TABLE OF CONTENTS Countries Participating In The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Acknowledgements Political Map of Tanzania Country Fact Sheet Acronyms and Abbreviations Executive Summary vi vii xi xii xxi 1 CHAPTER ONE 1. INTRODUCTION: THE APRM AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN TANZANIA 1.1. THE APRM AND ITS PROCESS 1.1.1. Objectives of the APRM focus areas 1.1.2. The APRM Process 1.2. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE APRM PROCESS IN TANZANIA 1.2.1 The APRM Country Support Mission and the Follow-up Mission 1.2.2 Methodology Used for the Country Self-Assessment 1.2.3 The Country Review Mission 1.2.4. Activities undertaken during the CRM 1.3. Structure of the Report 21 21 21 21 23 25 26 26 27 28 29 CHAPTER TWO 2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 2.1. Brief Political History 2.2. Political and Socio-economic Transformation in Tanzania 2.3. Tanzania’s Strong Pan-Africanism and its Role in the liberation of Southern Africa 2.4. South-South Cooperation and Regional Integration 2.5. Hosting War Refugees 2.6. Peace Efforts in the Great Lakes Region and Beyond 31 31 31 34 40 40 40 40 CHAPTER THREE 3. DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE 3.1. Overview 3.2. Standards and Codes 3.3. Assessment of the Performance of APRM Objectives 41 41 41 42 46 CHAPTER FOUR 4. ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT 4.1. Overview 4.2. Standards and codes 4.3. Assessment of performance of APRM objectives 111 111 111 112 113 CHAPTER FIVE 5. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 5.1. Overview 5.2. Standards and Codes 5.3. Assessment of the Performance of APRM Objectives 139 139 139 140 142 viii