Twaweza in the news
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Sauti za Wananchi | In the News
16 May 2013
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Twaweza in the news
The recent Form Four examination results were a hot topic in Tanzania, having been debated across all media for a number of months. Twaweza contributed the latest nationally representative set of citizens' views to the discussion.
Tanzania's Transparency Agenda | Stanford Social Innovation Review
22 Feb 2013
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Twaweza in the news
Elsie Eyakuze interviews Twaweza's Head, Rakesh Rajani and Matthias Chikawe, Minister for Constitutional and Legal Affairs, on the significance of the Open Government Partnership in Tanzania. The article is published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. The Minister says the OGP requires a cultural shift in how public servants work, and Rajani says it's about government coming to see that it doesn't have all the answers, and needs to be open to and engage with citizens to get things done.
Twaweza Governance in Dar report in the news
8 Jan 2013
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Twaweza in the news
Uwazi�s policy brief entitled �What does Dar make of governance? Perceptions about services, policies and leaders� spurred wide coverage and debate in the media. Here's a sampling.
Twaweza Health in Dar report in the news
20 Sep 2012
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A recently launched Twaweza policy brief generated widespread debate on health service and practice in Dar es Salaam.
'Lost generation in science education'
31 Aug 2012
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'Education experts fear an entire generation of students, passing through ward secondary schools, will miss opportunities to enter science-related fields in future. The biggest threats facing these schools- whose learners are mostly from poor families- include a severe shortage of teachers, laboratories and books,' Erick Kabendera's article, 'Ward secondary schools: a lost generation in science education' begins.
No prescription? No problem
27 Aug 2012
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Feeling sick and have no time to go to a doctor? Just pop by your neighbourhood pharmacy and nine times out of 10 you'll be sold the medicine for what may (or may not) ail you. Youth Initiatives Tanzania (YITA), in association with Twaweza, investigated whether pharmacies in Dar es Salaam observe regulations regarding sales to consumers.
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Uwezo report stirs discussion in East Africa
23 Aug 2012
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Discussion continues around the findings of the 2011 Uwezo Learning Assessment, which revealed that two out of three pupils in Standard 3 across East Africa are not able to pass basic tests in English, Kiswahili or numeracy at the Standard 2 level.
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