Towards a Socially Just Urbanization in Tanzania: Political Participation and Social Cohesion
Tanzania’s rate of urbanization is estimated to be about 5%, and the urban population will grow to 35.5 million in 2030, and 76.5 million in 2050. Dar es Salaam, the biggest commercial city, will have a population of over 10 million people by 2030, thus will be, by definition, a mega-city. Urbanization is often taken […]
The Transformation of Cities in Tanzania: An overview
In a drive to better understand urbanization processes in Sub-Saharan Africa, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) supported research to address knowledge gaps, particularly related to the ‘just city’ pillars: dignity, rights and responsibilities, equity and diversity, and democracy – as well as opportunities for the ‘urban poor’ to influence urban policy. In Tanzania, the baseline survey was conducted […]
Formalisation of Street Vending in Dar es Salaam: Implementation and Enforcement of the Wamachinga Identity Card Initiative
Street vending in urban Tanzania is a big sector that touches different activities. This research paper applies the ‘forbearance’ conceptual understanding to investigate the introduction and implementation of small traders’ Identity Cards or simply Wamachinga IDs as an official formalisation strategy. It reports the findings of a qualitative research design undertaken to explain the process […]
REPOA’s Annual Report 2021
We are thrilled to present to our esteemed stakeholders our Annual Report for 2021. The year 2021 marked the second year of the implementation of our fifth strategic plan 2020–2024, seeking to inform and promote development policy agenda for further and accelerated socio-economic transformation and inclusive development.
Industrializing Agriculture in a Changing Climate: Effects of Weather Extremes on Rice Production in Tanzania
This is the third 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 “Targeted support to strengthen capacity […]
Transaction Costs in Tanzania’s Rice Trade within the EAC and with the EU
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 “Targeted support to strengthen capacity […]
Post pandemic Outlook on Tanzanian Rice Trade: Opportunities and Pitfalls
This is the first 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 “Targeted support to strengthen capacity of policy makers, exporters, and trade associations to assess and review trade and related economic policies to promote trade competitiveness and diversification for widening trading opportunities with the EU’’ – project implemented by REPOA and ISS-Erasmus.
The EU-EAC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)—The EU Trade and Investment with Tanzania
This is the second of a five-part series of policy briefs presenting findings of a research study the “Implications of EU-EAC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on Tanzania.” The study is part of a broader research and capacity building project “Targeted support to strengthen capacity of policy makers, exporters, and trade associations to assess and review trade and related economic policies to promote trade competitiveness and diversification for widening trading opportunities with the EU’’ implemented by REPOA and ISS-Erasmus – funded by the European Union (EU) through the EU-ACP TradeCom II Programme. Its contents are the sole responsibility of REPOA and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union, the EU-ACP TradeCom II Programme or ISS-Erasmus.
The EU-EAC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)—Background Assessment of the EAC-EU EPA
This is the first of a five-part series of policy briefs presenting findings of a research study the “Implications of EU-EAC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on Tanzania.” The study is part of a broader research and capacity building project “Targeted support to strengthen capacity of policy makers, exporters, and trade associations to assess and review trade and related economic policies to promote trade competitiveness and diversification for widening trading opportunities with the EU’’ implemented by REPOA and ISS-Erasmus – funded by the European Union (EU) through the EU-ACP TradeCom II Programme. Its contents are the sole responsibility of REPOA and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union, the EU-ACP TradeCom II Programme or ISS-Erasmus.
INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR TANZANIA
The overall objective of this research project is to identify institutional bottlenecks that limit competitiveness and enterprise development in the productive sectors– and the enabling policy framework to address them effectively. Specifically, the research project will seek to undertake three objectives, namely (i) Analysis of the institutional framework for enterprisedevelopment and competitiveness; (ii) Analysis of […]
REPOA Annual Report 2020
We are privileged to present to our esteemed stakeholders our annual report for 2020, the final year of the implementation of our fifth strategic plan, covering 2020–2024.
Enhancing Competitiveness of Rice Industry in Tanzania
This policy brief assesses rice production and consumption in Tanzania, the cultivated area of rice and yields obtained. It also presents the market dynamics of the rice sub-sector by assessing its exports, imports as well as its prices in the domestic and international market. Lastly, it presents challenges hindering trade competitiveness and provides policy recommendations […]
Do Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Mental Health? Evidence From Tanzania’s Governmental Social Protection Program
Cash transfer interventions broadly improve the lives of the vulnerable, making them exceedingly popular. However, evidence of impacts on mental health is limited, particularly for conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs. We examined the impacts of Tanzania’s government-run CCT program on depressive symptoms of youth aged 14-28. Despite no overall intervention effects, results suggest that receiving […]
Learning Environment and Performance
of Primary Education in Tanzania
This policy brief aims at assessing learning outcomes by looking at inputs, commitments and competencies of service providers in the education and health sectors. The survey was conducted in two rounds in 2014 and 2016/17. The two surveys had been preceded by a pilot conducted in 2010 in Tanzania and Senegal, which allows Tanzania to […]
Improving the provision of government einformation opportunities in Tanzania
The Internet has the potential to improve public administration, servicedelivery, and citizen engagement (Castells, 2009; Chadwick, 2006,2013). In the early 2000s, the Tanzania government adopted onlinegovernment information provision and established the technicalstandards and guidelines for government websites in 2014 (UnitedRepublic of Tanzania, 2014). E-information stands for provision ofinformation via government websites and social media pages. […]
Tanzania SDG Scorecard 2021
Survey findings provide citizens’ perspectives that can be compared to official UN indicators tracking progress on 12 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.