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In 1995 the Government of Tanzania, the University of Dar es Salaam, and the World Bank conducted a Participatory Poverty Assessment (PPA) involving more than 6,000 people in 87 villages across Tanzania. Specific areas on which data were gathered included such indicators as how the poor view poverty, perceptions of inflation and other trends over time, the effects of liberalization on the rural poor, access to and use of formal and informal credit and savings institutions, the role of social capital in household welfare, and the relationship between poverty and the natural environment. This book presents the findings of the PPA. (DÜI-Hff)

This paper describes the accounting profession, and the education and training of accountants and accounting technicians in sub-Saharan anglophone Africa. It reviews professional accounting examinations and degrees, education, practical training, and continuing professional education. The paper highlights the weaknesses in accounting education and training, and recommends a number of measures to strengthen these areas. These include the development of national and regional accounting bodies, the establishment of national accounting qualifications at both fully qualified and technician level, and the strengthening of teaching institutions. (DÜI-Hff)

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