The core purpose of PHDR 2009 is to review progress towards Tanzania’s development goals as set by the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty 2005-2010 (MKUKUTA). This brief, the first of a series of five briefs on the report, presents a summary of trends and targets under MKUKUTA’s

Progress towards Improved Quality of Life and Social Well-being for All Tanzanians The broad outcomes of MKUKUTA’s Cluster II are to improve the quality of life and social well-being of Tanzanians and to reduce inequalities across geographic areas and between income, age, gender, and other groups. Expanded access to, and

Progress towards Good Governance and Increased Accountability in Tanzania Economic growth, reduction of poverty and improved quality of life all rely upon the fair, effective and transparent use of Tanzania’s resources. Therefore, the success of MKUKUTA’s Clusters I and II rely on achieving the four desired outcomes of MKUKUTA’s Cluster

An Analysis of Household Income and Expenditure in Tanzania Chapter 2 of PHDR 2009 examined national progress in poverty reduction by comparing findings from the latest Household Budget Survey conducted in 2007 with the previous HBS in 2000/01. The analysis looked at household well-being from several different perspectives: household consumption

The Status of Growth and the Reduction of Income Poverty in Tanzania MKUKUTA’s Cluster I focuses on growth and the reduction of income poverty. What are the trends for GDP and sectoral growth? Will the targets set by MKUKUTA be achieved?

Tanzania has considered water as a scarce resource and as a consequence, a constraint to, rather than enabler of, growth. However, the potential of water to support growth in the economy has not been fully explored. In reality, Tanzania has an adequate…

The average annual growth rate of 6% achieved by Tanzania since 2000 is high by historical comparisons with the 1980s and 1990s, yet it remains low in relation to the target of 8-10% needed to reduce income poverty to the levels set in the Development

MKUKUTA’s Cluster II focuses on the social service sectors, notably education, health, water and sanitation, and social protection. What are the trends for the achievements so far, and what implications can we draw from these trends?

This study, known as the ‘Views of the Children’ (VoC) study was designed to be complementary to the ‘Views of the People’ (VoP) survey. The Views of the People 2007 is a major survey commissioned as part of the Poverty Monitoring System (PMS)…

Each chapter of this report offers specific conclusions and recommendations. Here, a brief synopsis of the overall implications of the report’s findings is provided, in accordance with the Research and Analysis Working Group’s mandate to highlight policy…

This chapter argues that an overriding strategy is required to provide clear direction for national resource mobilization and concentration of development efforts. In addition, it explores issues which arise in developing and implementing a direction…

Chapters 4 to 8 provide a summary of the key findings from the Views of the People Survey conducted in March and April 2007 throughout Mainland Tanzania and the complementary survey of Views of the Children. A total of 7,879 Tanzanians aged from 7 to…

Chapters 1 to 3 provides a consolidated view of the progress of Tanzania’s National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty 2005-2010 (MKUKUTA). The most recent data on indicators for the goals and targets of MKUKUTA’s three major clusters of desired

Education, health and well-being, water and sanitation, social protection and service provision This cluster includes sectors that were considered “priority sectors” in Tanzania’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS), and it should be noted that strategies to ensure a well-educated and healthy population are critical for promoting growth

Economic management, growth, agriculture, food availability and accessibility, reduction of poverty, and energy The broad outcome for MKUKUTA’s first cluster is broad-based and equitable growth that is achieved and sustained. The overall assessment for this cluster indicates progress, but the rate of growth needs to be accelerated, with particular attention

This Status Report 2006 is produced in accordance with the MKUKUTA Monitoring Master Plan (MPEE, 2006), which calls for a short report on the status of growth, poverty, and governance in Tanzania. The report provides information and analysis for the first year of implementation of MKUKUTA based upon the full