BOOK REVIEW: Mark. J. Mwandosya, Regulatory Challenges in Africa: An Empirical Analysis. Dar- es- Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2021. 309 pages, ISBN:978-9987-08-500-2.

Abstract

A decade ago, one of the foremost public management scholars Donald Kettl, remarked that the government failed to meet public expectations because many of the current problems we face do not match the institutions we have created to govern them (Kettl,2008). How do we then construct institutions and maintain better regulations? Do we have the capacity to design a better regulatory policy which would embrace a wide array of diversified interests in Tanzania? The Committee for Economic Development (2017) have proposed the following guidelines for countries to design and execute rational regulations policies and avoid cronyism:

• Better information, that is, the data and economic analysis, the "tools" in the regulatory armamentarium, used in the planning and evaluation of regulations;


• Better oversight and monitoring of the regulatory policy process, institutions and people involved—the regulators, or "the carpenters" who build and maintain the regulations; and


• Better collaboration between input from regulators and all stakeholders (including businesses and the general public).

Mark. J. Mwandosya's Regulatory Challenges in Africa: An Empirical Analysis is a stunning book. The author's rich experience as a seasoned scholar and practitioner accords him with the imprimatur needed to address the regulatory challenges in Africa. His choice of Public and economic utilities is even more timely as Africa and Tanzania particularly struggle with regulatory and governance challenges.