Social Security Law and Policy Reform in Tanzania

ISBN-13: 9783838306773 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 360 str.

Opis

This is a study of Tanzanian social security law. The study starts from the premise that current social security law in Tanzania is inadequate to protect the citizenry and needs to be reformed. This need is based on the fact that the Tanzanian government has both national and international obligations to guarantee peoples social protection. The study uses the South African experience of social security issues to reflect on the problems facing Tanzania. The identified lessons will be used to inform the legal reform endeavours in Tanzania. The book addresses issues such as low coverage of the population, risks and benefits, inadequacy of benefits, lack of portability of social security benefits, bad governance and the problem of fragmentation. On account of these issues, it is suggested that there is need to embrace the comprehensive social security concept on which, South Africa constitutionalisation of social security rights offers fine lessons for Tanzania. Further, the book advances the linkages between adoption of the comprehensive social security concept and constitutionalisation of socio-economic rights and how these two can help in solving the issues under consideration.

O autorze

Tulia Ackson obtained her law degree, LL.B (Hons) in 2001 and a master of Laws degree in 2003 at the University of Dar es Salaam.She obtained her PhD at the University of Cape Town. She is currently a lecturer in the Department of Public Law,Faculty of Law at the University of Dar es Salaam. She is also an advocate of the High Court of Tanzania.