Tanzania in transition : from Nyerere to Mkapa / edited by Kjell Havnevik and Aida C. Isinika.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Havnevik, Kjell J.

Isinika, Aida C., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Tanzania--Congresses.

Economics.

Tanzania--Economic policy--Congresses.

Tanzania.

Tanzania--Politics and government--1964---Congresses.

Tanzania--Economic conditions--1964---Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

From Nyerere to Mkapa

Place of Publication:

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki Na Nyoka, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book is the first comprehensive contribution to understanding the character of important societal transitions in Tanzania during Benjamin Mkapa's presidency (1995- 2005). The analyses of the trajectory of these transitions are conducted against the background of the development model of Tanzanian's first president, Julius Nyerere (1961-1985), a model with lasting influence on the country. This approach enables an understanding of continuities and discontinuities in Tanzania over time in areas such as development strategy an ideology, agrarian-land, gender and forestry issues, economic

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Boxes and Annex/Appendices; Acronyms; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER ONE. TANZANIA IN TRANSITION - TO WHAT?; Background; Contribution of The Book; The Post-Independence Model, The Legacy of Nyerere and Beyond; Agrarian Related Transitions; Governance and Development Cooperation Transitions; CHAPTER TWO. A HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSING CURRENT TANZANIAN TRANSITIONS: THE POST-INDEPENDENCE MODEL, NYERERE'S IDEAS AND SOME INTERPRETATIONS; Introduction; The Post-Independence Model

Nyerere's ideas and perspectives, the Arusha Declaration and Ujamaa - and the modification of the post-independence model Interpretations of Nyerere's ideas and policy recommendations; CHAPTER THREE. THE NORWEGIAN-TANZANIAN AID RELATIONSHIP - A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; The Nordic Alternative; Technical assistance and cultural encounter; Financial aid and project orientation: Stiegler's Gorge; The one-party state and the Tanzania syndrome; Budget aid and the missing link in the aid relationship: Macro-economics

CHAPTER FOUR. AGRARIAN FUNDAMENTALISM OR FORESIGHT REVISITING NYERERE'S VISION FOR RURAL TANZANIA Nyerere's Blueprint: Kilimo na Ujamaa; Nation-Building Hiatus: Design Faults, Bad Materials or Environmental Subsidence?; Beyond Ujamaa: Tanzania's Post-Peasant Economy and Society; Katoro-Buserere: Nyerere's Model or Deviant Settlement?; Nyerere's Agrarian Blueprint Reconsidered; Bibliography; CHAPTER FIVE. SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE IN TANZANIA - CAN ECONOMIC LIBERALISATION KEEP ITS PROMISES?; Background; External Versus Internal Causes; Economic Liberalisation

The Growth Performance of Tanzanian Agriculture in The First Decade of Liberalisation Possible causes; Concluding Remarks; References; CHAPTER SIX. GENDER DIMENSIONS OF LAND CONFLICTS: EXAMPLES FROM NJOMBE AND MASWA DISTRICTS IN TANZANIA; Introduction; The Land Tenure-Gender Discourse; Description of Customary Land Tenure; Analysis for Evidence; Policy Implications; Conclusion; References; Annex 1. Location of Study Area; Annex 2. Formal Institutions for Land administration and Conflict Resolution in Tanzania

CHAPTER SEVEN. DYNAMISM OF NATURAL RESOURCE POLICIES AND IMPACT ON FORESTRY IN TANZANIA Background; Forest resources: Natural and plantations forest; Institutional transition and impacts in forestry; Forest governance; Collaborative Forest Management: paradigm take-over; Participatory Forest Management constraints; Conclusion and Recommendations; Reference; CHAPTER EIGHT. TRENDS IN CORRUPTION DURING THE MKAPA ERA - WHO WANTS TO KNOW?; Introduction; Governance and corruption, poverty and growth; Trends in governance and corruption in Tanzania; Unbundling corruption and 'corruption control'

Voice and accountability

Notes:

"This book is inspired by an international conference organised by the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) in cooperation with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department for Rural Development and Agro-ecology, in September 2005"--P. [xv].

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613005045

9781283005043

1283005042

9789987081400

9987081401

9789987081271

9987081274

9789987102525

9987102522

OCLC:

743202304