Donor aid for LDCs gets fresh push

More aid money needs to go to the 37 least-developed countries (LDCs) to achieve the goal of ending extreme poverty, according to the advocacy group the ONE Campaign. Half of the more than $130 billion in official development assistance provided each year should go to the countries, the group argues. Raising that from the current 30 per cent would provide an additional $26.5 billion for the LDCs.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Jan

Exempted tax revenues could offset donor aid

For far too long, Tanzania has been seriously ailing in the area of public revenues – ailing in five major ‘negatives...’ Namely: an inordinately high number of taxes, liberally compounded by extortionate tax rates; a goodly number of revenue/income-distorting tax exemptions; and persistent failure to collect tax revenues in full, on time and as due!

 

11 years ago

BBC

Fresh push to free Egypt reporters

Media organisations are renewing a call for the release of three al-Jazeera journalists who have been held for 100 days since being arrested in Egypt.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Nov

ECONOMICS MADE SIMPLE: Avoid future donor aid cut: Are Big Results Now good solution?

>The withholding of budgetary support from Tanzania by donors has been among the leading news in October and November this year in general and in the Parliament in particular.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Jun

Minerals ‘big booster for LDCs’

 Since 1995, when Jeffrey Sachs and Andrew Warner published their influential study claiming that natural resource abundance has a strong negative impact on growth, the term “resource curse” has been associated with mineral wealth in developing countries.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Nov

MP decries donor reliance

Parliamentary budget committee chairman Andrew Chenge on Wednesday advised the government to adopt a new budgetary system that will refrain from depending on support from donors.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Apr

Donor dependence to be slashed to 8.4pc

Tanzania government plans to cut donor dependency in the coming Budget from the current 14.8 per cent to 8.4 per cent of the total estimates as part of its effort to facilitate smooth implementation of development projects.

 

11 years ago

GlobalPost

26 Oct

AU urged to get out of donor dependency syndrome

GlobalPost
AU urged to get out of donor dependency syndrome
GlobalPost
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The African Union has been urged to take bold measures to get out of donor dependency syndrome for sustainable peace and security in their respective areas and the region at large. The call was made on Saturday in ...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

25 Mar

Withheld donor funds to be released before July

IPPmedia
Withheld donor funds to be released before July
IPPmedia
The government has confirmed that donor funds which were previously suspended due to the Tegeta Escrow scandal will be released before the end of this financial year in July. Deputy Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office (Regional Administration and ...
Momba council challenged on sources of revenueDaily News

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11 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Jun

Eala moves to end donor dependency

A report on alternative financing mechanism for the East African Community (EAC) will be tabled before the ministerial meeting in August, it was revealed here yesterday.

 

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