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This policy brief explores on women’s empowerment in Tanzania: Predictors of women’s ability to control their income. The brief has it that a few women (12%) decided on how to spend their money independently, and that a large proportion of women (88%) made joint spending decisions with their spouses. It
This policy brief explores on tax capacity and effort in Tanzania. The brief has it that Tanzania is utilizing less than half its potential tax capacity. Not only does the income tax category has more potential than the other tax categories but also has the lowest effort in tax revenue
This policy brief explores on the Performance of Tax Revenues in Tanzania. The brief has it that the performance of Tanzania’s Tax revenue collection is below the recorded averages in Sub- Saharan Africa, SADC, and East Africa. Income tax and VAT jointly contribute around two-thirds of the country’s tax revenues.
This policy brief explores on Tanzania’s budget deficit as it rose 15-fold from TZS 0.4 trillion to TZS 6 trillion between 1999/00 and 2020/21. The brief has it that generally, the budget deficit has been financially manageable as the country’s debt service has not exceeded the economy’s ability to continuously
This policy brief explores on the household’s perceptions on the discoveries of natural gas in Lindi and Mtwara. It depicts that large deposits of natural gas were discovered off the southern coast of Tanzania and almost half of the households in the two regions are aware of the gas discoveries.
This is the fifth of a five-part series of policy briefs presenting findings of a research study on the “Implications of EU-EAC EPA on Tanzania”. The study is part of the broader research and capacity building project ‘Targeted support to strengthen capacity of policy makers, exporters, and trade associations to
This is the fourth of a five-part series of policy briefs presenting findings of a research study on the “Implications of EU-EAC EPA on Tanzania”. The study is part of the broader research and capacity building project ‘Targeted support to strengthen capacity of policy makers, exporters, and trade associations to
This policy brief looks at the Least Developed Countries—32 African countries classified by the UN as LDCs, whereas the rest are classified as either Lower Middle-Income Countries or Middle-Income Countries. It looks at the Gradual graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) category as being constrained by lower incomes, social and
This policy brief looks at the Least Developed Countries—32 African countries classified by the UN as LDCs, whereas the rest are classified as either Lower Middle-Income Countries or Middle-Income Countries. It looks at the policy thrust of ensuring that no one is left behind nor by the wayside—amounting to simultaneous
This is the third of a five-part series of policy briefs presenting findings of a research study on the “Implications of EU-EAC EPA on Tanzania”. The study is part of the broader research and capacity building project ‘Targeted support to strengthen capacity of policy makers, exporters, and trade associations to
This policy brief explores the working conditions of transporters, truck drivers in particular in the development mineral value chain. It uses data collected through questionnaires and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) conducted in nine districts of Dar es Salaam and Coastal regions in September 2020. Truck drivers in the development minerals
This policy brief presents findings from primary research of the sub-sector in two districts of Coast region (Chalinze and Kisarawe) and two districts of Dar es Salaam region (Kigamboni and Kinondoni). Despite the immense supply of key inputs to industries and construction, little is known of development minerals sub-sector’s size
This policy brief presents a summary of key findings and recommendations from the REPOA study on the role of Innovation and Technology Upgrading (herein after, ITU) on competitiveness of Tanzania’s industrial and export sectors. To achieve its objective, the study was structured into three complementary components. The first component set
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
Climate finance refers to the financial resources mobilized to fund actions that aim at mitigating the impacts of climate change, reducing vulnerability, and increasing the resilience of human and ecological systems to negative impacts of climate change. Climate finance remains central to achieving low-carbon, climate-resilient development. This policy brief specifically
This is the second of a three-part series of policy briefs presenting findings of the main research report “Institutional and Operational Bottlenecks in Rice Value Chains and Export in Tanzania: The Case of Mbeya Rice Producers and Traders.” Through the EU-ACP TradeCom II Programme, the study is part of the
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