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Improving access to and quality of water supply and sanitation (WSS) services is emerging as a key objective in poverty alleviation. The importance of access to improved water supply and sanitation has been even more pronounced since it was declared a target of the Millennium Development Goals...
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Tanzania initiated a forward-looking National Water Policy (NAWAPO-2002) to promote an integrated approach to water … levels. Much of Tanzania's capital budget goes to fund water supply infrastructure, largely driven by the focus on achieving … quality of Tanzania's public funding process to assess how well budget allocations for the water sector actually translate …
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"In this paper the authors estimate the rate of return to firm investments in human capital in the form of formal job training. They use a panel of large firms with unusually detailed information on the duration of training, the direct costs of training, and several firm characteristics such as...
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The World Bank is in the initial stages of developing a new annual series of World Bank Country Briefs. Tanzania- the …
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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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Tanzania. Using longitudinal data on individuals, the authors estimate the impact of migration on consumption growth between …
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Tanzania and possible tax policy responses in the short, medium, and long term. The results suggest that global commodity … households in the medium to long run. In comparison with nonpoor households, poor households in Tanzania may be relatively …
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"This paper exploits a unique longitudinal data set from Tanzania to examine the consequences of child labor on …
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