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“Undertaking” Tanzania’s Water Sector Development Programme?
I spent two days last week at the annual Joint Water Sector Review meeting – the so-called “highlight” of the annual calendar of “dialogue”. This was the sixth such meeting to be held – and I have the...
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The politics of water supply are coming to the boil
This blog has long argued that the major challenges in the water sector are more political than technical. We have also highlighted the fact that the political nature of the challenges has not been...
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Rural water supply in Tanzania since independence, and for the next 50 years
It is, quite rightly, the season for raising our eyes and looking up at the horizon. December 9th, 2011 will mark 50 years since the British flag came down on Tanganyika and the country’s life as an...
View ArticleRunning a hybrid – NGO and media cultures combine
A little while ago, I posted an old op-ed column by Rakesh Rajani, in which he asked “What if NGOs were newspapers?” And I promised to follow it up with some thoughts on our situation here at Daraja,...
View ArticleHow will Tanzania cope with 275 million people?
The Washington Post has just published a fascinating analysis as of new UN population projections up to the year 2100. It’s worth reading the whole thing, not least because it comes with some...
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Bold commitments, disappointing delivery: Five challenges for Tanzania and...
President Kikwete at OGP Summit in Brazil, April 2012. Photo from ikulublog.com Tanzania has made strong statements about the Open Government Partnership (OGP). It has also promised to deliver. When...
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Open (education) data: Supply, demand, and something in between
shule.info screenshot Shule.info is a fascinating new website that presents Tanzanian Form 4 exam results in some very interesting ways. It is potentially very useful to anyone with an interest in...
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Chart of the Week #4: Distribution of new teachers in Tanzania’s Primary Schools
HakiElimu published a statement last week on the allocation of new primary school teachers to different regions, including this chart: Pupil teacher ratios in Tanzanian primary schools, by region, 2013...
View ArticleChart of the week #29: “Mgomo Baridi”– How much time do teachers actually...
Teachers in Tanzania are often said to be on a “cold strike”- mgomo baridi. Not officially on strike, but seriously demotivated and not putting in anything like the amount of effort that the government...
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Chart of the week 31?: On the quality of health service provision
Teachers are on a cold strike, as we have seen, and many don’t have the level of knowledge of their subject matter that we would like. But what about health facility workers – nurses, clinical officers...
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