Baseline Information

Poverty in Tanzania

As of 2021, according to the IMF, Tanzania’s gross domestic product (GDP) was an estimated $71 billion (nominal), or $218.5 billion on a purchasing power parity (PPP) basis. GDP per capita (PPP) was $3,574. [1]

The economy of Tanzania is a lower-middle-income economy that is overwhelmingly dependent on agriculture. Tanzania’s economy has been transitioning from a command economy to a market economy since 1985. Although total GDP has increased since these reforms began, GDP per capita dropped sharply at first, and only exceeded the pre-transition figure in around 2007. [2]

Approximately 68 percent of Tanzania’s 61.1 million citizens live below the poverty line of $1.25 a day. 32 percent of the population are malnourished. [3]

Trends in poverty alleviation in Tanzania vary greatly between urban and rural areas in which about 70% of Tanzania’s population dwells. Endowments play a large part in distributing economic growth unevenly, with urban households having better access to infrastructure, health services, and education. Migratory trends towards urbanization, which have risen from “5.6% in 1967 to 29.1% in 2012,” are only increasing the inequality. [4]

According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the most prominent challenges Tanzania faces in poverty reduction are unsustainable harvesting of its natural resources, unchecked cultivation, climate change and water-source encroachment.

Programme Objectives, Outcome, Implementation and M&E

General Objective: This programme aims to induce and facilitate social and economic community development initiatives that will help the community to achieve sustainable economic and social development.

Programme Objectives	Programme Outcomes	Programme Plans	Implemented Plans	Monitoring and Evaluation Summary
SCDP Objective #1: Facilitate and promote innovation of social and economic development initiatives that will help marginal communities to achieve sustainable economic and social development	SCDP Objective #1: Outcomes 📌 Marginal communities achieve sustainable economic and social development	SCDP Objective #1: Plans 📌 Promote innovation of social and economic development initiatives for marginal communities Task List ➠ Design and implement projects that focus on accelerating sustainable development ➠ Conduct training and facilitation sessions ➠ Induce collaboration with other national and international organization with interest in innovation of development initiatives 📌 Facilitate social and economic marginal communities development initiatives Task List ➠ Provide technical support to marginal communities groups in their social and economic development issues ➠ Link development stakeholder and Marginal communities	SCDP Objective #1: Implementation 📌 Designing Development Projects to be implemented 📌 Promoted partnership in Project planning and Management for innovation of Initiatives	SCDP Objective #1: M&E Relevancy: Current Marginal communities social and economic setbacks Activities-Efficiency: Implementation of social and economic development initiatives Result-Effectiveness: Sustainable social and economic development initiatives Goal-Impact: Help marginal communities to achieve sustainable economic and social development Sustainability: Create environment for Continuous Innovation and Implementation of Sustainable development initiatives
SCDP Objective #2: Promote youths social, educational, economic, political, and psychological empowerment for their sustainable social and economic development	SCDP Objective #2: Outcomes 📌 Youths achieve sustainable economic and social development	SCDP Objective #2: Plans 📌 Promote innovation of social, educational, economic, political, and psychological youth empowerment projects Task List ➠ Design and implement projects that focus on youth empowerment ➠ Conduct training and facilitation sessions ➠ Induce collaboration with other national and international organization with interest in youth empowerment 📌 Facilitate youths social, educational, economic, political, and psychological empowerment Task List ➠ Provide technical support to youth in their social and economic development issues ➠ Link youths and development stakeholders ➠ Help youth to access and to take advantage of social and economic opportunities	SCDP Objective #2: Implementation 📌 Designing Development Projects to be implemented 📌 Promoted partnership in Project planning and Management for innovation of Initiatives 📌 Developing and conducting youth empowerment campaigns	SCDP Objective #2: M&E Relevancy: Current youth social and economic challenges Activities-Efficiency: Implementation of social and economic development initiatives Result-Effectiveness: Sustainable social and economic development initiatives Goal-Impact: Help youths to achieve sustainable economic and social development Sustainability: Create environment for Continuous Innovation and Implementation of Sustainable development initiatives
SCDP Objective #3: Facilitate women social, educational, economic, political, and psychological empowerment for their sustainable social and economic development	SCDP Objective #3: Outcomes 📌 Women achieve sustainable economic and social development	SCDP Objective #3: Plans 📌 Promote innovation of social, educational, economic, political, and psychological women empowerment projects Task List ➠ Design and implement projects that focus on women empowerment ➠ Conduct training and facilitation sessions ➠ Induce collaboration with other national and international organization with interest in women empowerment 📌 Facilitate women social, educational, economic, political, and psychological empowerment Task List ➠ Provide technical support to women in their social and economic development issues ➠ Link women and development stakeholders ➠ Help women to access and to take advantage of social and economic opportunities 📌 Promote innovation of gender based development initiatives for women Task List ➠ Design and implement projects that focus on women and gender ➠ Conduct training and facilitation sessions ➠ Induce collaboration with other national and international organization with interest in gender and development	SCDP Objective #3: Implementation 📌 Designing Development Projects to be implemented 📌 Promoted partnership in Project planning and Management for innovation of Initiatives 📌 Developing and conducting women empowerment campaigns 📌 Developing and conducting gender development campaigns	SCDP Objective #3: M&E Relevancy: Current women social and economic setbacks Activities-Efficiency: Implementation of social and economic development initiatives Result-Effectiveness: Sustainable social and economic development initiatives Goal-Impact: Help women to achieve sustainable economic and social development Sustainability: Create environment for Continuous Innovation and Implementation of Sustainable development initiatives
SCDP Objective #4: Promote and facilitate child protection initiatives that create a way for children to achieve sustainable development in the future	SCDP Objective #4: Outcomes 📌 Way for children to achieve sustainable economic and social development in the future	SCDP Objective #4: Plans 📌 Promote innovation of child protection initiatives for children sustainable development Task List ➠ Design and implement projects that create a way for children to achieve sustainable development in the future ➠ Conduct training and facilitation sessions ➠ Induce collaboration with other national and international organization with interest in innovation of initiatives that create a way for children to achieve sustainable development in the future 📌 Facilitate social and economic initiatives that create a way for children to achieve sustainable development in the future Task List ➠ Provide technical support to children groups/centers in their social and economic development issues ➠ Link development stakeholder and Marginal communities	SCDP Objective #4: Implementation 📌 Designing Development Projects to be implemented 📌 Promoted partnership in Project planning and Management for innovation of Initiatives 📌 Developing and conducting child protection campaigns	SCDP Objective #4: M&E Relevancy: ➠ Current Demand of child protection initiatives ➠ The fact that children need to be guided to their future social and economic development Activities-Efficiency: Implementation of social and economic development initiatives Result-Effectiveness: Sustainable social and economic development initiatives Goal-Impact: Help children to create a way for them to achieve sustainable economic and social development in the future Sustainability: Create environment for Continuous Innovation and Implementation of Sustainable development initiatives

References

1. “World Economic Outlook Database April 2018”. imf.org. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/SPROLLs/world-economic-outlook-databases#sort=%40imfdate%20descending

2. “Tanzania: The Story of an African Transition” (PDF). International Monetary Fund. 2009. https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/books/2009/tanzania/tanzania.pdf

3. “Tanzania”. Global Hunger Index – Official Website of the Peer-Reviewed Publication. Retrieved 26 March 2021. https://www.globalhungerindex.org/tanzania.html

4. United Nations Development Programme; Economic and Social Research Foundation (Tanzania); United Nations Development Programme; Office of the Resident Representative (Tanzania); Tanzania; Wizara ya Fedha (2015). Tanzania human development report 2014: economic transformation for human development. ISBN 9789987770007. OCLC 945734586.