Tanzania in Transition: From Nyerere to Mkapa

Acronyms

Acronyms AFRITAC African Technical Assistance Committee AIT Agency Implementation Team (leading Tanzania Forest Service, TFS) ASU Agricultural Statistics Unit, of Ministry of Agriculture, Dar es Salaam BA Business Analysis BOS Bureau of Statistics, Dar es Salaam BOT Bank of Tanzania CAG Controller and Auditor General CBFM Community Based Forest Management CBO Civil Based Organisation CCM Chama cha Mapinduzi, the major Tanzania political party, established in 1977 through the joining of TANU and the Afro-Shirazi Party of Zanzibar CHADEMA The Party for Democracy and Development (Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendelo) CIFOR Centre for International Forestry Research, (headquarter in Indonesia, regional office in Harare until the end of the 1990s) CMEW Crop Monitoring and Early Warning Unit CPI Consumer Price Index CSO Civil Society Organisations CUF Civic United Front (political party) CV Coefficients of Variation DAC Development Assistance Committee (of OECD) DANIDA Danish International Development Agency DFO District Forest Officer DGP Development Partner Group DP Development Partners DSM Dar es Salaam EA Executive Agencies EIU Economic Intelligence Unit ERP Economic Recovery Programme, implemented in Acronyms xi Tanzania 1986 – 1989 ESAP Economic and Social Action Programme, part of ERP II, implemented in Tanzania from 1989-1992. ESRF Economic and Social Research Foundation, Dar es Salaam EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation, Rome, special agency of the UN FD Framework Document FDB Forest and Beekeeping Division (of MNRT) FRMP Forest Resources Management Programme (from 1992 to 1999) FY Fiscal Year GBS General Budget Support GDI Gross Domestic Income GDP Gross Domestic Product GEF Global Environmental Facility GoT Government of Tanzania Ha hectare HASHI Hifadhi Ardhi Shinyanga (project for support of agroforestry methods in Shinyanga region) HIPC Highly Indebted Poor Countries IFIs International Financial Institutions ILO International Labour Union, Geneva IMF International Monetary Fund IMG Independent Monitoring Group IPTL Independent Power Tanzania Limited JAS Joint Assistance Strategy JFM Joint Forest Management KVTC Kilombero Valley Teak Company LAMP Land Management Programme (located in Babati, Kiteto, Simanjiro and Singida districts – supported by SIDA, from 1994 – 2008). LARRI Land Rights Research Institute (HAKIARDHI, Swahili acronym) LGA Local Government Authority xii Acronyms MAC Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Dar es Salaam MDB Marketing Development Bureau, presently part of MAC, Dar es Salaam MDGs Millennium Development Goals MKUKUTA Swahili acronym for NSGPR MLH Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development (presently Ministry of Land and Human Settlement), Dar es Salaam MNRT Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism MoF Ministry of Finance MP Member of Parliament MTB Ministerial Tender Board MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework NACSAP National Anti-Corruption Strategy and Action Plans NAFCO National Agricultural Farming Corporation NBS National Bureau of Statistics, Dar es Salaam (new name of BOT) NCCR Mageuzi – National Convention for Construction and Reform (political party) NEC National Election Commission NEC National Executive Committee (of CCM) NESP National Economic Survival Programme ( implemented in Tanzania 1981-1982) NFP National Forestry Programme (implemented from 2001) NGO Non Governmental Organisation NMC National Milling Corporation NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NPES National Poverty Eradication Strategy NSGPR National Strategy for Growth and Poverty Reduction NUTA National Union of Tanzania, labour union established in the 1964 OAU Organisation of African Unity (presently AU – African Union) ODI Overseas Development Institute, London Acronyms xiii OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development PAC Public Accountants Committee PAF Performance Assistance Framework PCB Public Corruption Bureau PER Public Expenditure Review PFM Participatory Forest Management PO President’s Office PORALG Prime Minister’s Office - Regional Administration and Local Government, Dodoma PPW Poverty Policy Week PRGF Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility PRS Poverty Reduction Strategy PRSC Poverty Reduction Strategy Credit PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PSM Public Service Management RDA Ruvuma Development Association REPOA Research on Poverty Alleviation, Dar es Salaam SADC Southern Africa Development Coordination Sida Swedish International Development Agency SAP Structural Adjustment Programme SGR Strategic Grain Reserve SP Strategic Plan SSA Sub-Saharan Africa SWAP Sector Wide Approach TA Technical Assistance TAKWIMU National Bureau of Statistics (in Swahili) TAMWA Tanzania Media Women Association TANESCO Tanzania Electricity Supply Company TANU Tanganyika African National Union, the political party that was forerunner to CCM TAS Tanzania Assistance Strategy TASAF Tanzania Assistance Strategy Aid Facility TAWLA Tanzania Women Lawyers’ Association TEMCO Tazania Election Monitoring Committee xiv Acronyms TFS Tanzania Forest Service TGNP Tanzania Gender Network Project TI Transparency International (headquarter in Berlin) TLP Tanzania Labour Party TMC Tanzania Media Council TPC Tanganyika Plantation Company...