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  Taps run dry in Dar es Salaam as prices soar after water privatisation

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Donors claim that aid tied to neoliberal policies has given way to poverty reduction strategies that emphasise poor people’s ownership of and participation in projects. Research on water privatisation in Tanzania shows little has changed.
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  ICTs in Tanzania: donor optimism or democratic development?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Increasingly, donors view information and communication technologies as a means of achieving economic growth and strengthening democracy. Such optimism, as the case of Tanzania shows, neglects the contexts in which technologies may be used by government and civil society.
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  HIV/AIDS and rural livelihoods – communicating NGO good practice

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  The HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is deeply affecting rural livelihoods. The loss of adults of a working age means lower agricultural production, more households being headed by elderly people or children, and a breakdown in transmission of agricultural skills.
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  The loan contraction process in Africa: making loans work for the poor; the case of Tanzania

  African Forum and Network on Debt and Development, 2004

  This paper examines how external loans can be better utilised in order to benefit the poor. The study sought to identify existing bottlenecks that continue to perpetuate the debt crisis within the institutional and legislative framework of Tanzania.
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  Linking policies and budgets: implementing medium term expenditure frameworks in a PRSP context

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This briefing paper focuses on the effectiveness of Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks (MTEFs) in offering a more practical approach to the implementation of the strategies laid out in the PRSPs (Povery Reduction Strategy Papers). It is based on nine country case studies which investigated the experience of implementing MTEFs in a PRSP context.
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  Improving water resource governance in southern Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  The main causes of disease and poor health in southern Africa are water related. Management of water resources is difficult however, because of low water availability and poor quality.
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  Local governance, finances and service delivery in Tanzania: a summary of findings from six councils

  Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2005

  This study measure the success of the Civil Service Reform Programme (CSRP) which was launched in Tanzania in 1997. in order to determine progress it focuses on the areas of governance, finances and financial management and service delivery.
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  Eliminating child labour in mining and quarrying: background document

  International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2005

  This report presents a context of child labour and mining in quarrying.
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  Linking rural livelihoods to poverty reduction strategies in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) have been adopted by Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi in recent years. The resulting focus on decentralisation and participation has not had the desired success, however. How can PRSPs address the problems that poor people face in trying to escape poverty?
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  Water, sanitation and hygiene: primary concerns for public health

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  The health benefits of clean drinking water, sanitation facilities and hygienic practices, like hand washing, are well known. But health is rarely the primary motivation for developing water and sanitation facilities, nor is it the health sector that usually pays for them. What are the real costs and benefits for human health of providing these services?

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