This chapter provides the environmental degradation, climate change and development nexus in Tanzania. It explores the status of environmental damage and the associated causes as well as Tanzanian government efforts to ...

The general objective of this study was to assess and discuss the state and challenges existing in human settlements development in Tanzania. Specifically, the study aimed at establishing the status and challenges of access ...

In Tanzania, the majority of the population is located in rural area. National Health Policy in the country clearly advocating health for all, this is basically focused on ensuring no one is left behind regardless of any ...

Although Tanzania has recorded a relatively high economic growth over the recent years, the performance of the rural-based sectors has remained dismal. Factors that contributed to the low performance of these sectors include ...

About 70% of the population in Tanzania live in rural areas and a majority of them are engaged in agriculture as their main economic activity. For this reason, rural development entails, among other things, transforming ...

The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania articles 8 (1), 145 and 146 of 1977 enshrine the Local Government System emphasizing the supremacy of the people. The Constitution further underline that the Government ...

The importance of the agricultural sector cannot be overemphasized in Tanzania. The sector employs over 65 percent of workforce, contributes about 70 percent of the income of the people in the rural areas, 27.7percent of ...

The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan speaking to the 12th Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dodoma, 22nd April 2021. “Over the past five years, we have had some success ...

Industrialization is an important driver of economic development. It has significant contribution to job creation, increased productivity and exports as well as contribution to market for agricultural products which take ...

Tanzania is determined to use its marine and terrestrial water resources as the new economic priority sector. This chapter argues that despite the fact that Tanzanians have benefited from the marine and terrestrial water ...