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Tanzania has made significant economic progress in the recent past, with per capita national income almost doubling … safety nets and transfers can play in reducing poverty more rapidly in Tanzania. It presents the potential need and costs, to … the options might be, within an analytical assessment of the nature of poverty and shocks faced by the poor in Tanzania is …
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This is a first for Indonesia: Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) is the only household-targeted social assistance initiative to have designed randomized impact evaluation into the initial allocation of the program. This brings three major benefits for policymakers: 1) the evidence available for...
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"Increasing adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa raises considerable concerns about the welfare of surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child health and education. One hypothesis for this...
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Although charcoal is the single most important energy source for millions of urban dwellers in Tanzania, being used by … comprehensive reform of the sector: with Tanzania's total annual charcoal consumption being estimated at 1 million tons, the annual … ineffective. Building on the World Bank's recent policy note on potential reforms of the charcoal sector in Tanzania, this report …
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Tanzania was again one of the top growth performers in the region. Official GDP figures show that growth remained … from last year's contraction. The Government's Tanzania Development Vision 2025 and the Five-Year Development Plan (FYDP II …
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The study builds on lessons from Tanzania's development experience of the past four decades, with emphasis on the … reforms on growth, incomes, and welfare in the country. The study assesses Tanzania's current development status against the …
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budgets. Overall fiscal policy remained very conservative in FY02, and FY03. Tanzania continues to use a cash budget system … FY03, there is the need to pursue policies that would support Tanzania's international competitiveness, and minimize the …
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people. In Tanzania, the success of a similar program piloted by the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF), which includes … hallmarks of Tanzania's recent economic performance. Tanzania needs to strike the right balance between making large capital … investments and maintaining fiscal discipline. Tanzania needs to maintain fiscal discipline and continue to keep the country …
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Since the early 2000s, Tanzania has seen remarkable economic growth and strong resilience to external shocks. Yet these … achievements were overshadowed by the slow response of poverty to the growing economy. Until 2007, the poverty rate in Tanzania … Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA) in Tanzania has given high priority to eradicating extreme poverty and promoting …
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"A variety of theories of skill formation suggest that investments in schooling and other dimensions of human capital will have lower returns if children do not have adequate levels of cognitive and social skills at an early age. This paper analyzes the impact of a randomized cash transfer...
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