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Economic Development, Environment, Health, and the Internet
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African Development Bank Group on Tanzania
(Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
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African Malaria Vaccine Testing Network - African Malaria Network (Arusha, Tanzania; via
Amsterdam?)
The website includes a newsletter, workshop reports, and contact information. "AMVTN is a non-profit network established in 1995...The
overall objective is to provide a forum for scientists and policy makers involved in the planning, coordination, and execution of malaria
vaccination trials in Africa."
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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.
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Bank of Tanzania Home Page (Dar es Salaam)
See especially: Publications (including monthly, quarterly, and annual reports).
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Danish Institute for International Studies Formerly Centre for Development Research.
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
- DIIS home page
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Online Publications on Africa -- Abstracts and Full text (PDF format):
-- "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 (2004) (Calverton, Maryland)
- 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.
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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. The site includes information about the EAC, current news, and related links.
- EAC News
- EAC Treaty (2000)
- EAC Reports and Publications
- Economic Survey 2002-2004. United Republic of Tanzania. (Dar es Salaam)
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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.
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ESRF: Economic and Social Research Foundation (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.
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FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization on Tanzania (Rome, Italy)
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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
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Sustainable Development Dimensions
- 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.
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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)
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MBendi AfroPaedia: Tanzania (MBendiInformation Services, South Africa)
A basic economic & investment profile.
- United Republic of Tanzania: Ministry of Finance (Dar es Salaam)
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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.
- Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (Dar es Salaam)
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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.
- 2002 Population and Housing Census Database -- Tanzania (via United Republic of
Tanzania -- Official Website, Dar es Salaam)
- United Republic of Tanzania: Poverty Monitoring System -- 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."
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Presidential Parastatal Sector Reform Commission -- Official Web Site (Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania)
The website features general information for investors, recent press releases, a list of the utilities and infrastructure ventures, and related
links. See also, the main government web site.
- 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
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Tanzania Course (Dr. Frances Vavrus, Columbia University
Teachers' College, New York)
The website includes the course syllabus, photographs, and Tanzania-related
links. "This intensive (study abroad) four-week course provides
students with a unique opportunity to observe development policy in practice in the Kilimanjaro and Arusha Regions of northern Tanzania. In this
course, development refers to a reduction in a person's sense of vulnerability to the social, political, and economic forces which s/he does
not necessarily control. Policy is used to describe a statement of an institutions stance on any issue, with the assumption being that every
stance is a political strategy designed to effect change in a particular direction."
- 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: 1998 Investor's Guide (via University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
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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 Socio-Economic Database (TSED) (National Bureau of Statistics, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
A searchable demographic and economic database, requiring free registration and software download.
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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 -- Human Development Report Indicators for Tanzania:
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2004 (New York)
- UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Tanzania Country Profile (New York)
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United States Agencies on the Tanzanian Economy (Washington, DC)
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University of Helsinki, Institute of Development Studies -- Finnish Aid in Development Working Papers (Helsinki, Finland)
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WaterAid: a development charity (UK)
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The World Bank on Tanzania (Washington, DC)
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