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On Whose Interest is the State Intervention in Biofuel Investment in Tanzania?

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dc.creator Kweka, Opportuna L.
dc.date 2016-04-13T07:47:45Z
dc.date 2016-04-13T07:47:45Z
dc.date 2012
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T09:09:26Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T09:09:26Z
dc.identifier Opportuna L. Kweka (2012). On Whose Interest is the State Intervention in Biofuel Investment in Tanzania?. Cross-Cultural Communication, 8 (1), 80-85.
dc.identifier 1712-8358
dc.identifier 1923-6700
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1513
dc.identifier 10.3968/j.ccc.1923670020120801.1132
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4698
dc.description Available from: URL: http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/ccc/article/view/j.ccc.1923670020120801.1132
dc.description Biofuel investment in Tanzania is spearheaded by foreign direct investors. The assumption behind increasing foreign direct investment in the country is that they enable capital flow, skills and technology transfers and create employment. Studies on foreign direct investment pointed out that, state intervention is needed to ensure that profits accrued from the investments benefit countries hosting these investments. Despite state intervention in biofuel investments in the country studies have reported that the investments have negatively impacted communities. The aim of this paper is to determine the nature of state intervention in the process of biofuel investment in Tanzania, using case studies of Kisarawe, Bagamoyo, Rufiji, and Kilwa districts. Eight villages were chosen, two from each district. Interviews were conducted with villagers and officials working in government institutions and biofuel companies. A review of minutes of village meetings which discussed investors’ requests for land from the villages was conducted. Findings reveal that there was a strong state intervention to assist investors to get land from villagers, and lack of, or less state intervention is seen when villagers demand for compensation and asking investors to fulfil their promises.
dc.description Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA)
dc.language en
dc.publisher CSCanada
dc.subject Biofuels
dc.subject Foreign direct investment
dc.subject State intervention
dc.subject Development
dc.title On Whose Interest is the State Intervention in Biofuel Investment in Tanzania?
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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