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The current debate within development research strongly emphasize the role of interest groups in developing and sustaining democratic and liberal economic reforms. With this debate as its point of departure, the paper discusses to what extent interest groups actually matter in sub-Saharan Africa and Zambia in particular. The author examines whether interest groups shaped the former policies of the one-party regimes and whether organised interests are likely to respond to market-based economic reforms. (DÜI-Hff)

President Kaunda recently terminated IMF-cooperation and introduced an alternative economic recovery programme aiming at more growth with equity. The paper argues that it should primarily support rural women to create growth where it benefits the majority of the rural poor

This paper deals with the political context of agricultural development in Uganda. An outline is given of processes which produced two specific problems of political integration in the country, namely the position of Nubis in the armed forces and the privileges of the Baganda in the political system

This paper describes and analyses the settlement-program for some 33000 Ugandan refugees on the East Bank of the Nile in Southern Sudan with special emphasis on the projects achievements in integrating the refugee program into the local rural economy

The study aims at analyzing how politics and hydraulic intersected in the history of the Jonglei Canal project in the Southern Sudan. The plans for the project are also employed as a mirror to reinterprete central issues in British Nile Valley strategy

On the basis of an analysis of opportunities and constraints in the economy of the Maldives, the report seeks to identify "bottlenecks" which can be made the subject of ILO-sponsored Special Public Works Programme. The polarization between the growing capital, Male, and the small stagnating islands is seen as a major development issue. After discussing different aspects to this issue the report concludes that the main effect should be directed towards improving harbour facilities for local fishing boats. (Chr. Michelsen Inst.)

This paper reviews the tax system in Tanzania, and gives particular attention to the tax reform proposals presented in the Report of the Presidential Commission on Taxation. In considering the effects of the "low-rate, broad-base" tax reform strategy that has been adopted, it is argued that there are major shortcomings in the implementation of the tax reform. This particularly relates to the continuous and widespread tax evasion, extensive tax exemptions and inefficient tax administration. The discussion in this paper reinforces the arguments for improving the quantitative analysis of revenue policy, and taking more specific and focused measures to improve tax administration. (DÜI-Hff)

This study traces the changing role of the judiciary in Tanzania (from being marginal for more than twenty years to becoming central during political pluralism and market economy) and characterizes what has been done by the judiciary as damage limitation. The study notes that in order for these reform initiatives to be effective, public indignation with law and legal institutions need to be recognised and addressed. Such comprehension calls for constructive public participation in legal reform. (DÜI-Hff)