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Giving Aid on the Recipient’s Terms: The Swedish Experience in Tanzania

In: Agencies in Foreign Aid

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  • Ole Elgström

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The purpose of this introductory section is to describe the Swedish-Tanzanian aid relationship in more general terms. The first official Swedish aid to Tanzania was initiated in 1964. Tanzania has ever since been one of Sweden’s main aid recipients. In the 1980s, Tanzania received between 10 and 15 per cent of Swedish bilateral ODA. At the same time, Sweden is Tanzania’s largest bilateral donor, contributing approximately 10–15 per cent of the total DAC assistance (SASDA, Secretariat for Analysis of Swedish Development Assistance, 1994:20). Over the years, Tanzania has received over 18 billion Swedish kronor (SEK, in 1993 prices; approximately US$3 billion). The flow of Swedish assistance increased rapidly in the early 1970s, in line with the steep increase in the general aid budget (SASDA 1994:22). In current prices, aid expanded from SEK 50 million in 1970 to 250 in 1975. In fixed prices it then remained on about the same level for almost two decades, from 1974/75 until 1992/93, when there was a rather dramatic cut in the aid allocation.

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  • Ole Elgström, 1999. "Giving Aid on the Recipient’s Terms: The Swedish Experience in Tanzania," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Goran Hyden & Rwekaza Mukandala (ed.), Agencies in Foreign Aid, chapter 4, pages 116-155, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-14982-7_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-14982-7_5
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