps
The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar (RGoZ) is determined to spur industrialization as among the means to meet the Zanzibar Vision 2025 of attaining the “upper middle-income status by the year 2050 through sustainable and inclusive human development1 ” This study aims at supporting such efforts by building a knowledge base and inform policy reforms in […]
REGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT: The Monetary Cost of Complying with Employment Regulations: Experience from the Hotel Industry in Tanzania
This Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) is a result of joint efforts between REPOA and the Hotel Association of Tanzania (HAT). The RIA quantifies the cost that tourism business operators, in particularly the accommodation businesses, incur when complying with the existing employment regulatory regime. The RIA primarily responds to the following questions: How much compliance costs […]
Bargaining Strategies in recent tax reforms in Tanzania
The authors’ motivation for this research and so this Working Paper was on their conceptualisation of revenue bargaining as it hones in on political dynamics whereby the interests and power of members of government and of different revenue providers take center stage. A political settlement approach that conceptualises political dynamics fitting both democratic and non-democratic […]
The Demand and Supply of Political Campaign Financing in Tanzania and Uganda During the 2010s
Campaign financing is defined as money and other resources used by parties and candidates during primary, parliamentary, or presidential elections to secure nomination and election to political office. In this paper, we develop a demand-supply framework for analysing and understanding such financing in newly democratising poor countries, exemplified by Tanzania and Uganda. Like other African […]
Tanzania’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) – An Overview of Progress, Opportunities and Prospects
However, the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted in 1997 and entered into force in 2005. It was the first attempt to commit industrialized countries (known as Annex 1 signatories) to limit and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, while other signatories (non-Annex 1) consisting mostly of developing […]