Category Archives: Policy Briefs
Technology Transfer Through FDI: Areas of Improvement
MNEs (Multinational Enterprises) may transfer technology to firms that supply them with intermediate goods, or to buyers of their own products. For suppliers, technology can be transferred through training on higher quality of products. Therefore, FDIs may be of benefit to … Continue reading
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE IN TANZANIA:CHALLENGES AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
Rural women play a significant role in domestic and socio-economic life of the society such that national development is not possible without developing this important and substantial segment of our society. This paper examined the participation of women in agriculture … Continue reading
Revenue Mobilization Issues in the Tanzanian LGA’s
Nowadays, majority of the public sector organizations have been highly involved in the mobilization of their own revenue. This trend has been largely attributed to the emergence of the various management reforms introduced into the public sector organizations through New … Continue reading
IMPLEMENTATION OF BUDGETARY REFORMS IN TANZANIA
Budgetary reforms under the New Public Management (NPM) paradigm are adopted and implemented in both developing and developed countries. The NPM is a dominant reform for public sector organizations since late 1970s. It was proposed to make public sector administration … Continue reading
CURBING TAX EVASION BY PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS IN TANZANIA
For a long time, tax has been a major source of government revenue for most countries in the world. The structure is generally composed of direct and indirect taxes. For direct taxes the factors that produce incomes are … Continue reading
Beyond Food Export Bans in Tanzania: Facts and Figures
The practice of food export ban has been very controversial in the United Republic of Tanzania, more specifically in the Mainland Tanzania, where the country in bordering a total of eight countries six of which are landlocked. Tanzania boasts of … Continue reading
Tanzania and the East African Community: From Timid Defensiveness to Confident Engagement
“We should not hide from the fact that Tanzania’s status in EAC has taken a hit in recent years because we have been sending incompetent people to represent us,” says Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe, the then Deputy minister for Works (now … Continue reading
Rural Electrification Through Public Private Parnership
The role of energy, and more specifically electricity, is critical for development. Access to modern energy reduces hunger and improves access to safe drinking water through food preservation and pumping system (MDG1). It fosters education by providing light and communication … Continue reading
Dollarization of the Tanzanian Economy
Dollarization of an economy occurs when inhabitants of a given country use foreign currency in parallel to or instead of the country’s domestic currency. It is a phenomenon that occurs when countries choose to use a major vehicle, convertible and … Continue reading