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    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2014
    Tanzania

    The concept in this paper builds upon basic principles of sustainability to address the problem of how a sustainable project must contribute to economic and social welfare without depleting natural resources, destroying the environment or harming human health.. With this understanding, a systems approach was used in a study that conceptualised a paradigm shift in project management system for sustainability incorporating Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Cause-effect Chain and the Socio-economic Resource models.

  2. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia

    This is one of four documents of a
    series presenting the results of studies, workshops and
    action plans recently undertaken for four sub-Saharan
    African countries (Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania and Tanzania)
    on the elimination of lead in gasoline. This document
    describes the work realized in Ethiopia. These four
    countries have the particularity of being oil importing
    countries without local refining capability. The transition

  3. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania

    This is one of four documents of a
    series presenting the results of studies, workshops and
    action plans recently undertaken for four sub-Saharan
    African countries (Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania and Tanzania)
    on the elimination of lead in gasoline. This document
    describes the work realized in Tanzania. These four
    countries have the particularity of being oil importing
    countries without local refining capability. The transition

  4. Library Resource
    July, 2014
    Zambia

    Despite positive, relatively broad-based
    and stable growth record in recent years and immense
    untapped potential in agriculture, mining and services,
    Zambia's poverty rates have not declined significantly
    and remain high. Income growth is limited by coordination
    failures such as poor access to domestic and international
    markets, inputs, extension services and information. High
    indirect costs - most of which attributable to

  5. Library Resource
    June, 2014
    Tanzania

    This report presents the problem,
    describes the analytical framework, the African and World
    context and the characteristics that need to be present for
    a responsible and effective urbanization. Chapter one
    discusses the issues involved in measuring urban growth and
    density and the problem of under-measuring density. Chapter
    two introduces key aspects of the recent urbanization in
    Tanzania, including migration, structure of economy and

  6. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Ethiopia

    The African Ministers' Council on
    Water (AMCOW) commissioned the production of a second round
    of Country Status Overviews (CSOs2) to better understands
    what underpins progress in water supply and sanitation and
    what its member governments can do to accelerate that
    progress across countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). AMCOW
    delegated this task to the World Bank's Water and
    Sanitation Program and the African Development Bank (AfDB),

  7. Library Resource
    March, 2014
    Tanzania

    This paper seeks to develop estimates of
    the net cost of the urban expansion in Tanzania. The paper
    focuses on developing estimates of the cost of planning and
    servicing land for new residential urban settlement. It does
    not attempt to develop detailed estimates of the cost of
    addressing infrastructure backlogs which would include the
    retrofitting of basic urban infrastructure to unplanned
    areas. On the revenue side, estimates of current spending in

  8. Library Resource
    February, 2014
    Kenya

    There is now broad consensus among
    policymakers that social protection is a powerful way to
    fight poverty and promote inclusive growth. This
    international consensus is most clearly articulated in the
    African Union's Social Policy Framework (SPF), which
    was endorsed by all African heads of state in 2009. The SPF
    explains that social protection includes 'social
    security measures and furthering income security; and also

  9. Library Resource
    January, 2014
    Tanzania

    The aim of this study is to explore the
    relationship between women's labor market outcomes and
    partner violence among Tanzanian women, and to estimate the
    difference in women's weekly earnings between women who
    have been abused and women who have not. In addition, this
    study estimates the lost earnings to women because of
    partner violence as a share of Tanzania's gross
    domestic product. Partner violence is the most common form

  10. Library Resource
    February, 2014
    Kenya

    Kenya has experienced a decade of
    relatively strong economic growth. Between 2000 and 2009,
    economic growth in Kenya averaged 3.7 percent. However,
    growth declined sharply in 2008 and 2009 as a result of the
    violence following the December 2007 presidential elections,
    of the global food, fuel, and financial crisis, and of the
    drought that occurred after the fourth consecutive year.
    This persistent poverty and vulnerability highlights the

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