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346.	The concept of microcredit risks loosing bloom
	Monday, December 5, 2005  by Admin
	A Solid year has passed since the United Nations launched the International Year of Microcredit in an effort to build support for making financial services more accessible to poor and low-income people. Throughout the period, various activities have been carried out at national, regional and global levels with an aim to raise public awareness about microcredit and microfinance, and promote innovative partnerships among governments, donors, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, academia and microfinance clients.
347.	Tanzania to benefit from EU sugar agreement
	Monday, December 5, 2005  by Admin
	European Union agriculture ministers last week reached a political agreement on a wide-ranging reform of the Common Market Organization for sugar, based on a proposal tabled by the European Commission in June. The reform was necessary because of pressure from the WTO as well as European consumers who paid prices for sugar within the European market two to three times higher than world market prices.
348.	Tanga plans long term development strategy
	Monday, December 5, 2005  by Admin
	Tanga City Council is in the process of preparing a comprehensive five-year Long-Range Strategic Plan (LRSP) that would guide development activities of the new city for the period of the year 2005/6 through to 2009/10. City Director Elizabeth Munuo said in an exclusive interview with PST that the plan would be a guide to the traditional annual planning, aiming at both the production of a document that would be used to direct the operations of the City Councils work.
349.	The Challenges Facing Landlocked Developing Countries
	Friday, November 25, 2005  by Admin
	In spite of technological improvements in transport, landlocked developing countries continue to face structural challenges to accessing world markets. As a result, landlocked countries often lag behind their maritime neighbours in overall development and external trade. While the relatively poor performance of many landlocked countries can be attributed to distance from coast
350.	MSU International Development Working Paper
	Friday, November 25, 2005  by Admin
	It is widely believed the HIV/AIDS epidemic will have substantial socioeconomic impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa, including on the agricultural sector. While the implications of the disease for research in the health fields are well established, there is a growing awareness that the spread of HIV/AIDS is influenced by economic and social conditions, and the economic consequences of the disease can be influenced by policies and institutions that affect behavior.
351.	The effect of IMF and World Bank programs on poverty
	Friday, November 25, 2005  by Admin
	Structural adjustment, as measured by the number of adjustment loans from the IMF and World Bank, reduces the growth elasticity of poverty reduction. I find no evidence for a direct effect of structural adjustment on growth. The poor benefit less from output expansion in countries with many adjustment loans than in countries with few adjustment loans. By the same token, the poor suffer less from an output contraction in countries with many adjustment loans than in countries with few adjustment loans.
352.	Human development report 2002
	Friday, November 25, 2005  by Admin
	This Report is about politics and human development. It is about how political power and institutions—formal and informal, national and international—shape human progress. And it is about what it will take for countries to establish democratic governance systems that advance the human development of all people—in a world where so many are left behind. Politics matter for human development because people everywhere want to be free to determine their destinies, express their views and participate in the decisions that shape their lives.
353.	Ending Africas Poverty Trap
	Friday, November 25, 2005  by Admin
	Africas development crisis is unique. Not only is Africa the poorest region in the world, but it was also the only major developing region with negative growth in income per capita during 1980–2000 (table 1). Some African countries grew during the 1990s, but for the most part this growth recovered ground lost during the 1980s. Moreover, Africas health conditions are by far the worst on the planet.
354.	Do PRSPs empower poor countries and disempowered the World Bank, or is it the other way round?
	Friday, November 25, 2005  by Admin
	Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) have been introduced by the World Bank and the IMF as a necessary aspect of securing HIPC debt relief and access to other funds. They are intended to increase national ownership of programmes, through extensive participation. This paper assesses whether they actually do empower poor countries, by exploring the process and content of the PRSPs.
355.	The Millennium Development Goals Report2005
	Friday, November 25, 2005  by Admin
	Expert Group on MDG Indicators led by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, in response to the wishes of the General Assembly for periodic assessment of progress towards the MDGs. The Group comprises representatives of the international organizations whose activities include the preparation of one or more of the series of statistical indicators that were identified as appropriate for monitoring progress towards the MDGs, as reflected in the list below.
356.	The Arms Trade, Debt & Development
	Friday, November 25, 2005  by Admin
	Poverty is one of the root causes of violence. Many of the most heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs) in the world are currently engaged in, or emerging from conflict. Protracted conflict inevitably leads to highly militarised societies, reflected in above average levels of military expenditures and large numbers of combatants under arms. Conflict provides lucrative markets for arms dealers, of both a licit and illicit nature.
357.	Tanzania: Economic overview2002
	Friday, November 25, 2005  by Admin
	Tanzanias abundant resources offer many opportunities for development, although at present the economy is still heavily dependent on agriculture which accounts for 50 percent of GDP, provides 75 percent of exports and employs 80 percent of the total workforce. Topography and climatic conditions, however, limit cultivated crops to only 4 percent of the arable land.
358.	Tanzania To Widen Social Security Coverage of Informal Sector
	Friday, November 25, 2005  by Admin
	Dar Es Salaam - The International Social Association (ISSA) has launched its two-year social security scheme aimed at widening social security coverage to include the informal sector. With this program, Tanzania becomes second in the Anglophone countries in the continent to embark on the social security changes. The ISSA held meeting with members of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF).
359.	The Ideal Economic Model for Third World Countries:
	Friday, November 25, 2005  by Admin
	As colonialism was gradually disbanded in the Forties and Fifties many colonial countries were bequeathed with independence, provided with democratic constitutions for governance and allowed to rule themselves. The fundamental aims of the colonial regimes was to maintain law and order, the collection of taxes and to restructure the economies so that the colony would make a contribution to the mother country.
360.	The politics of the millennium development goals: contributing to strategies for ending poverty
	Friday, November 25, 2005  by Admin
	The Millennium Declaration urges all countries to spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty. Canada, along with other Northern donors, signed on to the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Many civil society organization (CSOs) have argued for a holistic human rights approach to eliminating global poverty not present in the MDGs.
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