Edwin Paul Mhede | Micro, small, and medium manufacturing enterprises (MSMEs) offer good examples of firm clustering and incipient entry points for industrial development in Tanzania. This study analyses the growth of cluster-based, micro and small furniture-manufacturing firms located in the Keko, Buguruni-Malapa, and Mbezi Beach kwa Komba industrial clusters. The results of quantitative growth indicators show that…

Issue no. 2 | In this issue:
• REPOA has a new Organizational structure
• Launching AGRA’s Policy Hub for Tanzania
• In memory of Dr. Raymond Mnenwa
• Coming Soon: PHDR 2011
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| Issue no. 1

Raymond Mnenwa and Emmanuel Maliti | Using data from the Household Budget Survey 2007, this study examines two main issues: i) the affordability of kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and electricity to poor urban households, i.e., households below the basic needs poverty line; and ii) energy expenditure patterns in poor and non-poor urban households in Tanzania.

Meda Couzens and Koshuma Mtengeti | This paper focuses on the model of community participation developed by Save the Children. The research has targeted both children and adults (NGO and local authority representatives) with a view of obtaining their insights into how best children can contribute to local governance. The study was carried out in three locations: Dar es Salaam (Temeke District), Zanzibar (Mjini Mgharibi) and Lindi (Urban…

Ophelia Mascarenhas | This tracer study assesses two courses conducted by REPOA between 2007 and 2009: Budget Analysis and Public Expenditure Tracking System (PETS).

Findings showed that for both courses, most of the respondents were using the knowledge and skills gained during their training.

Thadeus Mboghoina and Lars Osberg | This study begins by analysing the current status of living arrangements and material well-being of Tanzanians over 60 years of age, using data from the 2007 Household Budget Survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics and the Views of the People 2007 survey conducted by Research on Poverty Alleviation. The study then assesses the affordability of a universal pension for all persons over…

Raymond Mnenwa and Emmanuel Maliti | This study analysed poverty incidence in relation to Tanzania’s major farming systems utilising data from the Agriculture Sample Census 2002/03. The analysis found that poverty incidence differed considerably by farming system. The study also confirmed that agriculture is the principal economic activity for rural households in all major farming systems, but that utilisation of agricultural inputs…

Arthur Mwakapugi, Waheeda Samji and Sean Smith | This study evaluates the dynamic linkages between expansion of the national electricity grid and off-grid alternative/renewable sources of electricity, job growth and productivity. It further sought to assess the public resources required by the energy sector to galvanise sustained economic performance and attain poverty reduction targets. The study highlights that electrification could represent a…