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Our publications provide evidence-based research, policy briefs, and analytical papers that inform decision-making and contribute to national and regional development. They serve as a reliable source of knowledge for policymakers, researchers, development partners, and the general public seeking insights on key economic and social issues.
Research Report

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

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Research Report

A Review of Tanzania’s Fiscal Regime for Climate Action

Objective of this report is to develop optimal levels of taxes, levies, and subsidies as domestic financial resources to achieve the targets under the FYDP III and NDC emission reduction targets. This includes an assessment of the potential of using taxes, levies, and subsidies for climate action (compared with the

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Assessment of Firm Level Drivers of Productivity and Competitiveness in the Tanzania Enterprise Sector

As noted in the third Five-Year Development Plan (URT, 2021), the enterprise sector in Tanzania is constrained by several challenges including: pervasive informality, weak legal and regulatory framework and unfavourable business environment which confounds key functional features of private sector operations such as enhancing the registration of property, easing access

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Public Perceptions of COVID 19 Vaccine Efficacy among Urban Dwellers in Tanzania – A Case of Temeke Municipal

This study focuses on public perceptions of the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, among Tanzanians living in urban areas. Specifically, the study examined people’s understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic, perceptions of people towards COVID-19 vaccination, socio-economic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine preferences, and mechanisms of coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Results show

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Factors for Crop Insurance Uptake among Smallholder Maize Farmers: A Case Study of Njombe Region in Tanzania

The aim of this study was to examine various factors that determine small-holder farmers’ decisions towards adopting crop insurance schemes in their agricultural production activities. Based on the study’s results, there was a strong correlation between independent variables such as land ownership, size, on-farm revenue, farmer organisations or groups, marital

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Biomass briquettes production handbook

This handbook has been prepared as part of a project implemented by Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Organization (TIRDO) and REPOA in effort to address climate damage caused by uncontrolled cutting of trees for firewood and charcoal production. Tanzania has not fully addressed the issue of climate effects resulting from

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Research Report

Court Users’ Satisfaction Survey Report 2023

This Court Users’ Satisfaction Survey Report 2023 provides an assessment of the Judiciary’s achievements against the objectives of the Five-Year Strategic Plans, identify challenges of the reforms that the Judiciary has been facing in the course of implementing its Strategic Plans, and inform the course of the reform needed based

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Workshop Reports

Workshop Report: 26th Annual Research Workshop – 2022 “Adapting trade to climate change for competitive green growth”

REPOA’s Annual Research Workshop continues to be the longest running and largest research workshop held in Tanzania by a Tanzanian organization, where researchers, research users, and development stakeholders meet to discuss research findings, their associated implications for development policy in Tanzania and propose areas of further strategic research. The 26th

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Jobs Network

Institutional arrangements for trade in agriculture value chains in Tanzania

The report identifies and proposes responses to the bottlenecks to improving competitiveness and diversification in selected agricultural export-oriented sectors along Tanzania’s main export corridors. The report is structured as follows. Chapter 1 provides and introduction and background to the project – and the methodology used in undertaking the study. Chapter

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Research Report

Enhancing Tanzania’s Competitiveness in the Logistics Value Chain

The freight logistics sector of Tanzania faces capacity-related challenges, which undermine its efficiency and lead to poor services, delays, compliance challenges, and low competitiveness, among others. The negative impact is felt nationally and in countries across the region that use the Tanzania transport logistics corridors. While benchmark figures exist on

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Research Report

Trade and Welfare Effects of EU–EAC Economic Partnership

Tanzania is at a crossroad, either to sign or not to sign the EU–ECA economic partnership agreement (EPA) deal. Fear of the unknown (potential losses) and uncertain benefits continue to delay the signing, ratification, and implementation of trade and investment agreements in many countries, hampering meaningful regional and global integration.

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