March 2015

Reasons for low birth registration in Sudan

The birth registration environment in Sudan is mature but confused. This study was undertaken on the birth registration practices in Sudan with a view to ascertaining the causes and effects of low birth registration. The registration of births is not improved with time, there is no progressive procedure in the registration application and the registration system effect according to sex ratio, number of women in the...

Author(s): Ehab Ahmed Mohamed Frah

March 2015

The persistence of western negative perceptions about Africa: Factoring in the role of Africans

Africa has continued to be looked down upon by the Western powers. Negative perceptions and representations such as civil wars, hunger, corruption, greed, selfishness, diseases, poverty, and the like have been the defining characters of Africa and the Africans in the minds of many Western people. While the mainstream media has been blamed for much of Africa’s negative perceptions, little has been done to establish...

Author(s): Japhace Poncian

March 2015

Real wages and labour productivity in Tanzania: How do they link?

Using data from national level surveys, the present paper undertakes an empirical analysis of the linkage between labour productivity and real wages in Tanzania. After making tabular presentations of growth in labour productivity and real wages by industry and sector (public and private), regression analysis is undertaken to examine the factors that influence incomes. Granger causality test is applied to examine the...

Author(s): Rizwanul Islam, Abel Kinyondo and Joseph Nganga