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This study focuses on the city of São Paulo, Brazil and examines the ways in which irregular and illegal growth have influenced the collective action of social movements of the urban poor. The study describes how São Paulo grew as a socially segregated city during the twentieth century due to...
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After many years of relatively slow growth, Tanzania's national accounts data report accelerated aggregate growth since …
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countries. However, for Tanzania and Ghana, two major aid recipients, aid did not seem to have been equally beneficial. This … Tanzania experienced positive investment and GDP growth from the late 1960s to 2007. But, until the mid-1980s, the impact of …
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This paper evaluates the greenhouse gas emissions and economic impacts from producing biofuels in Tanzania … biofuel strategy for Tanzania by limiting potential poverty reduction. Unlike previous studies, our integrated assessment … sugarcane-ethanol in Tanzania. …
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undermining it. Analysing newly available quarterly fiscal data on local revenues in Tanzania, I show that intergovernmental …
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Tanzania, men and women, and rural and urban areas are disproportionally benefiting from the impressive economic growth rates … that Tanzania has experienced over the past decade. …
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create SEZs in Tanzania began in 2002, and were stepped up through the establishment of the Export Processing Zone Authority … been. This paper aims to help fill this gap by exploring the role of state-owned SEZs in Tanzania. The focus is on …
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In the early 2000s, there was low elite commitment to social protection in Tanzania. Yet, in 2012, the government … Tanzania's development challenges and possible responses thereto. Thus, ideas play an important role in policy development … introduction of the pension fits poorly with dominant views on development and poverty reduction in Tanzania and is more likely to …
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In East Africa, there have been numerous concerns over logistics efficiency. Among them, the regional integration of the trucking industry is perceived as a major problem. This paper utilizes a combination of unpublished data surveys and published data (mainly port data) to assess the extent of...
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Despite Tanzania's rapid recent growth, the vast majority of employment creation has been in informal services. This … paper addresses the role that different subsectors of formal and informal services have played in Tanzania's growth. It … and the tourism sector in contributing further to Tanzania's growth and structural change. …
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