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241.	Eradicating poverty still Tanzania's main challenge
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	POVERTY is a harsh reality for a large section of the Tanzanian population and it will continue to pose a big challenge to the country in the 21st century. Poverty may be defined as a social phenomenon in which a section of society is unable to obtain even its basic necessities of life. When a substantial segment of a society is deprived of a minimum level of living standards, and continues to survive at a base subsistence level, that society is said to be plagued with mass poverty.
242.	Agricultural technology economic viability and poverty alleviation in Tanzania
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	All indicators suggest that agriculture in Tanzania is, thirty seven years after independence, still underdeveloped. Available information confirms that use of modern agricultural technology is not a common practice. According to the 1994/95 National Sample Census of Agriculture out of every ten holders, only three use improved seeds; four use farm yard manure; two use chemical fertilizers (and this is mainly in seven out of the total twenty regions); three use pesticides, insecticides, or herbicides; six receive advice from extension agents.
243.	Linking countries international policies to poverty
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	In a world of increasing economic integration the success of the poverty reduction programmes of countries depends critically on their international economic and financial policies. Such programmes need to be linked not only with national policies, as discussed in chapter 3, but also with countries international policies - which can have a decisive impact on poverty.
244.	Scoring Millennium goals: economic growth versus the Washington consensus
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	According to the IMF and the World Bank, on current trends, most Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will not be met by most countries. 1 This assessment of a joint report of the staffs of the Bank and Fund issued in 2004 is widely shared, including by a UN report that came out at the beginning of 2005. 2 The joint Bank-Fund report identifies the first of the three essential elements urgently needed if most countries are to reach the MDGs as: Accelerating reforms to achieve stronger economic growth – Africa will need to double its growth rate.
245.	Corruption
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	This annotated bibliography on corruption is commissioned by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, NORAD. It has been compiled from a number of sources, from books and articles, library searches, Internet sources (like Transparency International and the World Bank bibliographies), and from conferences and colleagues. The bibliography is not meant to be comprehensive; we have aimed at a balanced, assorted, and what we consider an interesting selection.
246.	African Higher Education Activities in Development:
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	The African Higher Education Activities in Development (AHEAD) database was developed by the Policy Research Unit of the Association of Commonwealth Universities in 2004. The database was created in support of the partnership between the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Association of African Universities and their 10-year programme for Renewing the African University. It catalogues externally funded projects in African higher education and is designed to map and identify current trends in project activity.
247.	African Higher Education Activities in Development:
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	The African Higher Education Activities in Development (AHEAD) database was developed by the Policy Research Unit of the Association of Commonwealth Universities in 2004. The database was created in support of the partnership between the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Association of African Universities and their 10-year programme for Renewing the African University. It catalogues externally funded projects in African higher education and is designed to map and identify current trends in project activity.
248.	Indigenous processes and skills in vernacular architecture of Tanzania
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	Case presentation and field experience, Main objective: Describing Typologies, response and field experience, Specific Objective: Analyzing the process and skills behind Basic Method-Documenting the Emerging Architectural forms; examples - House type description; - Name, Plan form and Photograph
249.	Agriculture and poverty reduction: unlocking the potential
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	DFIDs commitment to agriculture The UK is committed to supporting agriculture as a means of reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals. This Paper shows why agriculture is important, summarises what we are already doing, and outlines our plans to overcome the factors limiting the effective contribution of agriculture to poverty reduction. This commitment is shown by: Over £145 million of direct support which we currently give to agriculture through DFID programmes.
250.	AFRODAD statement on possible IMF gold sales
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	AFRODAD welcomes the recent announcement by Mr. Rodrigo Rato (IMF Managing Director) on the proposed sale of 16% of IMF gold stocks to raise about US$7 billion for debt relief for the worlds poorest countries. Although the amount to be raised is inadequate to cover these countries debts, it is a welcome step as it moves beyond previous initiatives like HIPC which have failed to provide low income countries with a permanent and robust exit from the debt crisis.
251.	Africa Active Projects 2004
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	Projects in Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Senegal Tanzania Case: CIPE is working in collaboration with Pact on a USAID-funded Tanzania Advocacy Partnership Program (TAPP) to help business associations better represent the interests of their members to government officials. This program, which includes business association management and advocacy training programs in six target regions of Tanzania, has improved participants’ skills in strategic planning, membership development, and advocacy to help them design and implement their own advocacy campaigns in each target region.
252.	The African Development Report 2002 reviews
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	Africas current socioeconomic performance and prospects, and examines in-depth the issues and elements of rural development and poverty reduction in Africa. The issues and elements of rural development and poverty reduction in Africa examined include why focus on rural poverty; empowerment and resources to help the rural poor; making globalization, markets and institutions work for the poor; and the Bank Group’s Rural Poverty Reduction Strategy. The Report also provides the main economic and social statistics on Africa. The Summary highlights the main aspects of the Report.
253.	Seminar on Sustainable Tourism Development and Poverty Alleviation
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	This seminar was one of a series of initiatives by the World Tourism Organization, relating to its twin priorities of special assistance to Africa and the pursuit of poverty alleviation through tourism. The seminar was organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism of Tanzania. It focussed on the East Africa sub-region; a parallel conference for West Africa was held in Benin in May 2004.
254.	Seminar on Sustainable Tourism Development and Poverty Alleviation
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	This seminar was one of a series of initiatives by the World Tourism Organization, relating to its twin priorities of special assistance to Africa and the pursuit of poverty alleviation through tourism. The seminar was organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism of Tanzania. It focussed on the East Africa sub-region; a parallel conference for West Africa was held in Benin in May 2004.
255.	Extending insurance? funeral associations in Ethiopia and Tanzania
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	This paper studies the development of indigenous insurance institutions set up to help cover the high costs of funerals, using evidence from rural areas in Tanzania and Ethiopia. Many of these institutions tend to co-exist within the same community and are based on well-defined rules and regulations, often offering premium-based insurance for funeral expenses, as well as, in many cases, other forms of insurance and credit to help address hardship.
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