Global statistics show that more than 60 per cent of the world’s employed population earns their informal economy livelihood. In Africa, for instance, it is recorded that every eight out of ten people work in the informal sector. The informal economy s …

The last two decades have witnessed a global expansion of social protection programmes, initially in middle income Latin American countries, and later in low-income countries (LICs) including Africa. The expansion has mirrored a growing influence of in …

Taxation plays an important role in raising revenue to sustainably finance development for economic growth. It is argued that the taxation of the informal sector in Tanzania is important given the large size of the sector and as a way of preserving the …

Tanzania is endowed with vast quantities and types of resources. Central to the country’s economic growth is the extraction of these. The challenge, however, has been translating growth in extraction activities and into inclusive and sustainable socio- …