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• African Centre for Technology Studies: Addressing Climate Change in the Development Process in Tanzania (2006) by Victor A. Orindi, Euster Kibona, & David M. Moindi. -- Nairobi, Kenya: Acts Press, 2006. 44 pages in PDF format
  
  
• African Development Bank Group on Tanzania (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
  
  
• AMANET--African Malaria Network Trust, 2002- (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  "...to promote capacity strengthening and networking of malaria R&D in Africa. AMANET originally started its activities as African Malaria Vaccine Testing Network (AMVTN) in 1995 with the primary goal of preparing Africa in planning and conducting malaria vaccine trials. In 2002, AMVTN was succeeded by AMANET."
  -- See especially: AMANET reports
  
  
• Tanzania Digital National Atlas, 2007 (Mike Shand, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK)
  This site offers detailed, colorful online maps of Tanzania, plus Macromedia Shockwave maps.
  
  
• Bank of Tanzania Home Page (Dar es Salaam)
  See especially: Publications (including monthly, quarterly, and annual reports).
  
  
• Danish Institute for International Studies Formerly Centre for Development Research. (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • DIIS home page
  • Online Publications on Africa -- Abstracts and Full text (PDF format):
    -- "Land rights and land conflicts in Africa: the Tanzania case" (November 2006) by Rie Odgaard
    -- "Re-regulating a failed market: the Tanzanian cotton sector 1999-2002" by M. N. Larsen. (Institute for International Studies working paper; no. 03.2, April 2003)
    -- "Soil fertility management in semi-arid agriculture in Tanzania: farmers' perceptions and management practices" by J. Boesen & E. Friis-Hansen. (CDR working paper; no. 01.10, Dec. 2001)
    -- "Does economic policy conflict with population policy? A case study of reproductive health in Tanzania" by Lisa Richey. (CDR working paper; no. 01.7, October 2001)
    -- "The socio-economic dynamic of farmers' management of local plant genetic resources (Tanzania)," by Esbern Friis-Hansen. (CDR working paper; no. 99.3, May 1999)
    -- "Privatisation and foreign direct investment in mainland Tanzania, 1992-98," by Peter Gibbon (CDR working paper subseries; no. 4; no. 99.1, March 1999)
    -- "Limping towards a ditch without a crutch: the brave new world of Tanzanian cotton marketing cooperatives," by Peter Gibbon. (CDR working paper subseries no. 3; no. 98.18, Dec. 1998)
    -- "Peasant cotton cultivation and marketing behaviour in Tanzania since liberalisation" by Peter Gibbon. (CDR working paper subseries no. i; no. 98.16, Dec. 1998)
    -- "King Cotton under sovereignty: the private marketing chain for cotton in western Tanzania, 1997/98," by Peter Gibbon. (CDR working paper subseries no. 2; no. 98.17, 1998)
    -- "Local government and households in primary education in Tanzania," by Ole Therkildsen. (CDR working paper; no. 98.6, June 1998)
    -- "Of saviours and punks: the political economy of the Nile perch marketing chain in Tanzania," by Peter Gibbon. (CDR working paper; no. 97.3, June 1997)
    -- "The poor relation: a political economy of the marketing chain for dagaa in Tanzania," by Peter Gibbon. (CDR working paper; no. 97.2, June 1997)
  • DIIS Publications (General)
  
  
• Demographic and Health Surveys: Tanzania Indicators, Datasets, and Reports (2007/2008) (Calverton, Maryland)
  See also, below: Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics--which includes data from 2002 Population Census & 2001 Household Budget Survey
  
  
• Development Gateway Country Overview on Tanzania (Washington, DC)
  A clearinghouse of links to a wide variety of organizational websites with economic data. Originally founded by The World Bank, the DG has been an "independent", donor-funded organization since 2001.
  
  
• Directory of Development Organizations: Tanzania (2008) (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?) PDF format.
  
  
• East African business week. (Online) -- Kampala, Uganda: East African Business Week Ltd., 2005-
  The electronic version of a weekly newspaper covering business news mostly for Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, sometimes for neighboring countries. Several weeks of reports are readily available on the web site; use "search" feature to find reports from back issues since October 2005.
  
  
• East African Community = Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki (Arusha, Tanzania)
  • This is the official website of the regional intergovernmental organization (encompassing Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) which was (re)established in 1999 by treaty (see "Documents & Publications"). The site includes information about the EAC, current news, and related links.
  • EAC Statistics Portal
  
  
• Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  The ESRF was established in 1993 as an independent not-for-profit non-governmental research institute for capacity building in economic and social policy analysis, including ICT development.
  
  
• ELDIS Country Profiles (Electronic Development and Environment Information System, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)
  Search for Tanzania: This service compiles and indexes links to online full texts (requiring Adobe Acrobat PDF), related web sites, and print publications in the IDS library on a variety of subjects pertaining to Tanzania, especially in the fields of agricultural economics, trade, health, governance, and education.
  
  
• Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  
  
• Financial Sector Deepening Trust Tanzania (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  The site includes news and reports. "[FSDT Tanzania]...has been established by five government donors: Canada, the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark, in close collaboration with the Bank of Tanzania and the Government of Tanzania."
  --See especially: FSDT Reports and Publications
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization on Tanzania (Rome, Italy)
  • FAO Aquastat Programme: United Republic of Tanzania, 2005 (Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome)
    A profile of Tanzanian water resources. "The 'thirst' for water data is ever increasing and there is indeed considerable demand for data on rural water use from national governments and development agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations initiated an activity in 1993 to meet this demand with particular focus on irrigation. This resulted in the AQUASTAT Programme, the objective of which is to generate rural water use data at country level in a systematic manner."
  • FAO Document Repository: Tanzania
    
    
  • Sustainable Development Dimensions
    -- Women & Agriculture in Tanzania (June 1996)
    -- Women and irrigation in Tanzania project (Dec. 1996)
  
  
• Haki Ardhi: Land Rights Research and Resources Institute (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  "[Founded in 1994 by Issa G. Shivji, Wilbert B. L. Kapinga, & Georgios Hadjivayanis]...the Institute was established out of the need to generate and sustain a public debate and participation, particularly where it matters in villages on issues of land tenure." See especially:
  --Reports
  --Papers
  
  
• Hakikazi Catalyst (2007) (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  The site of a civil society NGO with reports on development workshops, land tenure, poverty reduction, and "plain language" guides for community work, ie. Tanzania without poverty (2001).
  
  
• International Institute for Environment and Development: Environment at the Heart of Tanzania's Development (2007): Lessons from Tanzania's National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA) January 2007 -- London: IIED, 2007. 59 pages in PDF format.
  
  
• The International Monetary Fund: Tanzania Country Info (Washington, DC)
  Summaries, full length reports, and recent news. Note: Some documents are in PDF format, requiring Adobe Acrobat.
  
  
• Lawyers' Environmental Action Team (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  "[Established in 1994] LEAT carries out policy research, advocacy, and selected public interest litigation. Its membership largely includes lawyers concerned with environmental management and democratic governance in Tanzania."
  -- LEAT Publications, including: Environmental law handbook for businesses. (Online) HTML or Word formats.
  
  
• MBendi AfroPaedia: Tanzania (MBendiInformation Services, South Africa)
  A basic economic & investment profile.
  
  
• Ministries on Economy and Health
  • Finance & Economic Affairs
    --Budget
    --Policy (Vision 2025 & PRSPs, etc.)
    
    
  • Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives
  • Energy and Minerals
  • Health and Social Welfare
  • Industry, Trade and Marketing
  • Infrastructure Development
  • Planning, Economy & Empowerment--See below: Tanzania Poverty Monitoring
  • Water and Irrigation
    
    
  • All Ministries (via Official Gateway of the United Republic of Tanzania)
  
  
• National Bank of Commerce of Tanzania NBC Ltd. (ABSA Group Ltd. of South Africa, Dar es Salaam)
  
  
• Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (Dar es Salaam)
  This site offers information about activities and publications. For selected online demographic and economic data, see: Integrated Statistical Database.
  
  
• National Information and Communications Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Africa: Tanzania, 1999 (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  General background, Internet connectivity data, and project information.
  
  
• Policy Project: Tanzania (Futures Group, Washington, DC)
  A summary of assistance activities in HIV/AIDS policies and other reproductive health policies in Tanzania, with downloadable reports in PDF format.
  
  
• United Republic of Tanzania: Poverty Monitoring -- Official Website (Dar es Salaam)
  Downloadable reports, news, and data on poverty reduction since 2000. "Launched at Poverty Policy Week 2004, the website is intended to increase the capacity of stakeholders to access vital information on progress being achieved in poverty reduction. Such progress has been documented on an annual basis in the PRS progress reports."
  
  
• REPOA--Research on Poverty Alleviation (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  [Founded in 1995] REPOA undertakes and facilitates research. The website includes information on research activities, publications, online library catalogue, etc.
  -- REPOA Publications
  
  
• Tanzania National Business Council (Dar es Salaam)
  Established in 2001: "[the Council] is the highest consultative organ between the private sector and the Government in the country. It has 40 members sitting with the President of the United Republic of Tanzania as Chairman...The Government has nominated 20 members including one from the academia, and the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation...[which] has an equal number to nominate...One of those representatives from the private sector comes from the labour movement."
  
  
• Tanzania Development Partners Group (Dar es Salaam)
  Downloadable reports and news on the work of this consultant organization. "The Development Partners Group (DPG) recognises the crucial importance of strong national leadership of the development programme in Tanzania. In addressing harmonisation, the DPG seeks to reduce transaction costs for Government. A number of sector coordination groups have been formed to work on both macro and sectoral issues."
  
  
• Tanzania Investment Centre Official Website (Dar es Salaam)
  Basic information for business interests and investment opportunities on behalf of the government of the United Republic of Tanzania.
  
  
• TanzaniaInvest (EP Media, Ltd., UK)
  Produced by a consultant based in the UK, this unofficial site is aimed at investment promotion in Tanzania, with business news briefs on various industries and economic sectors and in-depth reports--requiring free registration.
  
  
• Tanzania On-line Information Center (United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Organization, Government of Tanzania, and the Economic & Social Research Foundation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  An extensive, searchable archive of documents and reports (1990--) from UN agencies, the World Bank, and the Government of Tanzania on development issues for Tanzania. Abstracts or summaries are viewed in HTML; full texts available in PDF.
  
  
• Tanzania without poverty: a plain language guide to Tanzania's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper = Tanzania bila umasikini: kijitabu kinachoelezea kwa lugha rahisi mkakati wa kupunguza umasikini. -- Arusha, Tanzania ; [United Kingdom] : Hakikazi Catalyst Ltd., 2001.
  Prepared by George Clark ; with the assistance of Dr. Y.I. Rubanza and Prof. H. Mwansoko in translating the text into plain language Kiswahili ; cartoons by Ally Masoud.
  
  
• United Nations Development Programme on Tanzania (New York)
  • Human Development Index for Tanzania (2005 data)
  • Poverty and Human Development Report 2002 for Tanzania | 2005 PDF format
  • The State of Progress in Human Resource Development for Tanzania in 1999 PDF format
  
  
• UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Search for Tanzania Country Indicators, Policy Developments, and Overview (New York)
  
  
• United Nations Habitat on Tanzania (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • UN-Habitat on Tanzania: news, statistics, and activities
  • Urban profiles and other reports on Tanzania: national, Arusha, Bagamoyo, Dar es Salaam, Morogoro
  
  
• United States Agencies on the Tanzanian Economy (Washington, DC)
  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Tanzania
    • USAID on Tanzania -- Country Information
      
      
    • USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (General)
      Search the entire USAID database for downloadable (in PDF) reports on projects and studies on Tanzania.
    • USAID--Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) (General)
      Information on the Horn of Africa, Sahel--West Africa, & Southern Africa.
    • FEWS NET Tanzania Center
      Current news and analysis of the food security situation on Tanzania -- read online or download as a PDF files; plus links to other FEWS NET resources.
    • USAID Leland Initiative in Tanzania
      Results of status reports on the "Africa Global Information Infrastructure Project", plus links to other USAID and related websites.
    • USAID Regional Trade Analytical Agenda (USAID-RTAA, Nairobi, Kenya)
      • "Unrecorded cross-border trade between Tanzania and her neighbors: implications for food security," by Chris Ackello-Ogutu and Protase Echessah. PDF file. SD publication / Technical paper ; no. 89 (September 1998).
      • RTAA Home Page (General for East & Southern Africa)
    
    
  • United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
    -- US-Tanzania Trade Balance, 1992--
    -- US International Trade Statistics: Tanzania, 1996-- (Search)
    
    
  • United States. Commercial Service: Recent documents on Tanzania economy (International Trade Administration)
  
  
• University of Helsinki, Institute of Development Studies -- Finnish Aid in Development Working Papers (Helsinki, Finland)
  • "Donors and poverty in Lindi and Mtwara Regions, Tanzania." By N.N. Luanda. FAD working paper (Online) ; 4/98.
  • "Participation and sustainability: partners from conflict? The case of the EUCFP (Tanga Region)" By Dr. E.T. Mallya. FAD working paper (Online) ; 4/98.
  • "Tanzanian local administration: a vehicle for democratic development?" By Pekka Seppälä. FAD working paper (Online) ; 3/98.
  • "Land, forests and people in Finnish aid in Tanzania (Zanzibar)." By C. Seithy L. Chachage. FAD working paper (Online) ; 2/98.
  • FAD Home Page
  
  
• WaterAid: a development charity (UK)
  • WaterAid programs and publications on Tanzania
  • Selected documents, 1997-2005, including:
    -- $2 billion dollars: the cost of water and sanitation, Millennium Development Targets for Tanzania (brief), February 2005
    -- Water and sanitation in Tanzania: an update based on the 2002 Population and Housing Census (brief), July 2005
    -- Tanzania--"WAMMA: empowerment in practice," (1997)
  • WaterAid Home Page
  
  
• The World Bank on Tanzania (Washington, DC)
  • The World Bank in Tanzania, 1999 to present
    A brief country profile, project reports, news, and related links.
  • Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, 2000--. (PDF format)
  • Tanzania--agriculture, and the World Bank: an OED review (June 1998) OED Impact Evaluation Report ; no. 18111. -- Washington, DC : Operations Evaluations Department, The World Bank, 1998. 42 pages in PDF format