POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, MPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW TANZANIA EXPERIENCE

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POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS,
MPLEMENTATION AND REVIEWTANZANIA EXPERIENCE

• SUSTAINING PARTICIPATION IN POVERTY REDUCTION
  STRATEGIES WORKSHOP, MAY 2, 2005
• ACCRA, GHANA

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BACKGROUND

• Tanzania has long history in fighting poverty
  since our independence 1961.
• Various Poverty related Policies were developed
  at different time.
• Significant achievements have been made, however
  we also experienced some challenges which have
  led to reviews of those policies

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Recent initiatives in fighting poverty

• Various reform programmes
• PRS I (2000-2003)
• PRS Review Process
• Launching (2003)
• Stakeholders Consultations.

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PRS IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW OF THE PERFORMANCE

• The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS-I) provided
  for priority sectors and cross cutting issues,
  namely agriculture, education, health, water,
  rural roads, judiciary, and HIV/AIDS. The
  activities were set within these priority sectors
  to achieve a number of targets. Recent review of
  sector performance has shown positive encouraging
  results, whereby significant progress has been
  recorded for a number of targets and modest
  progress recorded on others.

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Summary of lessons drawn from the implementation
of PRS

• PRS focused on few priority sectors which did not
  fully meet the aspired development programme
  objectives
• Implementation of PRS is not sufficient in
  ensuring sustained long term growth, so there is
  need for strategic investments that can make the
  economy grow and reduce poverty
• Successes and benefits recorded in macro-economic
  performance and reforms laid foundation for
  addressing poverty reduction
• There is a need to strengthen LGAs in monitoring
  poverty reduction

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Summary of lessons drawn from the implementation
of PRS (Cont.)

• PRS provided an opportunity for linkages between
  sectoral strategies and poverty reduction
• PRS enhanced transparency and accountability in
  the management of public resources released for
  poverty reduction interventions
• PRS approach has facilitated the implementation
  of government policy of fiscal decentralisation
  by channelling more funds to LGAS
• PRS provided a platform for stakeholder
  consultations and
• PRS has demonstrated the need to have clear link
  between the national policies and the budgetary
  resource allocation.

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Objectives and issues which were considered
during the Review process

• The overall objective was to update the original
  PRSP in a manner that will create more
  commitment, ownership and rally all the
  stakeholders behind it
• Specific objectives were-
• To make PRS more comprehensive and pro poor
• To expand and deepen interventions to reduce
  poverty
• To create commitment and build consensus on the
  priority outcomes for poverty reduction

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Principles which were considered during the
Review process

• Be nationally owned and driven by national
  interests and the national agenda
• Be developed through a participatory/consultative
  process
• Build on what we have and not start a completely
  new PRS
• Set realistic and achievable operational outcomes
• Harmonize NSGRP with other Government Processes

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Levels of Consultations

• Village and community Level
• District Level
• Regional Level
• National Level

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The current NSGRP strategy framework

• Three broad clusters
• Broad outcomes
• Goals
• Operational targets
• Sub categories
• Cluster strategies
• Intervention Package
• Areas of collaboration
• Actors

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MEDIUM TERM PLAN OBJECTIVES AND NSGRP FOCUS

• Medium Term Plan Objectives
• Consolidate macroeconomic stability by pursuing
  and sustaining pro-growth strategies and
  interventions that will yield sustainable and
  broad-based economic growth required in fighting
  poverty
• Create conducive environment for private sector
  development
• Improve and sustain quality of life and social
  well-being by paying more attention on equity and
  quality issues in the delivery of social services

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Medium Term Plan Objectives (Cont.)

• Foster and sustain good governance and
  accountability through combating
  crimes/corruption/insecurity and integrating
  future needs of peace enforcing organs into
  planning and budgeting process
• Mainstream cross-cutting issues including gender
  equity, HIV/AIDS control, environmental
  protection and good governance actions into
  sector strategies and activities
• Implement public sector reforms to entrench
  public accountability, transparency and
  efficiency in conducting government business, and
  enhancing broad-based participation in
  decision-making process

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Medium Term Plan Objectives (Cont.)

• Implement Pay Reform Programme in order to
  promote efficiency in the delivery of services in
  the public sector
• Create employment opportunities through increased
  investment in the productive sectors, strategic
  economic infrastructure, and social services.
• Increase resource allocation to identified
  poverty reduction cluster interventions. and
• Allocate resources taking into account the needs
  of vulnerable groups.

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NSGRP focus

• Major clusters strategies
• Growth and reduction of income poverty
• Improvement of quality of life and social well
  being
• Good governance and Accountability

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NSGRP Departure from PRS

• NSGRP Focus on RESULTS/OUTCOME
• Inter-sectoral linkages, cross-sectoral
  collaboration synergies
• Attention to mainstreaming cross-cutting issues
• More Attention to Governance Accountability

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NSGRP Depature from PRS (Cont.)

• Further aligned with MDGs, NEPAD
• NSGRP has five year framework
• Prioritization in terms of three clusters, broad
  outcomes, goals and cluster strategies

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NSGRP STATUS AND WAYS FORWARD

• NSGRP preparation was launched in October 2003
  during the Poverty Policy Week October 2003.
• The first round of consultations at different
  levels was completed in April 2004.
• The consolidation of stakeholders inputs and
  development of first draft was completed in
  August 2004.
• The second round of consultations on the first
  draft was completed in September 2004.
• The second draft of NSGRP was completed and
  availed in October 2004, and refined more in Nov.
  2004 during PPW

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Challenges

• Implementation
• Monitoring
• Financing

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Implementation Challenges

• Link with/align with the Government budget
• Coherence of sector strategic plans with NSGRP
• Review of sector and District development plans
  in line with NSGRP

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Implementation Challenges (cont.)

• Further mainstreaming of the cross cutting issues
  in sector and district plans
• Capacity Development
• Skills and knowledge under new outcome based
  approach.
• Coordination of implementing actors
• Implementation Mechanism

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Monitoring challenges

• PMS review to reflect NSGRP
• PMS review to reflect the global commitment
  including MDGs
• Monitoring capacities
• Monitoring Skills and knowledge
• Systems of Monitoring (RDS,RA, CS, DSA)
• Monitoring systems coordination
• Capacity to collect, process, analyse and
  disseminate data
• Community participation in monitoring

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Monitoring challenges ..cont.

• Deepening and institutionalization of
  stakeholders consultations.
• Link sector ME to the PMS
• Monitoring indicators
• Determine both quantitative and qualitative
  indicators
• Determine accuracy, relevance, frequency and
  availability of data

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Financing Challenges

• Domestic sources
• Improved measures of revenue collections
• External source (Borrowing, Grants, Aid)
• Predictability of external sources
• Reliability (honoring pledges)
• Resources allocation
• Budget for NSGRP versus Non NSGRP

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Financing Challenges (cont.)

• Resources utilization
• Effectiveness and efficiency in resources
  utilization (absorption capacity)
• Accountability and transparency of resources
  utilization to stakeholders

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The Way forward for NSGRP

• Training on skills enhancement for key
  stakeholders in poverty and policy related areas
  and changing the mind set
• Translate NSGRP in Swahili language and prepare
  popular versions, posters, leaflets etc., in
  order to strengthen dissemination, advocacy and
  sensitization of NSGRP
• Review the PMS and develop PMMP in line with
  NSGRP

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Way forward for NSGRP (Cont.)

• Develop implementation framework for NSGRP to
  guide preparations of MDAs and LGAs
  implementation plans
• Prepare Communication Strategy and its
  implementation plan
• Strengthening capacity to implement the NSGRP, to
  collect, process, analyse and disseminate data
  for policy making and
• Prepare Annual NSGRP Progress Reports (annual
  review), to evaluate annual performance and for
  annual budgeting process.

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Way forward for NSGRP (Cont.)

• Series of meetings to enhance intersectoral
  collaboration
• Looking the ways and means to enhance inter
  sectoral linkages and tapping the synergies and
  cross sectoral collaboration.
• Thematic discussion among the stakeholders in
  order to enhance the understanding of
  opportunities and challenges.
• Support sectors to align SDPs with NSGRP

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