By Toby McIntosh Although many intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) have adopted access to information policies, many have not, and the policies that do exist are proving…
Category: IMF/Tanzania
The refusal by the Tanzanian government to release data about the number of cases and deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic for six weeks has drawn…
By Toby McIntosh The revised Tanzanian Statistics Act could result in government censorship of statistical findings deemed unacceptable. A government-appointed committee could require the publication…
[This story has been corrected and updated here – Ed.] By Toby McIntosh Legislation passed by the Tanzanian Parliament June 27 drops controversial criminal penalties…
By Toby McIntosh The International Monetary Fund says the Tanzanian government should repeal a law making it a criminal offense to criticize official statistics. The…
By Toby McIntosh The government of Tanzania has exercised its option to suppress a major report about Tanzania prepared by the International Monetary Fund. The…
By Toby McIntosh The World Bank says it is standing firm on its objections to the Tanzanian government’s policy of expelling pregnant girls from school…
By Toby McIntosh The International Monetary Fund, like the World Bank, is questioning a new provision in Tanzania’s statistics law that criminalizes the rebuttal of…