TRANSPORT SECTOR PERFORMANCE AND IMPACT MEASUREMENT INDICATORS PRETORIA - SOUTH AFRICA

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TRANSPORT SECTOR PERFORMANCE AND IMPACT
MEASUREMENT INDICATORSPRETORIA - SOUTH AFRICA

• TANZANIAS EXISTING SITUATION
• By
• ALPHONCE V. MWINGIRA
• SENIOR TRANSPORT PLANNER
• MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT - MID

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RECAP FROM THE 2004 PRESENTATION

• POLICY PRIORITIES
• TO HAVE IN PLACE A TRANSPORT SECTOR THAT
  ADEQUATELY FACILITATES OTHER SECTOR TO ACHIEVE
  THEIR ASPIRATIONS
• MONITORING OF THE TRANSPORT SECTOR USING
  TRANSPORT STATISTICS/INDICATORS IN ORDER TO KNOW
  HOW EFFECTIVE THE SECTOR FACILITATES OTHER SOCIO
  ECONOMIC SECTORS TO ACHIEVE THEIR ASPIRATIONS
• LEGAL MANDATE
• REGULATORY AUTHORITIES AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
  HAVE A LEGAL MANDATE OF COLLECTIONG DATA
• THEY INCLUDE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS (NBS),
  TANZANIA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (TCAA),
  TANZANIA AIRPORTS AUTHORITY (TAA) AND SURFACE AND
  MARINE REGULTORY AUTHORITY (SUMATRA)

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MEASURES THAT ARE CURRENT IN USE

• ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF THE TRANSPORT,
  COMMUNICATIONS AND METEOROLOGY SECTOR STATISTICS
  DOCUMENT
• REPORTS THAT GIVE AN INDICATION OF
• TRAVEL TIME
• COST OF TRAVEL
• CONDITION OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

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DATA COLLECTION METHOD

• MINISTRIES RESPONSIBLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
  TRANSPORT SECTOR - PRIME MINISTERS OFFICE
  REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  (PMORALG), MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SAFETY (MoPS) AND
  MINISTRY OF FINANCE (MoF)
• TRANSPORT REGULATORY AUTHORITIES (TCAA, TAA,
  SUMATRA)
• NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS (NBS) NOW
  INCLUDES IN ITS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS QUESTIONNAIRES
  RELATED TO TRANSPORT. THE FIRST ATTEMPT WILL BE
  THIS YEAR
• MID
• COLLECTS DATA RELATED TO TRAVEL TIME AND COST OF
  TRAVEL
• THEREAFTER COMPILES ALL COLLECTED DATA AND
  PUBLISHES THEM ON ANNUAL BASIS

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STRENGTH

• A CLEAR INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK EXISTS
• LEGAL MANDATE
• RESULTS OF THE STRENGTH
• DECISION MAKERS HAVE BEEN CONVINCED THAT
  TRANSPORT SECTOR IS ONE OF THE MAJOR OBSTACLES
  THAT HINDERS SOCIO ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY
• BASING ON THE WEAKNESSES OUTLINED BY STATISTICS
  AND INDICATORS, A TRANSPORT SECTOR INVESTMENT
  PROGRAMME (TSIP) HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED
• THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE IS TO REHABILITATE AND
  DEVELOP THE SECTOR SO THAT IT ADEQUATELY
  FACILITATE OTHER SOCIO ECONOMIC SECTORS TO
  ACHIEVE THEIR ASPIRATIONS
• OVER 60 OF THE FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE
  TSIP IS EARMARKED FOR ROADS DEVELOPMENT, A MEANS
  OF TRANSPORT THAT IS MORE ADEQUATE FOR RURAL
  PEOPLE

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GAPS

• LOW RESOURCE CAPACITY (TECHNICAL AND HUMAN)
• LACK OF RURAL TRANSPORT INDICATORS
• POPULATION OF TANZANIA ABOUT 36 MILLION, 75 OF
  THEM LIVE IN THE RURAL AREAS. POVERTY IS MORE
  SEVERE IN THE RURAL AREAS THAN IN THE URBAN AREAS
  AND YET WE DO NOT HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE IN TERMS
  OF INDICATORS ON HOW TRANSPORT SECTOR CONSTRAINS
  EFFORTS OF REDUCING POVERTY IN THESE AREAS.
• LOW COMMITMENT BY DECISION MAKERS IN SEEING
  INDICATORS AS A DASHBOARD
• ALTHOUGH DECISION MAKERS HAVE STARTED USING
  TRANSPORT STATISTICS/INDICATORS IN BASING THEIR
  DECISIONS, THEY ARE STILL RELUCTANT TO WHOLLY BUY
  THE IDEA THAT THEY ARE A DASHBOARD FROM WHERE ONE
  CAN MONITOR THE SPEED AT WHICH A COUNTRY OR
  REGION IS MOVING TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT

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THANK YOU!!