This working paper examines Tanzania’s social protection system amidst growing humanitarian crises driven by climate change, health epidemics, and regional conflicts. It explores the social protection…

Abstract Increasing plastic waste pollution has led to a rising prevalence of the open burning of plastic waste, especially in locations lacking formal waste-management systems. Urban slum communities…

Increasing plastic waste pollution has led to a rising prevalence of the open burning of plastic waste, especially in locations lacking formal waste management systems. Urban slum communities face…

Abstract Ongoing policy negotiations, such as the negotiations for a future global plastics treaty, include calls for increased recycling of plastics. However, before recycling of plastics can be…

Abstract Ensuring access to affordable and clean energy resources (as articulated in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7) is critical to achieving a range of human development outcomes. Numerous…

Background: Kenya has prioritized Primary Health Care as an indispensable foundation to realize UHC by 2022. Integral to this approach’s operationalization is the adoption of the primary health care…

Abstract The evolution of financial technology (FinTech) globally is reshaping the banking system, including Tanzania’s financial sector. This study examines the influence of FinTech on Tanzania’s…

Abstract From creation, man has enjoyed the environment and its resources in its unadulterated and unaltered state. Since the environment was just a creation of nature in the beginning and before…

Abstract Land is scarce, limited in supply and relatively fixed in quantity, and in the face of unbridled population growth, rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, land is readily depleted. To…

Abstract Waste is a significant environmental issue on a global scale, and it is closely related to human growth on all fronts, socially, economically, and technologically. The composition of various…