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[h=1][/h]By KEVIN J KELLEY, Special Correspondent
Posted Saturday, December 7 2013 at 14:25
Having recently completed a $698 million US aid package, Tanzania appears likely to win approval for another round of development funding through a programme that makes assistance conditional on a countrys governance and its social and economic policies.
Kenya and Uganda, in contrast, will once again not get a share of Washingtons Millennium Challenge bounty due to their failure to control corruption.
Rwanda is also barred from receiving this type of aid because it is judged to be lagging in measurements of political rights and civil liberties. And Burundi is given failing scores in all three of the broad categories that determine Millennium aid eligibility.
The board that chooses countries for Millennium disbursements will meet this week to make a new round of decisions.
A policy analyst with a Washington think tank predicts that the board will ratify Tanzanias eligibility for a second aid compact.
But analyst Sarah Rose of the Centre for Global Development adds that the size and content of the compact will probably not be announced following the December 10 Millennium Challenge Corporation board meeting.
An assessment prepared by Ms Rose suggests that because of an apparent deteriorating trend in Tanzanias control of corruption, the Millennium board should closely monitor Tanzanias performance in this regard.
East African countries ratings on the Millennium programmes corruption scale coincide broadly with their respective standings in the 2013 corruption perceptions index recently compiled by Transparency International.
The Tanzanian government has itself sharpened its response to official corruption. It recently sacked several officials accused of embezzling Tsh600 million ($373,599) in donor funds for a local authorities reform programme.
Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi are all seen as among the most corrupt countries in the world. Kenya is rated 136th out of 177 countries, while Burundi places 157th and Uganda 140th. Tanzania is placed at 111th.
Rwanda is meanwhile perceived as one of the least corrupt nations in Africa, rated 49th on a global scale that is topped by Denmark and Finland.
Posted Saturday, December 7 2013 at 14:25
Having recently completed a $698 million US aid package, Tanzania appears likely to win approval for another round of development funding through a programme that makes assistance conditional on a countrys governance and its social and economic policies.
Kenya and Uganda, in contrast, will once again not get a share of Washingtons Millennium Challenge bounty due to their failure to control corruption.
Rwanda is also barred from receiving this type of aid because it is judged to be lagging in measurements of political rights and civil liberties. And Burundi is given failing scores in all three of the broad categories that determine Millennium aid eligibility.
The board that chooses countries for Millennium disbursements will meet this week to make a new round of decisions.
A policy analyst with a Washington think tank predicts that the board will ratify Tanzanias eligibility for a second aid compact.
But analyst Sarah Rose of the Centre for Global Development adds that the size and content of the compact will probably not be announced following the December 10 Millennium Challenge Corporation board meeting.
An assessment prepared by Ms Rose suggests that because of an apparent deteriorating trend in Tanzanias control of corruption, the Millennium board should closely monitor Tanzanias performance in this regard.
East African countries ratings on the Millennium programmes corruption scale coincide broadly with their respective standings in the 2013 corruption perceptions index recently compiled by Transparency International.
The Tanzanian government has itself sharpened its response to official corruption. It recently sacked several officials accused of embezzling Tsh600 million ($373,599) in donor funds for a local authorities reform programme.
Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi are all seen as among the most corrupt countries in the world. Kenya is rated 136th out of 177 countries, while Burundi places 157th and Uganda 140th. Tanzania is placed at 111th.
Rwanda is meanwhile perceived as one of the least corrupt nations in Africa, rated 49th on a global scale that is topped by Denmark and Finland.
