The objective of the Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Project is to strengthen the Government of Tanzania's capacity to manage the mineral sector to improve the socioeconomic impacts of mining for Tanzania and Tanzanians and enhance private local and foreign investment.
... Vea más + It has three main aspects: (i) socioeconomic impacts; (ii) Government capacity; and (iii) investment. The changes include: reallocating the funds from dropped activities to scale up or support existing activities which have become a major policy priority: these include expanding the benefits component to empower Tanzanians to become active in mining and to address public perceptions that the socio-economic impact mining sector is not adequate. The closing date of the project will be extended by one year from June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2015.
Ver menos -
This fifth economic update also examines prospects for economic prosperity in the context of rapid urbanization; in particular, how the growth of cities can be harnessed to create productive jobs for a labor force that is expected to double in the next 15 years.
... Vea más + By 2030, Dar es Salaam will be a mega city of over 10 million people. As demonstrated by many countries in the world, cities encourage the creation and expansion of businesses by reducing distances between suppliers and customers. Can Dar es Salaam and other Tanzanian urban areas become thriving cities? Can they avoid becoming metropolis slums? Urbanization comes with significant challenges, notably in terms of increased pressure on infrastructure, housing, and service provision. The quality of the business climate in urban Tanzania will need to be improved, as most small and large entrepreneurs suffer from the uncertainty, corruption, and insecurity that characterize the business environment. This economic update argues that these challenges need to be addressed with a sense of urgency.
Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) 88932 JUN 19, 2014
The objective of the Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Project is to strengthen the Government of Tanzania's capacity to manage the mineral sector to improve the socioeconomic impacts of mining for Tanzania and Tanzanians and enhance private local and foreign investment.
... Vea más + It has three main aspects: (i) socioeconomic impacts; (ii) Government capacity; and (iii) investment. The changes include: reallocating the funds from dropped activities to scale up or support existing activities which have become a major policy priority: these include expanding the benefits component to empower Tanzanians to become active in mining and to address public perceptions that the socio-economic impact mining sector is not adequate. The closing date of the project will be extended by one year from June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2015.
Ver menos -
The development objectives of the Science and Technology Higher Education Project (STHEP) for Tanzania are: (i) to increase the quantity and quality of higher education graduates, with special emphasis on science, technology, and education; and (ii) to lay the foundations for improved responsiveness of tertiary education to the labor market.
... Vea más + The additional credit will provide an 18-month financing to support the Government of Tanzania (GoT) to: (i) implement remaining activities under STHEP-1 which cannot be fully completed due to a credit loss of United States (U.S.) 6.6 million dollars arising from exchange rate fluctuations over the implementation period; (ii) pilot two programs to sustain the momentum of key reforms in science teacher training and performance-based financing in higher education that were initiated under STHEP-1; and (iii) develop a strategy and operational plan for human capital and skills development at the tertiary level in priority growth areas. The additional financing (AF) will maintain the original STHEP-1 components with two sets of activities. One is for the existing activities that are affected by the credit loss and need financial support for completion. The other is for new activities that help to pilot the reforms introduced by STHEP-1 and make the tertiary education system more responsive to the labor market demand.
Ver menos -
The objective of the Big Results Now in Education Program (BRNEd) Project is to improve education quality in Tanzanian primary and secondary schools.
... Vea más + Progress towards the achievement of project development objective, or PDO will be measured through the following indicators: (i) national average performance of grade two students in reading (measured by Kiswahili oral reading fluency); (ii) national average performance of grade two students in numeracy (measured by competency in level one subtraction); (iii) percentage of teachers found in classrooms during unannounced visit in primary and secondary schools; and (iv) percentage of teachers with minimum knowledge in Mathematics and Languages in primary schools. Improvements in student performance on Primary School Leaving Examination, or PSLE and Certificate of Secondary Education Examination, or CSEE examinations will be a higher order objective of the program. These are key results indicators of the overall BRNEd program but are considered unsuitable for inclusion as PDO indicators due to concerns around attribution, realism, and volatility. They will, however, be tracked closely throughout the life of the program and technical assistance will be directed towards development of National Assessment Framework which will lead to strengthening the test items, grading policy, data decomposition within the PSLE and CSEE assessment systems.
Ver menos -
Documento de evaluación inicial de proyecto 84545 JUN 16, 2014
This paper revisits the extent of seasonality in African livelihoods, which has disappeared from Africa's development debate. Through econometric analysis of monthly food price series across 100 locations in three countries during 2000-12, it is shown that seasonal movements in maize wholesale prices explain 20 (Tanzania, Uganda) to 40 (Malawi) percent of their monthly volatility.
... Vea más + Monthly maize peak prices are on average 30 (Tanzania, Uganda) to 50 (Malawi) percent higher than their monthly troughs and two to three times higher than the seasonal gaps observed for white maize at the South African Futures Exchange. Furthermore, household food consumption is found to inversely track food prices in each country, decreasing when staple prices increase and increasing when they decline. Clearly, (excess) seasonality in African food markets and consumption persists, necessitating policy attention.
Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas WPS6907 JUN 01, 2014
Kaminski, Jonathan; Christiaensen, Luc; Gilbert, Christopher L.
This paper reports on a randomized field experiment that uses price incentives to address economic and gender inequality in land tenure formalization.
... Vea más + During the 1990s and 2000s, nearly two dozen African countries proposed de jure land reforms extending access to formal, freehold land tenure to millions of poor households. Many of these reforms stalled. Titled land remains the de facto preserve of wealthy households and, within households, men. Beginning in 2010, the study tested whether price instruments alone can generate greater inclusion by offering formal titles to residents of a low-income, unplanned settlement in Dar es Salaam at a range of subsidized prices, as well as additional price incentives to include women as owners or co-owners of household land. Estimated price elasticities of demand confirm that prices -- rather than other implementation failures or features of the titling regime -- are a key obstacle to broader inclusion in the land registry, and that some degree of pro-poor price discrimination is justified even from a narrow budgetary perspective. In terms of gender inequality, the study finds that even small price incentives for female co-titling achieve almost complete gender parity in land ownership with no reduction in demand.
Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas WPS6908 JUN 01, 2014
Ali, Daniel Ayalew; Collin, Matthew; Deininger, Klaus; Dercon, Stefan; Sandefur, Justin; Zeitlin, Andrew
Improving access to productive employment is a key policy challenge, especially in low-income countries (LICs), where the only asset in abundance is labor.
... Vea más + Building on ongoing research on earnings mobility, this study uses unusually rich longitudinal data from Ghana and Tanzania to identify engines of, and barriers to, earnings and earnings mobility. It examines the role of individual characteristics such as gender, age, and skills and characteristics of the job, but it also focuses on the role of job switches for example, moves into and out of self-employment. It zooms in particularly on the drivers of transitions between low-paying and high-paying jobs, and addresses questions such as whether being low paid is a transitory or permanent phenomenon, and whether it has a scarring effect on an individual's employment prospects. The extent to which earnings dynamics differ for women and young adults is also discussed in detail. The cross-country comparison of earnings dynamics and labor market transitions helps shed light on the institutional factors that promote labor market mobility and entrepreneurship. The report is organized as follows: chapter one gives introduction. Chapter two presents a brief review of related literature. Chapter three gives a descriptive overview of the labor markets in the two countries. Chapter four examines the determinants of earnings levels. Chapter five examines determinants of earnings growth. Chapter six focuses on low-pay and high-pay transitions and analyzes whether the experience of being in a low-paying job undermines an individual's future earnings prospects. Chapter seven discusses key policy implications.
Ver menos -
Publicación 88483 MAY 29, 2014
Falco, Paolo; Kerr, Andrew; Paci, Pierella; Rijkers, Bob
The Development Objective of the Tanzania Water Sector Support Project is to assist the recipient in: 1) improving integrated water resources management by strengthening water sector institutions; and 2) expanding access to water supply and sanitation services.
... Vea más + The proposed credit will primarily support the scaling up of activities under the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation component and in addition, complete activities under the Water Resources Management component and the Urban Water Supply and Sewerage component of the original project. The PDO will remain unchanged. The project is structured around three main components: (1) Strengthening of water resources management framework, (2) Scaling up of rural water supply and sanitation services, (3) Scaling up urban water supply and sewage services, (4) Sector institutional strengthening and capacity building.
Ver menos -