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REPOA’s 15th Annual Research Workshop

REPOA is expecting to hold the 15th Annual Research Workshop (ARW) on March 18th – 19th, this year in Dar es Salaam. This Annual Workshop has grown to be the largest and longest running annual event in Tanzania.

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Planning in Local Government Authorities in Tanzania: Bottom-up Meets Top-down

 

This brief examines the experience of four councils in Tanzania in implementing Opportunities and Obstacles to Development (O&OD), a bottom-up participatory planning methodology for local development. The study found little evidence to date that the approach has increased local autonomy in prioritising, planning and budgeting of development activities. Interactions and consultations between local communities and council management teams were limited, bottom-up community plans were typically viewed as wish lists by council officials, and local priorities were largely set by the central government.

 

Job Vacancy

 

Senior Visiting Research Fellows

REPOA invites applications from senior academic scholars with extensive research experience (on sabbatical or recently retired) for the post of Senior Visiting Research Fellows. For more information please click here

 

The Investment Climate in Tanzania: Views of Business Executives

This brief paper presents findings from the Executive Opinion Survey 2009, a core input of the Global Competitiveness Report 2009-10 produced by the World Economic Forum. The findings indicate that general security for businesses in Tanzania is good, well ahead of other countries in the East African Community (EAC). However, government administrative requirements and customers procedures are still viewed by firms as cumbersome and inefficient, and the low level of infrastructure development continues to be a major constraint to doing business.

 

Assessing the Institutional Framework for Promoting the Growth of MSEs in Tanzania; The Case of Dar es Salaam

This study focused on the type and nature of the MSE support institutions which include services they provide, conditions for assessing the services and their needs. The study was conducted in order to infor policy makers, planners and other stakeholders about the function and need, for strong MSE support institutions as well as the capacity of these institutions to adequately meet the demands of MSEs.


Energy, Jobs and Skills:A rapid assessment of potential in Mtwara, Tanzania

This study sets out to deepen the analysis of the earlier research by examining, in more detail, the growth and labour potential of the energy sector, one of the most promising labour absorbing sectors, and the demand that it is creating for young electricians in Mtwara and beyond.

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    Last published: March, 2010









 
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