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Tanzania: Integrity Indicators Scorecard

Tanzania: Integrity Scorecard Report > Sub-Category: Business Licensing and Regulation
Indicators		Score
67	Are business licenses available to all citizens?	63
68	Are there transparent business regulatory requirements for basic health, environmental, and safety standards?	100
69	Does government effectively enforce basic health, environmental, and safety standards on businesses?	8

Indicator and sub-Indicator Details

Are business licenses available to all citizens?

67a: In law, anyone may apply for a business license.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: The Business Licencing Act Chapter 208 Section 3 [ LINK ]

67b: In law, a complaint mechanism exists if a business license request is denied.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: The Business Licencing Act Chapter 208 Section 24

67c: In practice, citizens can obtain any necessary business license (i.e. for a small import business) within a reasonable time period.

Score:

100

Comments:

References: World Bank Investment Climate Assessment in East Africa Washington, D.C. 2004

Peer Review Comments: The process of getting a business license is bureaucratic and cumbersome. It encourages corruption on the part of government officials dealing with licensing.

67d: In practice, citizens can obtain any necessary business license (i.e. for a small import business) at a reasonable cost.

Score:

100

Comments:

References: World Bank Investment Climate Assessment in East Africa Washington, D.C. 2004

Peer Review Comments: Because of the bureacratic nature of getting licenses, the cost of getting them is inflated as bribery is involved.

Are there transparent business regulatory requirements for basic health, environmental, and safety standards?

68a: In law, basic business regulatory requirements for meeting public health standards are transparent and publicly available.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: Busines Lincensing Act Chapter 208 Section 27(1) Regulation 6(d)

The Business Licensing Regulations

68b: In law, basic business regulatory requirements for meeting public environmental standards are transparent and publicly available.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: Busines Lincensing Act Chapter 208 Section 27(1) Regulation 6(d)

The Business Licensing Regulations

68c: In law, basic business regulatory requirements for meeting public safety standards are transparent and publicly available.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: Busines Lincensing Act Chapter 208 Section 27(1) Regulation 6(d)

The Business Licensing Regulations

Does government effectively enforce basic health, environmental, and safety standards on businesses?

69a: In practice, business inspections by government officials to ensure public health standards are being met are carried out in a uniform and even-handed manner.

Score:

100

Comments:

References: Brian Cooksey "Corruption and Governance in Tanzania: What Does the Literature Say?" Report for the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Governance Working Group pp. 40-41 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania June 2005

Peer Review Comments: It is not true that all inspections are purely designed to extract extra payments. Bodies such as the Bureau of Standards and National Environmental Management Agency do carry out serious audits, despite instances of bribery. The inspection arms of local government are much more prone than are these kinds of agencies to sacrificing their roles for financial gain.

69b: In practice, business inspections by government officials to ensure public environmental standards are being met are carried out in a uniform and even-handed manner.

Score:

100

Comments:

Peer Review Comments: It is however not true that all the inspections are purely driven by financial gain interests

69c: In practice, business inspections by government officials to ensure public safety standards are being met are carried out in a uniform and even-handed manner.

Score:

100

Comments: