Samuel Gayi, Chief of the UNCTAD Special Unit on Commodities, examined development challenges and policy options for managing the extractive sector during a Vi national workshop for 37 lecturers and students of Tanzanian core member, the University of Dar es Salaam (UDBS) Business School, April 25-26.

As recent natural gas discoveries and plans by Norwegian Statoil to build a liquefied gas production facility may make the country a major exporter of energy to fast-growing markets in Asia, academics at UDBS requested the training hoping to find ways for the sector to lift Tanzania out of poverty.

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