Transcript Document 7207900

POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS,
MPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW
TANZANIA 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 macroeconomic 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
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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 decisionmaking 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.;
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• 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, crosssectoral collaboration & synergies
• Attention to mainstreaming crosscutting 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,R&A, C&S, DSA)
– Monitoring systems coordination
• Capacity to collect, process, analyse and
disseminate data
• Community participation in monitoring
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Monitoring challenges
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• Deepening and institutionalization of
stakeholders’ consultations.
• Link sector M&E 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
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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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