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In 2014 it will be 50 years since the United Republic of Tanzania was created from Tanganyika and Zanzibar; and in 2015, it will be 30 years since the Union’s first President J. Nyerere stepped down. In the 50 years, Tanzania has moved from African socialism to African market economy and has received the largest amount of Danish development assistance of any country. Many Danes have over the years worked in Tanzania, sharing the values that have guided Tanzania’s development since the early days – but also sharing some of the frustrations when progress did not happen as planned.

While Tanzania has done comparatively well on some key development indicators, e.g., the Human Development Index, there are also concerns that values, such as civil rights, equity and sustainability might be sacrificed for economic growth; and that all of targets for Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 1 and 5 and two out of three for MDG 7 are considered not achievable by the government[1].

The Danish Society for International Development will take the temperature of the country looking at the situation from four angles: (1) budget support and policy dialogue; (2) earmarked development assistance, investments and commercial interests; (3) social and political development trends; and finally (4) the business environment for private Danish firms to establish and operate in the country.

We will use the opportunity of having Andrew Lawson, who led the recent Independent Evaluation of Budget Support to Tanzania 2005/06 – 2011/12[2] to launch the meeting and elucidate achievements, challenges, and opportunities of linking policy dialogue with budget support.

The detailed programme is being finalized.

The meeting will take place on 12 November from 17:00 to 21:00 in Ingeniørhuset at Kalvebod Brygge, København K with subject presentations in each of the above four areas , Q&A and structured discussions. The number of participants will be limited to 70.

 

TO REGISTER FOR THE MEETING, PLEASE VISIT THIS LINK.

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