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Poverty and inequality during structural adjustment in rural Tanzania
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996Growth attributed to structural adjustment has benefited the population generally, shifting a significant portion of the population from below the poverty line to above it.DocumentDebt Relief for Tanzania: An opportunity for a better future
Oxfam, 1998The Tanzanian Government has committed itself to a long-term strategy aimed at eradicating poverty by 2025. Sectoral plans have been drawn up aimed at achieving progress towards universal primary education and the expansion of basic health services. Encouraging as such moves are, they are unlikely to succeed unless Tanzania's creditors act swiftly to reduce the country's massive debt burden.DocumentAid and Reform in Africa
Aid Effectiveness Research, World Bank, 1999Since the early 1980s, virtually every African country has received large amounts of aid aimed at stimulating policy reform. The results have varied enormously. Ghana and Uganda were successful reformers that grew rapidly and reduced poverty. In other countries policies changed little or even got worse.DocumentProgress Report on Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)
Debt Initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, IMF, 2000Describes developments in the PRSP programme, including Interim PRSPs (I-PRSPs)Issues raised by recipient countries have includedgrowth and macroeconomic stability are critical for poverty reduction, but cannot be considered as ends in themselvespoverty reduction strategies need to be comprehensive in nature, and are not simply about social programsexplicit links need to be madeDocumentTaxation, aid and democracy: an agenda for research in African countries
Danish Institute for International Studies, 2000Taxation, aid and democracy are closely related in poor aid-dependent African countries.DocumentPolicies and strategies for poverty reduction in Norwegian development aid: a review
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 1999Paper provides an overview of Norwegian policiesand strategies for poverty reduction.DocumentThe sustainability enigma: aid dependency and the phasing out of projects: the case of Swedish aid
Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 1999Using interviews and evaluation materials from twelve Swedish funded projects in Tanzania as cases, this study assesses the relationship between aid dependence and project phase out performance.Findings: project phasing out is complicated by the lack of financial sustainability of the supported institutions.DocumentAid and reform in Africa: lessons from ten case studies
World Bank, 2001This article explores comparatively, the effect and effectiveness of aid in different African countries (10 case studies).More specifically the article investigates the following questions:are there common characteristics of successful and failed reformers that enable us to understand better the political economy of reform?do donors tailor their assistance to different types of counDocumentDollars, dialogue and development: an evaluation of Swedish programme aid
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 1999Programme aid - that is, import support, debt relief and budget support - has constituted a considerable part of Swedish aid in the 1990's. However, the volumes of programme aid have fallen both in relative and absolute terms during this same period. Few evaluations have assessed how different modalities of programme aid further economic growth and sustainable development.DocumentAfricans query World Bank, IMF governance mantra
Bretton Woods Project, 2001This article discusses the recent trip of President James Wolfensohn and IMF Managing Director Horst Koehler to Mali and Tanzania to meet 22 African leaders in February. The theme of their visit was discussions concerning good governance.Ironically, the efforts to listen to civil society groups directly were minimal.Pages
