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    The pharmaceutical industry and access to essential medicines in Tanzania

    EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2010
    This paper outlines the flows of private capital that lie behind the growth of the for-profit pharmaceutical sector in Tanzania. The paper analyses the policy, access and equity challenges posed by the shift to increasing private sector participation in medicine provision.
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    Sector budget support in practice: local government sector in Tanzania

    Overseas Development Institute, 2009
    This is a case study examining Sector Budget Support (SBS) in the Local Government (LG) sector in Tanzania, with particular emphasis on the Local Government Capital Development Grant modality (LGCDG). The overall purpose of the study is to draw together experience of SBS to guide future improvements in policy and practice by partner countries and donors.
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    Achieving income security in old age for all Tanzanians: a study into the feasibility of a universal social pension

    HelpAge International, 2010
    In Tanzania, poverty rates amongst households containing an older person are 22.4 per cent higher than the national poverty rate.  In the past, security in old age was provided through a range of social protection mechanisms based on the extended family and community structures, but these traditional mechanisms are increasingly unable to cope.
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    The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania

    The Government of the Kingdom of Norway and the United Republic of Tanzania established diplomatic relations more than 30 years ago and the two countries have ever since enjoyed cordial relationship.
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    Development of clean development mechanism projects in Tanzania by Green Resources as lessons learnt

    The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, 2010
    Green Resources AS of Norway (GRAS) conducted a number of studies on the possibility of developing two Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in Tanzania. The studies assessed the feasibility and social and environmental impacts of the projects, and prepared the necessary project-design documents for them. This report aims at sharing the lessons learnt from this process.
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    Disaster risk and climate change in Africa

    Arid Lands Information Network, 2010
    Disaster risk and climate change – two of the greatest challenges currently facing humankind – adversely reinforce each other. In the coming decades, climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of natural disasters such as droughts and floods.
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    Sustainable energy solutions in East Africa: status, experiences and policy recommendations from NGOs in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda

    2009
    This report focuses on the necessary framework for a sustainable energy project to succeed in addressing energy security and poverty reduction whilst being sustainable and environmentaly friendly. As such, the report summarises the experiences of local NGOs in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania which serve as a guideline for Norwegian support.
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    Freedom and poverty in the fishery commons

    International Journal of the Commons, 2010
    Based on case studies of small-scale fisheries and poverty in Bangladesh and Tanzania, this article argues that the root of the tragedy of the commons is the restriction of freedom rather than unlimited freedom.
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    When bottom-up meets top-down: the limits of local participation in local government planning in Tanzania

    Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2010
    This report discusses district level planning as perceived by representatives of different districts in Tanzania. It refers to planning as a process of making choices of interventions in pursuit of sustainable development in relation to the Millennium Development Goals.
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    Security and democracy in Southern Africa

    International Development Research Centre, 2007
    This study investigates the interface between security, at both the national and regional levels, and democratisation. The paper asserts that security and democratic governance are intertwined. The paper focuses particularly on the South African Development Community (SADC) region, studying its countries as relevant example. The paper concludes the following:

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