Tanzania's social policy is characterised by three dominant regimes, although with some overlapping elements of selectivism and universalism. It is shown that the process of social policy formulation can be initiated by technocrats, or task forces at ministerial level. However, the process is long and cumbersome. The country lacks a comprehensive national social policy but has instead sectoral social policies. Implementing agents are communities, NGOs, and government institutions while the implementation process is top-down. The main funders of social policy include government, donors, NGOs, individuals and religious institutions. Tanzania's social policy research capacity is very weak. There is no institutionalised social policy research and consequently there is a need to strengthen social policy research capacity.
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