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    Intergovernmental fiscal relations in Tanzania: Guidelines or directives?
    (Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd, 2018) Mushi, Richard; Kessy, Ambrose
    As a unitary state, Tanzania has relied on intergovernmental fiscal regime to ensure that all LGAs equitably receive funding for execution of its mandates and responsibilities. Uncertainty in resource mobilization has hampered effective implementation of fiscal transfers to the LGAs. Intergovernmental fiscal resources are ring-fenced and leave limited discretion to LGAs to reallocate resources based on prevailing demands. Improvement in intergovernmental fiscal relations requires putting in place more effective mechanisms for allocating and disbursing resources between the central government and the LGAs. Decision making relating to intergovernmental fiscal allocation to LGAs often excludes the participation of LGAs.
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    Local governance in Tanzania: Observations from six councils 2002-2003
    (Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd, 2007) Chaligha, Amon; Henjewele, Florida; Kessy, Ambrose; Mwambe, Geoffrey
    Governance entails participation, transparency, efficiency and equity in the management of people and their economy in a given country. Governance comprises the mechanisms, processes and institutions, through which citizens and groups articulate their interests, exercise their legal rights, meet their obligations and mediate their differences. Local governance refers to the way a local authority fulfils its responsibilities towards the citizens in their areas of jurisdiction. It covers relationships between local authority leaders and the citizens, as well as political parties and non-governmental organisations, and the central government in all phases of formulating policies that affect people in carrying out their daily activities. In this study, several political and administrative dimensions of governance are discussed. First is the issue of Local Government Autonomy. Here, an attempt was made to answer the question: To what extent are the local authorities free to make political decisions within the Tanzanian polity? It is recognised that the local government reforms has opened the way for multi-level planning systems and new, non-hierarchical forms of inter-ministerial coordination. However, while the decentralisation reform has set the stage for participatory local planning practices, it is by no means guaranteeing them. Improved trust relations, citizens’ rights, reduced corruption, participation in local elections and gender mainstreaming are important governance issues that are also discussed in this study.