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Our Development Goals: poverty reduction and the improvement of living standards

Development

The African continent remains by and large marginalized in the world economy, with over half of the population living under US$1 a day per person.  If the major Millennium Development Goal of reducing poverty by half by the year 2015 is to be achieved in Africa, a major policy shift is required, both at the national and international levels, to help boost growth and development in Africa (UNCTAD).

Our Context

We are set up not to view development as just a part of corporate social responsibility but to use its holistic and multi-disciplinary context to undertake our investment projects. This covers the development of livelihoods and greater quality of life for the Tanzanian population. We take into account governance, education, healthcare, education, economics, human rights, gender equality, infrastructure and the environment.

Our Work

It is impossible to cover every aspect of development in every single sector in the country; that would need a vast amount of resources and a large group of experts. Even though that is our long term goal, currently at IDIS, our work in investment (see FDI) and development is intertwined, providing quality services for investors while meeting the countries development goals. We specifically look at the following sectors, all of which are part of our investment scope too:

Click on the links above to access further information on the different sectors. For more information on the education sector or to discuss your area of interest , please contact us.

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The population of the world continues to grow, increasing demand for food, water and energy and placing increasing pressure on the environment. In most countries of the world, life expectancy is increasing, leading to larger populations of retirees who require pension and health benefits to last longer thus placing pressure on private and state social security systems.

The global economy continues to grow apace with China and India leading the way with export led manufacturing and services industries. While the standard of living in burgeoning economies rises, so too does the number of poor people around the world, many of them moving from the countryside to unemployment in the city slums as part of a search for a better lifestyle.

Economic growth has fuelled the demand for raw materials, particularly metals and minerals, and for energy. Education systems are failing to provide enough skilled professionals, artisans and managers to meet demand, particularly for the mining, energy, construction and education sectors. The health care sector is also under pressure to provide more cost-effective solutions.

Supplies of oil, gas, coal and uranium are forecast to peak as reserves are depleted. At the same time, fear of climate change is putting pressure on the energy sector to move away from carbon burning to nuclear, solar and other environmentally friendly energy sources. Transport, beneficiation and manufacturing systems need to adapt to changing energy sources and prices. While food supplies have more than kept pace with rising population levels in the past, a combination of biofuels, rising standards of living and climate change are stressing agricultural production.

Globalisation now comprehends the movement not just of physical goods, but also services, finance, people, information and ideas. As a result the world is becoming ever more interlinked putting pressure on global, national and local governance systems designed in a previous era by those with power and influence at the time. Economic power has shifted from the governments and companies of the USA and EU to those of the energy rich countries of the Middle East and Russia and of low cost Asian manufacturers and service providers. Military power could well follow and tensions could be exacerbated as groups with different beliefs and ideologies battle to access scarce resources.

Technology continues to play an important role in communication, entertainment and improving productivity and convergence is leading to the merging of computers, cell-phones, hi-fi, TV and other electronic devices, as well as the blending of cable, wireless and satellite communication. Technology is also allowing stock exchanges of the developed and developing worlds to merge and provide sophisticated trading products, while national trade surpluses are leading to the creation of influential sovereign wealth funds.

[Source: Brian, Mbendi]
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