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Sectors with quite supportive statements are 6 (environment, agriculture/livestock, energy, land, women and youth).
TAS has very supportive statements on attempt to halt pressure that reduces forest functionality but, PRSP and the
Tanzania Development Vision 2025 are neutral.
4.2.12 Supporting or encouraging development of new ideas
All the sector policies and national strategies reviewed are supporting development of new ideas. Policy makers and
implementers of the policies are encouraged to be innovative and open to new ideas beyond the traditional system of
managing natural resources. Science and technology is emphasised to have a central role in implementing all policies.
For example the Tanzania Development Vision 2025 section 4.2 (vi) states that “ The quality of livelihood should be
raised by increasing the level of productivity in all sectors. This goal can be achieved by transforming the economy
into strong, resilient and competitive one, buttressed by science and technology”
Sectors with very supportive statements on encouraging development of new ideas are 9 (forestry, environment,
wildlife, fishery, beekeeping, energy, mineral, tourism and science/technology. Those with quite supportive statements
are 4 (agriculture/livestock, land, women and youth).
4.2.13 Provision of strong links to other sector goals and strategies
Sector policies and national strategies reviewed all have very supportive statements providing strong links to other
sector goals and strategies. The links could enhance introduction and promotion of FLR that requires multi-sectoral cooperation
in its implementation.
4.3 Donor policies
Tanzania has a long history on development co-operation programmes which dates back to the early 1960s at the time
of independence. Donor assistance has therefore played and continues to play an important role in the development of
Tanzanian economy. Currently donor contribution accounts for 80 percent of the total government development
budget (Planning Commission 1999&2000). Tanzania has development co-operation programmes with over 50
government/donors, international financial institutions and NGOs covering hundreds of projects virtually in all sectors.
External assistance to Tanzania averages US$ 900 million per annum between 1994-1997 (Planning Commission
2000).
Recent developments on aid fatigue, rising corruption and lack of progress in reducing poverty have generated strong
debate on the effectiveness of aid to Tanzania. To enhance donor assistance to Tanzania, the government has
collaborated with donor agencies to harmonise donor policies in Tanzania both at national and international levels.
Some of the most recent developments in donor policies include the following:
• The New Nordic –Tanzania Development Partnership,
• OECD’s DAC – Shaping the 21-Century,
• The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD II),
• The Tokyo Agenda for Action,
• The Stockholm Workshop on Making Partnerships Work on the Ground.
Main emphasis on the above initiatives that are considered as guiding policies for donor support in Tanzania is on:
• Promoting local ownership and leadership
• Promoting partnership
• Improving aid co-ordination mechanism
• Improving transparency, accountability and predictability of aid
• Harmonising donor policies and procedures
• Strengthening capacity of aid recipient Government.
To address the above concerns, the government of Tanzania in collaboration with development partners, prepared the
“Tanzania Assistance Strategy” (TAS). The Planning Commission (2000) indicated that the Tanzania Assistance
Strategy is not a programme or project, but a process for enhancing effective donor support to Tanzania development
and poverty eradication.