Blurb This study is carried out to analyse the impact of the global financial crisis on the performance of the investments of pension funds, in particular the investment portfolio of the Parastatal Pensions Fund. The global financial crisis affected most countries, including Tanzania, which translated into slower growth of the economy. The researchers therefore hypothesized that as the domestic economy slows down jobs might be lost as firms/industries cut back on output. Pension funds may earn less contribution income while having to pay out more withdrawal benefits, thus limiting the ability...

Bottom up approach has for so long been advocated as the most suitable model of involving people in policy formulation process., but so far has not much been put into practiced. The main objective of the study was to assess citizen participation in poverty reduction strategy in Tanzania. Specifically the researchers intended to assess the effectiveness of PRSP on factors like involvement of the community at the grassroots level in the PRSP formulation process. Factors to be assessed were such as gender, age, education level, and challenged faced in the whole process of PRSP formulation.

The central focus of this book is not only to provide a formal quantitative approach to problem solving but also to give an insight for managerial and decision making situation in particular where a quantitative approach is appropriate. We believe that the only way to learn materials with mathematical approach as a tool for economic analysis or for managerial decision making is by working problems. Therefore, each chapter contains relevant questions and some worked examples to enable readers to conceptualize and understand better quantitative theories and its applications.