Tanzania, United Republic of
Enhancing Productive Capacities in the United Republic of Tanzania
A Coherent and Operational Strategy
This report presents a set of country-specific policies and an action-plan designed to support and achieve the goal of productive transformation in an economy. The strategic policy actions presented in the report revolves around six pillars: setting clear and realistic goals and targets; lifting core binding constraints to the development of productive capacities in the country; addressing issues of policy incoherence; harnessing gender potential for productive transformation; developing promoting and diversifying exports; and making regionalism work for productive transformation.
Writing Tanzania’s success story
Opening world markets for Tanzanian spice exporters
Paul de Rooij an investor in Tanzania’s spice sector has an expansive knowledge of cinnamon.
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Agreement between the United Nations and the United Republic of Tanzania concerning the Headquarters of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. Dar es Salaam 26 November 2013
Impact of the United Republic of Tanzania’s Productive Social Safety Net on Child Labour and Education
In the United Republic of Tanzania nearly 30 per cent of children engage in child labour.1 About 30 per cent of children do not attend school and another 20 per cent combine school and work. Although state schools do not charge fees households still face schooling costs including for uniforms shoes books and school materials. With funding from the United States Department of Labor researchers at the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti examined whether the PSSN leads to improved schooling and reduced engagement in child labour.2 To do so the research team combined a quantitative impact evaluation with a qualitative study involving children and caregivers.
How Do Cash Transfers Affect Child Work and Schooling? Surprising evidence from Malawi, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia
Cash transfers supplement household income but can they also reduce child labour? With generous funding from the United States Department of Labor researchers at the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti evaluated the impact of three large-scale government cash transfer programmes to answer this question.
Acknowledgements
This Rapid eTrade Readiness Assessment of Tanzania was prepared by Sari Laaksonen UNCTAD Consultant in close collaboration with a team comprising Cécile Barayre Iris Macculi Dominic Leong Mohamad Fakhreddin and Htet Myat Min under the overall guidance of Torbjörn Fredriksson. In-country technical and coordination support was provided by UNCTAD national consultant Aron Kondoro who was instrumental in ensuring prompt stakeholder mobilisation and providing technical inputs to this assessment.
Conclusion
As Tanzania continues to diversify its economy it has ambitions to become a regional e-commerce hub. Although the country is geographically well-positioned to reach this goal and has made strides in key areas such as mobile money and logistics infrastructure an enabling environment across policy areas will be key. The Government should take an integrated approach to policy action with a clear focus on mainstreaming e-commerce into national development planning and engaging more strongly with the private sector. Deeper trust in digital commerce will also need to be developed among consumers merchants and investors.
Preface
The eTrade for all Initiative launched at the fourteenth Ministerial Conference of UNCTAD in July 2016 is a practical example of how to harness the digital economy in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development notably Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 5 8 9 and 17 which address respectively gender equality decent work and economic growth industry innovation and infrastructure and partnership for sustainable development. The initiative seeks to raise awareness enhance synergies and increase the scale of existing and new efforts by the development community to strengthen the ability of developing countries to engage in and benefit from e-commerce by addressing seven relevant policy areas.
Methodology
A four-step approach was used for the Rapid eTrade Readiness Assessment of Tanzania to ensure a high level of participation and engagement of key stakeholders in the consultative process.