Challenges for the Democratisation Process in Tanzania: Moving towards consolidation years after independence?

List of Acronyms

21 List of Acronyms AA-SAP African Alternative to Structural Adjustment Programme ADB African Development Bank ASDS Agricultural Sector Development Strategy ASP Afro-Shirazi Party AU Africa Union BAKWATA Baraza la Waislamu Tanzania (The National Muslim Council ofTanzania) BoT Bank of Tanzania CAG Controller and Auditor General CCM Chama Cha Mapinduzi CG Consultative Group (Paris Club meeting) CHADEMA Chama cha Maendeleo na Demokrasia (Party for Democracy and Development, Tanzania) CHRGG Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance CIS Commodity Import Support COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa CSP Country Strategy Paper CUF Civic United Front DAC Development Assistance Committee DAO District Agricultural Office DAWASA Dar es Salaam Water Supply and Sewerage Company DC District Commissioner DDD District Development Director DED District Executive Director DEO District Education Officer DFID Department for International Development (UK) DP Democratic Party DPP Director of Public Prosecution DPs Development Partners DSE Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange DSM Dar es Salaam DTV Dar es Salaam Television EAC East African Community EC European Commission ECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ECOSOC United Nations Economic and Social Council EDF European Development Fund EIB European Investment Bank ELCT Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania EPA External Payment Account EPA Economic Partnership Agreement ERP Economic Recovery Programme ESAP Economic and Social Action Program (The second SAP 1989, used synonymously with ESRP) ESDP Education Sector Development Plan ESRF Economic and Social Research Foundation ESRP Economic and Social Recovery Programme EU European Union F.o.b Free on board FORD Forum for Restoration of Democracy GBS General Budget Support GDP Gross Domestic Product GNP Gross National Product GoT Government of Tanzania GWG Governance Working Group HIPCs Heavily Indebted Poor Countries HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ICT Information and Communication Technology IDA International Development Association IFI International Financial Institution IFMS Integrated Financial Management System 22 IMF International Monetary Fund IPI International Press Institute JAS Joint Assistance Strategy LAAC Local Authorities Accounts Committee LGA Local Government Authority LGCBP Local Governance Capacity Building Programme LGRP Local Government Reform Programme LHRC Legal and Human Rights Centre MAFS Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security MAKINI Demokrasia Makini MALD Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development MDA Ministry, Department and Agency MDB Market Development Bureau MDGs Millennium Development Goals MKUKUTA Mkakati wa Kukuza na Kupunguza Umasikini Tanzania (NSGRP) MKURABITA MpangoWa Kurasimisha Rasilimali na Biashara Za Wanyonge—Tanzania (Property and Business Formalisation Programme) MoEC Ministry of Education and Culture MoF Ministry of Finance MP Member of Parliament MSME Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises MTEF Medium-term Expenditure Framework NAI Nordic Africa Institute NAO National Audit Office NBC National Bank of Commerce NBC National Business Council NCCRMageuzi National Convention for Construction and Reform-Mageuzi NCPI National Consumer Price Index NDC National Development Cooperation NEC National Executive Committee (of CCM) NEMC National Environment Management Council NESP National Economic Survival Plan NGO Non-Governmental Organisation NIP National Indicative Programme NLD National League for Democracy NMG Nation Media Group Ltd NPES National Poverty Eradication Strategy NRA National Reconstruction Alliance NSAs Non-State Actors NSGRP National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA) ODA Official Development Assistance OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OGL Open General Licence OIC Organisation of Islamic Conference PAC Public Accounts Committee PAF Performance Assessment Framework PCCB Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau PCE Permanent Commission of Enquiry PCSs Primary Cooperative Societies PEDP Primary Education Development Programme PER Public Expenditure Review PF Partnership Framework PFM Public Financial Reform PFP Policy Framework Paper PONA Popular National Party PO-PP President’s Office – Planning and Privatisation PO-RALG President’s Office – Regional Administration & Local Government PPTMaendeleo Progressive Party of TanzaniaMaendeleo PRBS Poverty Reduction Budget Support PRS Poverty Reduction Strategy PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PSRC Presidential Parastatal Sector Reform Commission 23 PTA Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa RC Regional Commissioner RDS Rural Development Strategy REPOA Research on Poverty Alleviation RSP Regional Strategy Paper SACCOs Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies SADC Southern African Development Community SAP Structural Adjustment Programme SAU Sauti ya Umma SBS Sector Budget Support SDA Social Dimension of Adjustment SECAL Sector Adjustment Loan SEDP Secondary Education Development Plan SIDO Small Industries Development Organisation SSA Sub-Saharan Africa T.o.T Terms of Trade TANGO Tanzania Association of NGOs TACOSODE Tanzania Council for Social Development TA Technical Assistance TADEA Tanzania Democratic Alliance TAG Tanzania Advisory Group...