Tanzania has seen good economic growth in the last 10 years, as well as strong progress in health, education and other basic services. However there has been little reduction in income poverty and the challenge remains to reach everyone in need. Our team in Tanzania is working to scale up wealth creation programmes, deliver the Millennium Development goals, and getting the government to work better so it’s accountable.
In Tanzania, as in many African countries, there is evidence of the informal economy wherever you look. As you walk through the streets of Dar Es Salaam, there are small stalls everywhere, selling fruit and veg, plants, mobile phone sim …
Recently, I sat down to dinner with Hilary Armstrong MP, who was in Tanzania to undertake some voluntary work in a leading Tanzanian non-governmental organisation working in education. She was in the country to celebrate the 50th anniversary of VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas) – …
Throughout the six years I have worked in DFID I have always wanted to work in one of our offices based in a developing country. Living overseas, close to the ‘front line’ of delivering aid has to be the top …
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