FIN. & LEGAL MANAGEMENT UPGRADING

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The objectives of the project are to improve accounting and auditing standards on the one hand, and the legal framework and the administration of justice on the other by strengthening key institutions. The project will provide assistance for: (a) financial management improvement through; (i) upgrading of accounting and auditing, training, technical assistance, office, classroom and transport equipment, and office and residential accommodations; (b) upgrading of the legal sector through: (i) training and limited office and computer equipment; and (ii) revision and publication of the laws of Tanzania; (c) studies including: (i) a legal sector study to prepare a detailed strategy for the development of the legal sector; (ii) a cost recovery study to suggest ways of improving cost recovery in project beneficiary institutions, and (iii) a Tanzania Audit Corporation study to suggest practical steps necessary for implementing the government decision to open up the audit of parastatal accounts to competition; and (d) project coordination to pay for the office costs and salaries of two project coordinators: one for the financial management component, and the other for the legal sector component, and the incremental operating costs of project institutions.