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Tanzania Online
Monthly Current Awareness List ? MAY 2001
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Assessment of the impact of the Lower Kihansi hydropower project on the forests of Kihansi Gorge, Tanzania
Lovett, Jon C; Hatton, John; Mwasumbi, Leonard B; Gerstle, John H , 1997
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Construction of a hydropower project on the Kihansi river in Southern Tanzania will substantially alter the river's flow. On the basis of both qualitative and quantitative botanical surveys, forest in the Kihansi gorge below the dam site was found to be mostly typical species and endemic-rich Eastern Arc forest. An unusual forest type, dominated almost entirely by Filicium decipiens was also present. Eastern Arc forests are of both global and national importance for biodiversity conservation, and measures to mitigate impact of the dam on the forest are suggested. Further environmental monitoring is recommended in order to evaluate the choice of mitigation measures.
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Basic soil characteristics in the semiarid part of Tanzania in which the SASA project was carried out
Paper prepared for the SASA conference held in Copenhagen
Moberg, Jens Peter / SASA , 1999
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Building capacity in the Government economic service
A study prepared as part of the IDF-funded ESRF Government capacity building program: ESRF discussion paper No.25
Arkaide, Brian Van; Monck, Nicholas; Rweyemamu, Nestor; Valentine, Ted; Makindara, Jeremia; Manyanda, Margaret / Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) , 2000
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Competitive performance of formal and informal milk marketing channels in Northern Tanzania: the case of Hai district
Mdoe, N.S.Y; Nyange, D. / Sokoine University of Agriculture , 1995
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Country strategy paper
Bilateral aid programme 2000-2002
Embassy of Ireland / Ireland Aid , 1999
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Tanzania was designated a priority country for Ireland Aid (IA) in 1975. Since the signing of a Financial and Technical Co-operation Agreement in 1980, and its revision in 1985, IA annual expenditure in Tanzania has grown from around £200,000 per annum in the early 1980s to a budget of IR£24.4 million for the present three-year (1996 -1999) country programme.
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Curricula for training hospital based counsellors and supervisors
Tanzania United Republic / National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) , 1999
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The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange
Listed companies: hand book
The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange , 2000
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Evaluation of smallholder coffee cultivation
Final report
Sokoine University of Agriculture / Ulanga District Council , 2000
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The smallholder coffee cultivation project is owned by the Ulanga District Council (UDC) and is funded by the Irish government in selected villages in Ulanga district. Ten farmers were nominated in each village to receive special training in managing coffee nurseries and fields. Inputs together with the technical support for establishing coffee nurseries were provided. The overall project objective was to improve farm incomes by establishing profitable smallholder coffee cultivation in the area.
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Factor subsitution and wage employment in agriculture
The case of Kilombero Sugar estate, Tanzania
Senkondo, E.M.M; Ashimogo, G.C / Sokoine University of Agriculture , 1990
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Fathers and daughters in the scramble for women's land rights.
The case of the Hehe and Sangu peoples in South western Tanzania
Odgaard, Rie / SASA , 1998
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Feasibility study of the expansion of the dairy cattle pilot project
Final report
Sokoine University of Agriculture / Irish Aid , 1999
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The pilot dairy project which is financed by the Irish government in Vigoi division began in December 1996. Dairy cattle were distributed in two phases. Phase one involved 24 farmers who received F1 heifers and phase two involved 32 farmers who received Boran cattle. The overall goal of the Project is to raise living standards in Ulanga district, especially of the poorer rural households.
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Financing empowerment or impoverishment?
Credit schemes for women in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Bulow, Dorthe Von / Centre for Development Research (CDR) , 1996
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Forest fungal diseases of Tanzania: background and current status
Nsolomo, Vincent R. Venn, Kare / Sokoine University of Agriculture Norwegian Forest Research Institute
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A review of the background and current satatus of forest diseases in Tanzania is presented in this article. Outbreaks of the most destructive exotic and indigenous diseases are addressed and currently known diseases of both indigenous and exotic trees, including ornamental and agroforestry trees, are tabulated to form a preliminary checklist. It is concluded that more knowledge on forest diseases is still required and therefore further research is necessary to reveal the full extent of the diseases in both natural and plantation forests.
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Gender, communication and development
The images of women and cultural space in the process of mass communication in Tanzania
Johannessen, Jill , 1998
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The aim of this paper is to give a presentation of my Ph.D. project, including the fieldwork material from my stay in Tanzania 1997/98. The focus in my study is on media content as gender discourse and on use and reception of gendered media texts. By the means of case studies including the involvement of women/gender NGOs; personal interviews among women and men; and group discussions based on media texts this project aims to explore the images of women and cultural space in the process of mass communication. At stake are whose interests are benefiting from a particular socio-cultural construction of gender, and how is this restricting and channeling the development of society.
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A guideline for counsellors in Tanzania with special emphasis on HIV/AIDS/STDs counselling
Tanzania United Republic / National AIDS control programme , 1999
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Guidelines for home based care services in Tanzania
Tanzania United Republic
/ Ministry of Health; National AIDS Control Programme DANIDA , 1999
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Impact of fiscal policy on the real exchange rate: anecdotal evidence from Tanzania
The African Journal of Finance Management, Vol. 8 No. 1, July 1999
Mugoya, Partric K.D / The Institute of Finance Management , 1999
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In macroeconomic theory of open econimies, it is argued that an adverse fiscal imbalance results into a higher real interest rate. In turn the higher real interest rate reduces net foreign investment and that this leads to an appreciation of the domestic currency. This study is a preliminary empirical investigation of the extent to which the budget deficit inTanzania has had any relationship with the real interest rate and the real exchange rate. After analysing relevant data covering almost three decades beginning in 1968, the study finds no evidence to support the above theory. Further empirical work remains to be done in order to establish the link between a budget deficit and movements in the real exchange rate for a small but open economy such as Tanzania. Only in this way can one justify the prevailing concerns among policy makers in Tanzania over the need to eliminate the budget deficit due to its afleged adverse effect on other macro-economic indicators.
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Integrated Tourism Master Plan: Enabling Framework for a National Tourism development Programme
Tanzania United Republic / CHL Consulting Group Dublin, Ireland Irish Tourist Board Dublin, Ireland Inter Tourism Ltd Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Legal and Human Rights Centre:annual report
Legal and human rights centre , 1999
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Liberalisation of the banking industry in Tanzania: issues and prospect
The African Journal of Finance and Management Vol.7 No.2, January 1999
Mutaitina, Osward R / The Institute of Finance Management , 1999
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In Tanzania, as in many other developing countries, banks play a predominant role in the flnancial sector of the country as far as mobilisation and allocation of financial resources is concerned. The question that deserves attention however, is whether and to what extent foreign banks have been playing a positive role in the promotion of the country's economy. Looking at this concern the paper notes that after the enactment of the Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1991 the banking industry has undergone a dramatic change allowing the establishment of private banks in the country. On the one hand the liberalisation of this sector has made it possible for over 800 Tanzanians to get employed in sixteen projects which were approved up to 1998 by the government authorities to carry on financial business. mainly in the banking sector. On the other hand the bank of Tanzania reveals that the sector has contributed to the country's GDP by an average of 4.0 percent between 1990 !
and 1996. This paper discusses the role that has been played by the banking system especially after the arrival of private investors in the sector.Various issues and prospects in the industry are examined.
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Loan repayment and its determinants in smallholder agriculture: a case study in the southern highlands of Tanzania
Kashuriza, A / Sokoine University of Agriculture , 1994
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Repayment rates or formal agricultural credit inTanzania have declined considerably in the last decade and a half and averaged only about 50 per cent of the total loans due per year.This study is an attempt to Identify some of the main factors which Influence loan repayment and default at the farm level. Data for the study were collected through structured farmer interviews and informal dIscussions in two districts in Iringa region Results of the study lndicate that better repayment rates are associated with use of machinery and hired labour In farming, optimal credit packages and higher farm lncomes. Credit default was accounted for by high consumption expenditures, farmer attitude; late input deilvery, adverse production environment, and declining crop marketing margin.
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Long term effects of continuous cereal cropping on soil fertility parameters in farmers fields in Southern Tanzania
paper prepared for the SASA conference held in Copenhagen
Mc Donagh, J.F; Birch Thomsen, T.; Magid, J / SASA , 1999
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Major environmental issues in Tanzania
Paper presented during the EE policy workshop held at Morogoro 13 - 15 December 1995
Bakobi, Bernard L.M / NEMC , 1995
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Management of medical wastes in dispensaries and small hospitals in Dar es salaam
General findings
National Environment Management Council (NEMC) , 1995
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Managing change in Tanzania public enterprise: swallowing bitter pills
The IFM Journal of Finance and Management Vol.6 No.2, January 1998
Katunzi, Justin / The Institute of Finance Management , 1998
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The article addresses itself to the whole exercise of parastatal privatization. In essence it argues that before enterprises being privatized, they played a major role in the economy of Tanzania. Reasons advanced as to why parastatals were formed include: private sector failed to meet public demand; where private sector failed to invest in areas considered to be risky and other reasons. Privatization is seen as an external force hinging on the parastatals 'failure to operate economically and consuming a large share of public funds. In conclusion, problems are cited as to why privatization exercise is yet to be an exemplary undertaking, and some future benefits are highlighted.
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Manual for trainers of hospital based counsellors
Tanzania United Republic / Ministry of Health National AIDS Control Programme , 1999
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Measles vaccination and nutritional status among hospitalised infants and children in rural Tanzania: A field study
Measles and nutrition among Tanzanian children
Rosok, Bard I.; Nyvold, Cecilie; Bura, Mark; Shao, F. John; Haukenes, Gunnar; Aksnes, Lage; Haneberg, Bjorn / Muhimbili Medical Centre Centre for International Health
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Measuring the compliance costs of taxation excise duties 1995-96
The African Journal of Fincance and Management Vol.7 No.2, January 1999
Shekidele, Christine M.S / The Institute of Finance Management , 1999
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The study analyses the nature and type of compliance costs of excise duties in Tanzania. Data provided by the respondents in the questionnaire to measure the compliance costs incurred by firms producing traditional excise goods in 1995-96 is used. The study concludes that compliance costs in less developed countries are relatively high compared to those in developed countries. Moreover, that compliance costs are regressive in nature falling more heavily on small firms. The findings suggest that the rate structure and the literature which is supplied to taxpayers are complex and difficult for an average taxpayer to understand, resulting in high compliance costs. As such the government should take remedial measures in order to minimize compliance costs without reducing revenue.
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Micro and small enterprise development and employment implications:Review of current status and prospects
Paper prepared for a National Workshop on Review of the current Employment situation in Tanzania May, 1999
Wangwe, Samuel M / Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) , 1999
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Micro-financing institutions and poverty alleviation in Tanzania: a review of current practices
Paper presented at the 1st IFMASA workshop on poverty alleviation and the financial management system in Tanzania
Temu, Sylvia S / The Institute of Finance Management , 2000
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Monitoring of mercury and other heavy metal pollution in gold mining areas around lake Victoria, Tanzania
Final report
University of Dar es Salaam / National Environment management council , 1994
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Mradi wa Utafiti wa Hifadhi Ardhi na Maji (MUHAMA) katika maeneo kame Tanzania
Makala ya semina ya pili ya wakulima
Sokoine University of Agriculture / Soil-water Management Research Group , 1994
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Mwalimu Nyerere and national Unity
Paper presented at the commemoration of birth date of the father of the nation the late Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere: Karimjee hall, Dar es Salaam 14th April 2001
Salim, Salim Ahmed / Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation , 2001
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National environmental policy
Tanzania United Republic / Vice President's office , 1997
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Origins of social security in developing countries : the case study of African countries
The African Journal of Finance and Management Vol.7No.1, July 1998
Msalangi, H.K.M / The Insitute of Finance Management , 1998
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The history of social security in Africa dates back to pre-independence period when civil service pensions and employment injury schemes were introduced. There has been, however, a steady expansion of more modern forms of social security schemes particularly following the accession of independence by many countries. There is at present, however, no in depth study of why these arrangements or schemes have developed in the way they have, nor has there been an in depth analysis of the structure of the current institutions, the range and scope of covers, as well as the process of benefit delivery. The paper attempts such a study.
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Paper from the Arusha national education conference
Tanzanin United Republic / Ministry of education and culture , 2000
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Planning of forest plantation investments with the aid of linear programming: a case study of Sao Hill Forest, Tanzania
Forest Ecology and Management 62 (1993) 51-72
Mgeni, Aaron S.M; Price, Colin / Sokoine University of Agriculture School of Agriculture and Forest Science , 1993
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Privatization and government regulation of public utilities: just and reasonable return-the case of T.A.N.E.S.C.O
The African Journal of Finance and Management Vol.7 No.1, July 1998
Kasonga, Lenny B / The Insititute of Finance Management , 1998
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The inefficiency of public utilities undoubtedly contribute to economic problems in Tanzania. Privatization has increasingly become an alternative to addressing the fundamental problems of inefficiency, and as a solution of reducing the heavy burden on the national budget during times of economic crisis. The purpose of this paper is to consider the traditional issue of "Just and Reasonable return", as an alternative of public interest. were natural monopolies such as TANESCO to be privatized.
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Privite sector development the case of private health facilities
ESRF discussion paper No.26
Tibandebage, Paula A.; Semboja, Haji H.; Mujinja, Phare; Ngonyani, Henock / Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) , 2001
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Tanzania economy: structural adjustment to what?
The IFM journal of finance and management Volume.6 No.2, January 1998
Nangu, Shilla / The institute of Finance Management University of Dar es Salaam , 1998
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The study makes an assessment of the effects of structural adjustment programmes introduced in Tanzania In living standard of the people. The author utilised a regression analysis model to regress several measures of living standard i e. life expectancy at birth, infant mortality, accessibility to safe water, primary school enrolment and electric consumption per household.' The study observed that during the period of 1975 to 1995 when the structural adjustment programmes were Introduced, the GNP grew up and to some significant level Improved the living standard of the general public. However, the introduction of structural adjustment programmes which have brought in the market economy system may lead to deterioration of social achievements. As it can be observed currently, there is hiking of prices for health services, high education fees, mass unemployment through the retrenchment exercise. The government should not delegate all economic and social activities that affect !
directly the quality of life of its citizen to the private sector whose operations are governed by profit motives. The author also suggested some amendments to the current adjustment packages.
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Trade prospects for Tanzania in the East African co-operation
The African Journal of Finance and Management Vol.6 No.1, July 1997
Mjema, G.D / The Insititute of Finance Management , 1997
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The revival of the East African Community which has taken the form of the formation of the East African Co-operation has rekindled hopes for increased economic co-operation between the three EA countries, i.e Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania once dashed when the EA Community collapsed in 1977. There are sector like tourism and mining which offer substantial trade prospects for Tanzania in the new co-operation set up. The private sector in Tanzania has to take the lead to ensure that the exiting trade potential on the new EA Co-operation are realized One way to ensure that it is to conduct studies that would show which products and commodities that are produced in Tanzania can 'break' into the larger EA market.
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