NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR GROWTH AND REDUCTION OF POVERTY (NSGRP) June 2005

Tanzania PRSP I 2000

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA INTERIM POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER (PRSP)

United Republic of Tanzania http://www.tanzania.go.tz/

Parliament of Tanzania http://www.parliament.go.tz/bunge/bunge.asp

In Tanzania, APRN works with the special committee on poverty reduction within the Parliament of Tanzania, which has been a member of the APRN since its launch in 2003. The Poverty Reduction Committee has played an active role in setting the PRSP agenda in Tanzania. New mechanisms have been developed to monitor spending of public funds through sharing reports on money allocation with all parliamentary committees.

Primary education was the focus of the community monitoring pilot project in Tanzania. General findings showed that the population is happy with the government’s Primary Education Development Program (PEDP). With the help of the Community Score Card and the Citizen Report Card, the pilot project was able to show that beneficiaries and service providers feel that the quality of education has improved with the introduction of the PEDP, which has lead to increased school enrolment and a lower drop-out rate. This in turn has led to a lack of teachers and teaching facilities, which needs to be addressed.

Due to the success of the pilot project, the Parliament of Tanzania is interested in incorporating community monitoring tools into the day-to-day activities of parliament.

For more information on the pilot project, please contact: Mr. Emmanuel Mpanda, Parliamentary Researcher: arampanda@yahoo.com

Official name United Republic of Tanzania Population 37,4 million (2006) Capital Dodoma (administrative capital and home for the Parliament) and Dar es Salaam (home for the government) Type of legislature Unicameral Women in Parliament 30.4% (2006) Major languages Kiswahili or Swahili (official), English (official), Arabic ( Zanzibar) and many local languages % of population below poverty line 36% (2002 est.) HIV-AIDS prevalence 8.8% (2003 est.) Literacy rate male: 85.9% female: 70.7% (2003 est.) GDP per capita $800 (2006 est.) HDI 2006 0.430, ranks 162 out of 177 countries