Z’bar heavily relies on foreign aid

More than 98 per cent of Zanzibar’s development budget is foreign aid.According to the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) economic review for last month, 98.1 per cent on the money for financing development projects in November 2013 was foreign aid.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Jan

EAC budget still relies heavily on donor support

Heavy dependency on development partners by the East African Community (EAC) budget was once again witnessed on Tuesday as 95 per cent of its supplementary budget for 2014/2015 passed by the regional Assembly is to be sourced from donors.

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

07 Nov

Foreign Aid Withdrawal Irks PM

Daily News
Foreign Aid Withdrawal Irks PM
AllAfrica.com
Dodoma — PRIME Minister Mizengo Pinda has re-expressed disappointment at development partners' decision to withdraw aid because of various reasons and suggested a better approach instead of punishing a large Tanzanian population. Mr Pinda said ...
Prime Minister Mizengo PindaIPPmedia

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11 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Jun

It is embarrassing that foreign aid has become a source of pride, not shame

A few weeks ago, when the Constituent Assembly was meeting in Dodoma, a news reporter asked me what I thought the risks were of not allowing Members of Parliament (MPs) enough time to discuss the 2014/15 budget proposals.

 

10 years ago

Express.Co.Uk

22 Jul

Cut foreign aid budget to make some easy savings

Express.co.uk
Cut foreign aid budget to make some easy savings
Express.co.uk
It is about time too. You don't need the Chancellor's brains or instinct for saving taxpayers' money to realise that we should not be paying for trapeze lessons in Tanzania or funding governments that already have their own space programmes. However ...

 

10 years ago

Huffington Post

19 Nov

The Millennium Challenge Corporation has Transformed Foreign Economic Aid

The Millennium Challenge Corporation has Transformed Foreign Economic Aid
Huffington Post
President George W. Bush and President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, shake hands after signing the Millennium Challenge Compact Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, in Dar es Salaam. by Margaret Spellings. Over the last decade a quiet revolution has been underway ...
S/Leone misses out on MCC funding againStarAfrica.com

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9 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Nov

Hamad, foreign envoys discuss Z’bar poll crisis

The Secretary General of the opposition Civic United Front (CUF), Mr Seif Sharrif Hamad, yesterday held talks with diplomats accredited to Tanzania aimed at finding a solution to the Isles political impasse.

 

10 years ago

BBC

28 Apr

Heavily loaded

Queuing for the boat from Italy to Tunisia

 

11 years ago

Ultimate Classic Rock

08 Aug

Zanzibar Relies on Freddie Mercury Tourism, While Condemning His Lifestyle

VICE
Zanzibar Relies on Freddie Mercury Tourism, While Condemning His Lifestyle
Ultimate Classic Rock
People are always trying to capitalize on any connection that a place or object might have to a celebrity, no matter how tenuous, so the fact that Zanzibar has built a tourism industry out of its status as Freddie Mercury's birthplace is hardly surprising. As Vice ...
Zanzibar Has a Freddie Mercury ProblemVICE

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10 years ago

IPPmedia

02 Jul

'Most govt projects still heavily dependent on borrowing'

IPPmedia
'Most govt projects still heavily dependent on borrowing'
IPPmedia
Borrowing remains the government's central funding option to finance development projects, Finance Deputy Minister Adam Malima said yesterday. Addressing the National Assembly in Dodoma, the deputy minister said the government will not stop ...
State borrowing will continue - MalimaDaily News

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