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Paschal Bernard Assey
Paschal B. Assey, the author of this training seminar manual has been extensively involved in poverty-reduction initiatives in Tanzania. He holds a master’s degree in public administration from the...view morePaschal B. Assey, the author of this training seminar manual has been extensively involved in poverty-reduction initiatives in Tanzania. He holds a master’s degree in public administration from the Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in economics at the University of Dar es salaam in 1985, he was employed as an economist at the planning commission of the Government of Tanzania. He started at the lowest professional rank as economist grade III and grew up the ladder to the highest rank, the principal economist. He has also been extensively involved in numerous major national programs. Among the key programs are: (i) the Social Dimensions of Adjustment (SDA), a program which was supported by the United National Development Program (UNDP), focusing on measures to mitigate the adverse effects of World Bank supported Adjustment Programs of the 1980s and early 1990s, and (ii) it’s successor program titled Poverty Eradication Initiative Program, where he served as the national coordinator for about ten years.
He was also among the key individuals in the development of national policy documents to coordinate poverty reduction initiatives in Tanzania, including (i) the National Poverty Eradication Strategy (NPES), ii) Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Tanzania, iii) Poverty and Welfare Monitoring Indicators for Tanzania, iv) the Poverty Monitoring Master Plan, and v) the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty, popularly known by its Kiswahili acronym MKUKUTA. He also participated in developing specific targeted programs like the Small Entrepreneurs Loan Facility (SELF), Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF), and the Program for Formalization of Property Rights. He was also among the Core Team member that developed the Millennium Challenge Account Program for Tanzania (MCA-T).
In his career, he has served in different positions including (i) Training Manager on Socially Sensitive Planning with the SDA program, (ii) National Coordinator for the Poverty Eradication Initiatives Program, (iii) Assistant Director in the Poverty Eradication Division (PED), (iv) Acting Director of the PED, and (v) Deputy Chief Executive Officer MCA-T.
He decided to compile this training seminar manual to share his major life lessons mainly drawn from his experience, seminars he attended, and the teachings and knowledge gained from reading and listening tapes of world-renowned writers and motivational speakers on the Science of Personal Achievement and success. Included in this manual, therefore, are
—the author’s five major lessons from his long-term involvement on poverty-reduction initiatives and general life experience;
—brief narratives of a few selected twelve gurus on self-help and personal achievement;
—the researched seventeen principles of personal achievement ever written by Dr. Napoleon Hill, one of the icons on the Science of Personal Achievement;
—five secrets of life that the author would like all readers to draw their attention to; and
—the key traits that cut across all successful people.view less
Books by Paschal Bernard Assey
Learn the Fundamental Principles for Your Own Personal Achievement and Success: A Training Seminar Manual