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Creating Fiscal Space for Social Sectors Development in Tanzania

African Journal of Economic Review

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Title Creating Fiscal Space for Social Sectors Development in Tanzania
 
Creator Kessy, FL
Ngowi, D
 
Subject Fiscal space, social sectors’ development, education, and health
 
Description This paper discusses fiscal space creation and use in the context of development of social sectors in Tanzania. The paper observes that Tanzania is making good progress in creating and using her fiscal space. The priority being accorded to social sectors, especially in education and health is in the right direction. However, weaknesses in tax administration, imprudent tax exemptions, high debt service, excessive reliance on external funding, and high administrative expenditures dampen the robustness of the fiscal space. In this regard, the paper argues that there is a need for creating additional fiscal space through re-prioritization of spending, especially by reducing the size of government, scaling up mobilization of domestic revenue, including reducing or eliminating tax exemptions, broadening the tax base and reducing external debt to sustainable levels. In tandem, the available fiscal space has to be used more effectively and efficiently, and progressively increasing social sector’s funding to meet internationally agreed commitments and targets. Key words: Fiscal space, social sectors’ development, education, and health
 
Publisher Centre for Economics and Community Economic Development
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2015-04-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajer/article/view/116300
 
Source African Journal of Economic Review; Vol 1, No 1 (2013); 52-73
1821-8148
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajer/article/view/116300/105837
 
Rights The copyright belongs to: African Journal of Economic Review, Centre for Economics and Community Economic Development, The Open University of Tanzania, P.O.Box 23409, Dar es salaam, Tanzania