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    The importance of local traditional institutions in the management of natural resources in the highlands of Eastern Africa

    World Agroforestry Centre, 2011
    Traditional local institutions were studied in the highlands of Ethiopia and Tanzania to understand their role in natural resource management. Focus group discussions as well as individual interviews were conducted to identify the existing local institutio ns and their roles. Historical trend analyses were done to determine how the importance of local institutions has changed over the years.
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    Challenges and opportunities for collaborative landscape governance in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

    World Agroforestry Centre, 2011
    This study aimed to understand how governance of natural resources works at local and district levels in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania, in order to strengthen collaboration among the different actors involved and levels of governance.
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    Designing an incentive programme to reduce on-­farm deforestation in the East Usambara Mountains,Tanzania

    World Agroforestry Centre, 2012
    The forests of the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania, are internationally recognized as one of the worlds’ most bio-diverse ecosystems. Despite past conservation efforts, these forests face an on-going threat from land clearing for smallholder agriculture and timber harvesting.
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    Urbanization and education in East Africa

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2012
    The objective of this book is to pull together contributions on how education provision is affected by the rapid urbanization and to highlight the practice and policy gaps in the education of those who live in the urban areas.
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    The land factor in mining gold reserves in Tanzania

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    In the early 1990s the discovery of large quantities of gold deposits in the Lake Victoria Basin of Tanzania seemed to be the long-awaited candle to light the way to economic growth and poverty reduction. Economic indices in gold production are good, but challenges abound.
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    Governing Africa’s mangroves: a sustainable future

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    Despite their widely recognised socioeconomic and ecological value, mangroves are among the world’s most threatened vegetation types. This brief argues that safeguarding mangroves will require urgent interventions aimed at ensuring that their vital ecosystem services and non-market benefits are adequately incorporated in policy and development choices.
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    Leveraging services trade liberalisation for enhanced food security in SADC

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    The global food crisis of 2008 threw into sharp relief the problem of food security in many developing countries. In the case of Southern African Development Community (SADC), the food crisis served to highlight the decline in agricultural productivity over the years and the descent of some countries from net food exporters to net food importers.
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    Untangling the nets: the governance of Tanzania’s marine fisheries

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    This case study of marine fisheries governance in Tanzania forms part of a three-year project entitled Strengthening the Governance of Africa’s Natural Resources conducted by the Governance of Africa’s Resources Programme of SAIIA.
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    Securing a social licence to operate? from stone age to new age mining in Tanzania

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    Despite its relatively nascent operations, commercial mining is becoming a significant contributor to the Tanzanian economy and has the potential to become more so. While mining’s contribution to Tanzania’s gross domestic product (GDP) is a relatively modest 2.3%, its export value constitutes some 45% of foreign earnings.
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    Towards universal pensions in Tanzania: Evidence on opportunities and challenges from a remote area, Ngenge ward, Kagera

    HelpAge International, 2014
    The Government of Tanzania is currently taking concrete steps towards the implementation of a universal non-contributory pension. The objective of this study was to build on previous research by exploring the impacts of the cash transfer and the practical lessons for implementation in very remote settings.

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