“Rafiki Kahawa Shamba”: Developing “coffee tourism” in organic coffee farm to support local economic development in Tanzania

Final paper submitted to: AD650 Economic Development via Tourism in Developing World: Tanzania, Spring, 2017, Professor Samuel Mendlinger. Assignment #3: New Tourism Service for Tanzania

Biofuels and economic development in Tanzania

Biofuels provide a new opportunity to enhance economic development in Tanzania. Drawing on detailed cost estimates, we develop a dynamic computable general equilibrium model to estimate the impact of different biofuel production scenarios on growth and poverty. Our results indicate that maximizing the poverty-reducing effects of a biofuels industry in Tanzania requires engaging and improving the productivity of smallholder farmers. Evidence shows that cassava-based ethanol production is more profitable than other feedstock options. Our findings also indicate that cassava generates higher levels of pro-poor growth than do sugarcane-based systems. However, if smallholder yields can be improved rather than expanding cultivated land, then sugarcane and cassava outgrower schemes can produce similar pro-poor outcomes. We conclude that in so far as the public investments needed to establish a biofuels industry in Tanzania are in accordance with national development plans, producing biofuels will contribute to achieving the country�s overall development objectives.Biofuels, Cassava, Computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, Growth, Poverty,

Tanzania: Data Strategy And Capacity Building

Tanzania has seen significant improvements to its national development data infrastructure in recent years. In February 2016 the country adopted an Open Data Policy aimed at increasing access to government data and promoting increased transparency and partnerships for social and economic development. Key government data has been made available for use by civil society organizations (CSOs) and the media through an open data portal. Additionally, the 2016-2021 National Development Plan includes among its key objectives the need to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets into its Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.However, existing data initiatives are largely government driven and do not take into account data from or about civil society actors. In particular, Tanzania lacks a dedicated platform and framework for collecting, sharing and analyzing data on philanthropy. In September 2015, inspired by similar initiatives in other East African Countries, the Foundation for Civil Society partnered with the East Africa Association of Grantmakers (EAAG) to form the Tanzania National Philanthropy Forum (TPF). The launch of the TPF marks an opportunity for the philanthropy community in Tanzania to come together and strengthen its voice and influence in national development processes

Poverty-focused social accounting matrices for Tanzania

The development of effective and sustainable economic policies for Tanzania requires access to appropriate databases. One such database is a social accounting matrix (SAM) that details the structure of the entire economy, taking into account the patterns of production and demand, and various institutional relationships. Prior to this study the most recent SAM for mainland Tanzania was for 1992 and was based on past household budget and labor force surveys. Following the release of newer versions of these two surveys as well as a new input-output table for 1992, it is desirable to construct a new SAM for the country. Furthermore, given that Tanzania is committed to reducing national poverty, it is necessary that this new SAM is able to address questions related to poverty and inequality.Social accounting Tanzania ,Poverty alleviation ,economic policies ,

Goodbye to Projects? Working paper 1: Annotated bibliography on livelihood approaches and development interventions.

YesThis paper is one in a series of working papers prepared under a research project on Goodbye to Projects? The Institutional Impacts of a Livelihood Approach on Projects and Project Cycle Management. This is a collaborative project between the Bradford Centre for International Centre for Development (BCID) with the Economic and Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Uganda; Khanya ¿ managing rural change, South Africa; and, the Institute for Development Management (IDM), Tanzania. The project is supported by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) under their Economic and Social Research Programme (ESCOR).Department for International Developmen

Low Investment is Not the Constraint on African Development

While many analysts decry the lack of sufficient investment in Africa, we find no evidence that private and public investment are productive, either in Africa as a whole (unless Botswana is included in the sample), or in the manufacturing sector in Tanzania. In this restricted sense, inadequate investment is not the major obstacle to African economic development.African Development, private and public investment, economic development

The Causal Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Performance in Tanzania

The study employs cointegration, vector error correction model and Granger causality test to ascertain causation between financial development and economic performance in Tanzania. Economic performance is measured by the real GDP, whereas proxies for financial development are: the ratio of money supply to nominal GDP; and growth of credit to private sector. The results show that there is a stable long-run relationship between financial development and economic performance in Tanzania. Granger causality test indicates that the causality runs from financial development to economic performance.Keywords: Growth, credit to private sector, money supply, financial developmen

Tanzania HIV/AIDS, Work and Development

This paper was prepared as part of a series addressing the context of HIV/AIDS, work and development at the country level. It examines the demographic and socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania. The paper describes the effects of HIV/AIDS on labour supply and on the demand in key skills and occupations. It identifies current and potential shortages inhuman resource capacity that will significantly affect economic development and growth in Tanzania. It also develops policy implications and provides recommendations for a coherent intervention by the ILO, in cooperation with its tripartite partners. Section A looks at the recent economic and labour market situation and analyses the current epidemiological trends. It provides estimates of the epidemic and its impact on Demographics and the labour market. HIV in Tanzania spread rapidly since the first cases of AIDS were reported in 1983. According to the most recent available sentinel surveillance data, HIV prevalence among women seeking antenatal care is frequently over 10% and, in one rural site, was found to be 32.5%. Studies from blood donors and population-based studies confirm these data. Tanzania today faces a generalized epidemic with one of the highest national prevalence rates of HIV/AIDS in the world. Among the socio-cultural and behavioral factors contributing to the spread of HIV are: sexual intercourse at a very young age; couples marrying later in life, which creates a long gap between first sex and first marriage; a high number and turnover of sexual partners; migration; gender norms; lack of knowledge and widespread taboos; low condom use; and a pool of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)in the population. The epidemic will change the demographic structure on the labour force in Tanzania, causing a reduction in the labour force and a decrease in life expectancy.\ud Section B describes the macroeconomic and microeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS on the labour force in Tanzania, and its impact on economic variables as well as on human capital accumulation in various sectors. It looks at the impact on some businesses in sectors such as agriculture, health, the public sector, the informal sector and education, where the effects are being seriously felt. Finally, it examines the microeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS on households and the consequences of large number of orphans with inadequate schooling entering the labour force pool. Empirical evidence on the impact of\ud HIV/AIDS in Tanzania is very difficult to obtain and very few comprehensive studies have been carried out in this area. The HIV/AIDS epidemic has not yet run its full course and, since the disease has a long incubation period between infection and disease, the effects of infection are experienced over a long period of time. As a result, these effects have not been fully studied or evaluated.\ud Section C identifies key areas of significance for ILO/AIDS and its partners in developing its policy options in Tanzania. It includes the national response to HIV/AIDS by the Government of Tanzania and what specific measures, if any, have been taken to mitigate the effects of the epidemic in the workplace.\ud This section discusses the newly-administered multi-sectoral AIDS strategy and the Ministry of Health’s initiatives in countering HIV/AIDS. Yet its hows that these initiatives have not sufficiently taken the workplace into account, and that the socio-economic impacts of the epidemic have not been fully considered. HIV/AIDS is still widely considered a health issue, despite national and international efforts to increase awareness about the mult-isectoral dimensions of the epidemic. Section C recommends steps to promote awareness of the socio

Economic Reform in Tanzania and Vietnam: A Comparative Commentary

The economic reforms in Tanzania and Vietnam represent the two typical cases of transition economies in Asia and Africa, particularrly the transformation of the two developing economies from the planned to the market mechanism. In this paper, the two authors, Brian - a British economist and Dinh - a Vietnamese economist, have, basing on a comparative approach, enquired into various economic and social aspects of the economic reforms in the two countries, including the demographic transition, the change in population growth, the investment in human capital, the growth of GDP, the structural sransformation, the linkage between gricultural growth, rural development, food production and poverty alleviation, the reform in the industrial sector and the state enterprises, the change of ownership , the role of the State, the capital formation, the role of the domestic savings, foreign aid, investment and trade, the gains and losses from globalisation, with an aim to find the answer to the question why in the two cases, Tanzania seemed to follow the donors’ guidance better than Vietnam, but achieved smaller successes?http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/40092/3/wp706.pd

Participation of People with Disabilities in SMEs Development in Tanzania: Policy Review

This paper concerns people with disabilities (PWD) and their participation in Small and Medium Enterprises Development in Tanzania. The literature on people with disability has now concluded that evolving (PWD)s in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is an engine for innovation and economic growth. Despite this recognition, the SMEs policy in Tanzania like other developing countries does not provide accurate guidelines for participation of PWDs in income generating activities. Consequently, the absence of clear directives coupled with negative attitudes towards PWDs constrains their participation and contribution to social-economic development. This review paper reports on the desk review findings concerning SMEs policy and participation of PWDs in income generating activities in Tanzania. The review shows that inclusion of PWDs in SMEs development can be important impetus for social and economic development. Therefore, this paper recommends different strategies through which PWDs can be integrated in SMEs development activities such as provision of credit facilities, training, education, infrastructure facilities and rehabilitation services to PWDs. Keywords: People with disability; Small and Medium Enterprises; Economic Development; Tanzani