Institutional and Legal Analysis of D-by-D in Tanzania: Rhetoric vs Reality
This policy brief highlights some key aspects of institutional and legal frameworks guiding the central-local relations in Tanzania Mainland. The past decades have seen a major set of initiatives by the central government to reform and modernize its local governments. Although there are specific policy and legal reforms, there has been a strong trend towards […]
Limits to citizen engagement and downward accountability in the context of decentralization by devolution in Tanzania
This brief examines how the process of decentralization by devolution in Tanzania affects local democracy and the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery. The most common arguments for democratic decentralization in the literature are two, an efficiency argument and a normative argument. The efficiency argument is based on the fact that knowledge about needs and […]
Financial discretion in LGAs and its effect on delivery of financial services through special funds for women and youth
This brief examines how the process of decentralization by devolution in Tanzania affects outcomes in terms of local government authorities (LGAs) capacity to deliver financial services to the poor. These outcomes depend on the level of administrative autonomy given to LGAs by the central government, their own capacity to execute, and ability to raise financial […]
Enhancing the Distribution and Performance of Health Workforce in Kenya
Health workers are the cornerstone and drivers of health systems and must be adequate if the country is to achieve her health targets as articulated in the Kenya Health Policy (2014- 2030), Kenya Vision 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals. There is a strong positive correlation between health workforce density and service coverage and health outcomes […]
Implementing Agriculture input systems in Tanzania: Evidence from NAIVS
Agriculture development strategies continue to play an integral role in the economies and livelihoods of the poor in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) because of the predominantly agrarian economies and agriculture provides employment to large proportions of the population. Despite their importance to local economies, these strategies have historically been driven by funding from international development agencies. […]
National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) Not for Smallholder Farmers
Poverty level remains quite high in the country, more so in rural than urban areas. As the Household Budget Survey of 2012 shows, while 10% and 28% of Tanzanians are below food and basic needs poverty lines respectively, the corresponding figures for rural areas are 11% and 33% respectively (URT, 2014). Marketing problems for small-holder […]
Harnessing the potential of Tanzania’s exports competitiveness for spices and seasonings, with special focus on high-value markets such as the EU Market
The policy brief is part of the EU’s targeted Support to REPOA and Zanzibar Ministry of Trade, Indu, try and Marketing to Increase Competitiveness of Primary Producers and Diversify the Export Base in Light of the Trading Opportunities with the EU being implemented within the framework of the ACP–EU TradeCom – II Programme.
Towards enhanced competitiveness and export diversification of the seaweed industry along the Zanzibar-Pemba Export Corridor
This policy brief examines recent developments in seaweed value chains, particularly the constraints undermining and opportunities for enhancing the competitiveness of the seaweed sub-sector along the Zanzibar-Pemba corridor. The policy brief proffers recommendations and measures to resolve the constraints and improve the competitiveness of the seaweed sub-sector as well as diversify its export base to […]
Improving Tanzania’s competitiveness of avocado (‘green gold’) value chain and exports
A case for targeted regulatory, policy and institutional reforms This policy brief explores the opportunities and potential of avocado production in Tanzania with a special focus on the Northern Export Corridor. It discusses key production, trade and regulatory constraints undermining the competitiveness and diversification of avocado value chain actors. It provides recommendations and strategies to […]
REPOA Annual Report 2017
We are very delighted to present to our esteemed stakeholders our Annual Report for 2017, the third year of implementation of our Strategic Plan for 2015-2019. 2007 marked the mid-point in Strategic Plan, an appropriate time to reflect on how we have performed so far and the strategic choices we need to make to fulfil […]
Enhancing Rural Livelihoods in Tanzania: A small-holder farmer’s perspective
Poverty reduction has been a difficult milestone for Tanzania to achieve despite recording remarkable economic growth over the past decade. This is because the attained growth is not inclusive, in that sectors contributing to this growth employ fewer people. Given the fact that agriculture continues to employ the majority of people in Tanzania, efforts to […]
Resource nationalism and local content in Tanzania
Experiences from mining and consequences for the petroleum sector Many resource-rich African countries have recently drafted local content policies for their petroleum sector. Using Tanzania as an example, this paper argues that previous experiences in the extractive industries are a central factor for public sentiments and debates on resource nationalism and local content in the […]
Local content requirements in the petroleum sector in Tanzania
A thorny road from inception to implementation? Tanzania has recently discovered huge offshore natural gas fields. This has led the Government to develop local content policies (LCPs) to increase job and business opportunities for nationals in the sector. We study the process behind the development of these policies and the positions of stakeholders. We find […]
Economic growth and under-five malaria mortality in Tanzania mainland: from correlation analysis to causality
This paper establishes empirical evidence related to correlation and causality between economic growth (as measured by GDP per capita) and under-five malaria mortality in Tanzania Mainland. The goal is to contribute knowledge on the existing relationship between economic growth and under-five malaria mortality. Correlation and scatter regression analysis plot were employed to find out the […]
Research and Policy Nexus: Perspectives from Twenty Years of Policy Research in Tanzania
This book is intended to highlight the key policy issues and policy space that policy research institutions like REPOA have been occupying and are to continue to occupy in future. A typical book of this nature would have demanded a team of editors and authors from many institutions, since influencing positive policy change takes the […]
Access to Family Planning services in Rural Tanzania
This study has explored how quality issues in delivering family planning services (supply side), and attitudinal and behavioural issues of the potential users (demand side) merge together to influence adoption of family planning methods. The subject was explored by blending Bruce’s (1990) quality of care of family planning services framework with an access framework with […]