From: wsargeant@igc.apc.org (Winslow L. Sargeant)
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Subject: IPS:Tanzania, government to slash civil
Date: 21 Jul 92 17:37:52 GMT

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Title: TANZANIA: GOVERNMENT TO SLASH CIVIL SERVICE


dar es salaam, jul 18 (ips) -- tanzania's civil service
workforce is to be cut down by almost a third as part of
government's plan to restructure the entire public service,
including parastatal organisations.

finance minister kighoma malima friday told parliament in
session here that the tanzanian civil service was grossly
over-staffed.

according to sources in his ministry, government intends to
lay off 80,000 workers from its workforce of about 300,000.

the exercise, scheduled to start in august, will save the
treasury 400 million dollars in salaries and other emoluments
paid to workers a year. the amount is nearly half of total
financial flows and official development assistance tanzania
receives from donors annually.

tanzania, one of africa's 32 least developed countries, has
been carrying out economic reform measures since 1986, supported
by credits from the international monetary fund, the world bank
and western donors.

like other african countries undertaking economic reform
programmes, tanzania a
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tanzania: government to slash civil service

dar es salaam, jul 18 (ips) -- tanzania's civil service
workforce is to be cut down by almost a third as part of
government's plan to restructure the entire public service,
including parastatal organisations.

finance minister kighoma malima friday told parliament in
session here that the tanzanian civil service was grossly
over-staffed.

according to sources in his ministry, government intends to
lay off 80,000 workers from its workforce of about 300,000.

the exercise, scheduled to start in august, will save the
treasury 400 million dollars in salaries and other emoluments
paid to workers a year. the amount is nearly half of total
financial flows and official development assistance tanzania
receives from donors annually.

tanzania, one of africa's 32 least developed countries, has
been carrying out economic reform measures since 1986, supported
by credits from the international monetary fund, the world bank
and western donors.

like other african countries undertaking economic reform
programmes, tanzania aims to eliminate large-scale fiscal
deficit and provide investment opportunities to the private
sector.

early july the paris club of western donors agreed to support
the third three-year phase of the government's economic recovery
programme starting this month. they pledged an aid package of
about one billion dollars.

reduction of the bloated civil service was part of the
demands set by donors before tanzania qualified for further aid
flows.

six years of structural adjustment have enabled tanzania's
economy to pick up from 0.3 percent growth rate in 1984 to 4.2
percent in 1990 -- slightly below the government target of 4.5
percent.

faced with 22 percent urban unemployment, government says it
will discharge workers in phases and assist them to undertake
gainful ventures in the private and informal sectors.

government's annual revenue covers 40 percent of its
recurrent and development budgets. the gap is usually bridged
with foreign aid. (end/ips/pc/ar/oa/92)
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