New book on Forest Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa
"This very readable book on Forest Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa looks at different countries’ strategies to use tenure innovations to manage forest resources. An especially interesting…
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News media reported on EfD Policy Day Tanzania
Tanzanian newspapers Raia Tanzania and Raia Mwema reported from the EfD Policy Day held on the 22 October 2014 in Dar es Salaam. Ola Olsson, Professor of Development Economics at the University of…
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Tanzania
EfD Policy Day 2014 in Tanzania
The Environment for Development Tanzania (EfDT) conducted EfD’s Policy Day during the 8th EfD Annual Meeting, held on the 22 October 2014, at Golden Tulip Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The main…
Addressing methane leakage is key in getting sustained climate benefits from natural gas
There has been much debate about the climate implications of increased natural gas usage. While it is true that natural gas burns cleaner than other fossil fuels, (the carbon dioxide per unit of…
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Tanzania
Nature reserves fees under spotlight at EfD meeting
In an effort to gauge the appropriate entrance and conservation fees for three southern African nature reserves, researchers associated with the EfD center at University of Cape Town’s Environmental…
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Tanzania
Transparency is key for African sustainable growth and independence
Will gas and minerals bless or curse Tanzania and other natural resource rich countries in Africa? “Transparency is crucial to avoid devastating scenarios. Governments should publish all revenues…
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Tanzania
Rural Electrification boost farmers’ earnings in Tanzania
Rural electrification has provided to be efficient driver in promoting value addition particularly of agricultural products that helped farmers to fetch premium market price. This note was reported by…
How myopic oil and gas policies will doom Tanzania
University dons have warned over the risk of the current oil and gas industry development focusing on short term gains alone, saying such a trend might cause long term damage in terms of revenues…
New rules for EfD 2015 proposal submissions
New deadline for EfD's 2015 proposal submission is June 1, 2014. All proposals must be presented in the respective EfD Center Workshops before submission. In the documents we submitted to Sida, we…
EfDT Research Fellow Now in High Government Position in Tanzania
The President of the United Republic of Tanzania has appointed Prof. Adolf Mkenda, a fellow of the EfD, to serve as Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance in charge of policy. Prof…