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556.	African Growth and Opportunity Act Competitiveness Report
	Tuesday, September 13, 2005  by Admin
	African Growth and Opportunity Act Competitiveness Report - In 2005, 37 sub-Saharan African countries are eligible for benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).1 Section 9 of the AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 states that the Administration shall conduct a study on each AGOA-eligible country that: (1) identifies sectors with the greatest potential for export growth....
557.	Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation in South Africa
	Tuesday, September 13, 2005  by Admin
	Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation in South Africa - South Africas highly skewed income distribution and economic structure has produced a large number of so-called unbankable households. The commercial retail-banking sector cannot profitably serve such households, which exist within the informal economy, and depend significantly for cash income on state transfer payments, such as pensions, and affective transfers from employed relatives.
558.	The 2005 Tanzania Economic and Product Market Databook - Overview
	Tuesday, September 13, 2005  by Admin
	The 2005 Tanzania Economic and Product Market Databook - This study covers the outlook products in Tanzania. For the year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the Tanzania (in millions of U.S. dollars). Comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge Tanzania vis-is regional and global totals.
559.	Tanzania lowest EAC states in human development: UN report
	Monday, September 12, 2005  by Admin
	Tanzania lowest EAC states in human development: UN report - Of the three-member East African Community (EAC, Tanzania has been ranked the lowest in human development by the United Nations. In the newly-released 2005 Human Development Report by the United Nations Development Program, Tanzania is ranked 164th out of 177 countries, whereas Uganda is 144th and Kenya 154th.
560.	Tanzania Continues to Receive World Bank Budget Support
	Monday, September 12, 2005  by Admin
	Washington, DC, September 8, 2005 The World Banks Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$150 million credit to support the implementation of Tanzanias National Strategy for Growth and Poverty Reduction (MKUKUTA. Tanzanias third Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC-III) provides financial support to close the gap between the cost of implementing key elements of MKUKUTA and the resources available from the governments own domestic revenue and other donor support.
561.	Why microfinance is an appropriate poverty alleviation strategy
	Friday, September 9, 2005  by Admin
	Why microfinance is an appropriate poverty alleviation strategy - While most commercial banks operating in Tanzania have enough financial resources to lend to the small business sector, access to credit is limited by the collateral requirements which small firms find difficult to meet. Although entrepreneurs in this sector have the requisite working practice, surveys show that the skills necessary for sustained business success are in short supply.
562.	Mtanzanian Civil Society - Towards a Map
	Wednesday, September 7, 2005  by Admin
	The number of NGOs in Tanzania has increased remarkably quickly in the last few years but more so in urban areas) than in others. The National Policy on Non-Governmental Organisations (Nov 2001) recommends that certain organisations be established for the sector. A multiple umbrella structure is sketched which would allow the new bodies to fit in with those which already exist.
563.	African economies rank high in global league
	Wednesday, September 7, 2005  by Admin
	African economies rank high in global league - The latest Economic Freedom of the World Report, while limited in its scope, provides an opportunity to see how African economies fare in comparison with the rest of the world...
564.	Politics of ownership: Tanzanian coffee policy in the age of liberal reformism
	Tuesday, September 6, 2005  by Admin
	In the last two decades, the twin processes of liberalization and privatization have facilitated the capturing of key markets and assets by foreign interests in many African countries. This is being increasingly perceived in domestic constituencies as a loss of national ownership and has prompted attempts by the state to defend the interests of local firms and businesspeople.
565.	The Wealth of the Poor: Managing Ecosystems to Fight Poverty - World Resources 2005
	Monday, September 5, 2005  by Admin
	Ecosystems are - or can be - the wealth of the poor. For many of the 1.1 billion people living in severe poverty, nature is a daily lifeline-an asset for those with few other material means. This is especially true for the rural poor, who comprise three-quarters of all poor households worldwide. Harvests from forests, fisheries, and farm fields are a primary source of rural income, and a fall-back when other sources of employment falter. But programs to reduce poverty often fail to account for the important link between environment and the livelihoods of the rural poor.
566.	Local communities need to control local resources to defeat poverty – UN report
	Monday, September 5, 2005  by Admin
	31 August 2005 Challenging conventional approaches in the war on poverty, a new United Nations-backed report today stressed the urgent need to look beyond aid projects, debt relief and trade reform and focus on local natural resources to address the crisis in all parts of the globe.UN Environment Programme (UNEP) executive director Klaus Toepfer called the report, World Resources 2005: The Wealth of the Poor: Managing Ecosystems to Fight Poverty..
567.	Economists Assess Progress to Date in Meeting Development Goals
	Monday, September 5, 2005  by Admin
	The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are helpful in focusing the attention of the international community on establishing targets. This should help both developing countries and industrialized countries focus their attention more clearly on the problems and possible solutions. There is a worry, however, that the goals were set with arbitrary dates for achievement. The goals may have been set too high for some countries.
568.	EAC member states to enact strong anti-money laundering Acts
	Monday, September 5, 2005  by Admin
	East African Community member states have embarked on a serious exercise to enact strong Anti-Money Laundering Acts.The decision was made during a meeting of Sectoral Ministerial Council on Trade, Finance and Investment, which was held in Arusha on Tuesday.The meeting was told that draft Bill to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act, 1991 was in place in Tanzania.
569.	Aid group warns against changing anti-poverty aims
	Monday, September 5, 2005  by Admin
	Millions of people in developing countries will die prematurely if Washington succeeds in changing United Nations plans to reduce poverty, a campaign group said on Monday...
570.	A Multilateral Framework for Competition Policy: Research Fellow and Director of Economic Research
	Friday, August 26, 2005  by Admin
	A Multilateral Framework for Competition Policy: Research Fellow and Director of Economic Research - One of the questions at the centre of the debate over the future course of the world trading system is the whether greater market access alone can sustain the momentum for multilateral trade reform, or whether new rules should be added to the negotiating agenda. The Singapore meeting of WTO Ministers identified four such rules that might be well suited for the development of multilateral disciplines..
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