Workshop Report: 28th Annual Research Workshop – 2024 “Pursuit for Sustained Growth and Trade Expansion”
REPOA’s Annual Research Workshop (ARW) continues to be the longest running and largest research workshop held in Tanzania by a Tanzanian organisation, where researchers, research users, and development stakeholders meet to discuss research findings, their associated implications for development policy in Tanzania and propose areas of further strategic research. The 28th REPOA’s ARW was conducted […]
Strengthening Link between National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), Sector Policies and National Development Plans: Implications for Climate Change Governance
This study intended to understand the extent of climate change coherence across national climate change adaptation planning frameworks, sector policies and national development plans in Tanzania. The findings revealed a weak alignment between national development plans and national climate change response strategies that were attributed to weak alignment between sector policies. However, the study found […]
Strengthening Decentralisation and Local Economic Development in Tanzania: Challenges and Opportunities
The research on decentralisation and Local Economic Development (LED) in Tanzania reveals several key challenges and opportunities. One major challenge is the inconsistency between decentralisation goals and actual implementation, where local government authorities (LGAs) often prioritize service delivery over economic development initiatives. The lack of adequate funding, inadequate capacity among local officials, and insufficient coordination […]
Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in the Decentralized Funding Systems to enhance Local Economic Development Contributions in Tanzania
The success of Local Economic Development (LED) in Tanzania is closely linked to the effectiveness of financial management systems at the local level. Improving transparency, building financial management capacity, and decentralising fund disbursement are critical for ensuring that LED initiatives are sustainable and aligned with community development needs. By addressing these challenges, Tanzania can enhance […]
The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on enrollment rates and gender inequalities in Tanzania
This study compares enrolment in the pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic. During and after the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, enrolment rates rose compared to the pre-COVID-19 period in both public and private schools. Specifically, more girls than boys were enrolled in both Dar es salaam and Dodoma regions. This increase in girls’ enrolment may be attributed […]
Agricultural Commodity Price Changes, Food Security, and Households’ Welfare in Tanzania
This study examines the implications of agricultural price changes on households’ welfare in Tanzania using panel survey data from 2008 to 2015. Specifically, the highlight is made to unpack the decision dilemma on whether household preference is skewed to either lower or higher prices of agricultural produce. This is achieved by providing empirical evidence on […]
Public Perceptions of COVID 19 Vaccine Efficacy among Urban Dwellers in Tanzania – A Case of Temeke Municipal
People’s perceptions of COVID-19 are a major determinant of the vaccination process’s success or failure. Socio economic and demographic characteristics have been among major motives for disparities in COVID-19 vaccination preferences. READ ON…!
Assessing Labour Conditions in Solid Waste Management: A Tanzanian Case Study
Solid waste workers are crucial to maintaining public health and environmental sustainability, especially in urban areas. Nevertheless, findings suggest that workers are exposed to several working conditions and challenges, including low salaries to cover household expenditures. They are hardly compensated whenever they work overtime, nor are they entitled to annual leave. Solid waste workers often […]
Diversifying Funding Sources for Sustainable Local Economic Development: Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships and Community
Diversifying funding sources for LED initiatives is essential for building more sustainable and resilient local economies in Tanzania. Overreliance on central government transfers and international aid leaves many LGAs vulnerable to funding delays and budget cuts. By expanding public-private partnerships, enhancing local revenue generation, and promoting community-driven contributions, LGAs can secure more stable and sustainable […]
Integrating Bottom-up and Top-down Approaches in Tanzania’s Climate Change Adaptation Planning: Exploring Their Impact on Adaptive Capacity in Adaptation Projects
Findings here reveal significant disparities between projects executed under top-down and bottom-up approaches. Projects guided by top-down methodologies, typically led by central government agencies, often result in maladaptive outcomes due to their one-size-fits-all approach. In contrast, the bottom-up planning approach empowers communities with greater agency, leading to heightened adaptive capacity, though the approach still faces […]
Tanzanians say government must do ‘a lot more’ to limit climate change, but ordinary citizens should also do their part
Most citizens who are aware of climate change say it is making life worse. READ MORE by clicking the Download.PDF button…!
Climate change mitigation and adaptation: Profile of biomass briquette producers in Tanzania
Many producers operate in the private formal sector. Despite being formalised, their staffing does not reflect the initiative to address gender inequality because the majority of staff are men. Majority of the staff members did not acquire biomass briquetting knowledge and skills through formal training: they did it through self-learning and apprenticeship. READ MORE by […]
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: Factors influencing the adoption of biomass briquettes in Tanzania
The biomass briquette adoption is not as high as expected despite their benefits because of the lack of climate change and biomass briquette awareness. Additionally, their quality, affordability, and availability vary, and can mainly be sourced from producers selling such products due to lack of distribution models. However, because of the design of this research, […]
Energy gaps: Slight, uneven progress still leaves many Africans without electricity
Fewer than half of households enjoy a supply of electricity that works “most” or “all” of the time. READ MORE…!
How to overcome rent seeking in Tanzania’s skills sector? Exploring feasible reforms through discrete choice experiments
Skills gaps and mismatches are widely documented as a hindrance to inclusive structural transformation across developing countries, especially in Africa. What is often overlooked, however, is the fact that skills development is a complex political economy process challenged by institutional and financing problems on the supply side, and inadequate demand, that is, a shortage of […]
Factors influencing Online Citizen Engagement at the Local Level in Tanzania
The adoption of e-participation adoption is found to be conditioned by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) environment, government norms, ICT literacy and cost, and awareness among citizens and LLG leaders. The research implies that DOI power will increase when innovation testing is also included in the redesigning/ restructuring stage of the organisation’s innovation-decision process. […]