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Introduction
OECD 1999
Chapter 4
Country Programme Evaluations Workshop:
The Case of Tanzania
by Camilla Lema, Elieshi Lema and Carin Salerno
Swiss Agency for Development Co-operation
Co-ordination Office, Tanzania
This chapter gives an overview of the process of country programme evaluation
(CPE), which also has a direct link to the formulation of a subsequent new country
programme. It highlights the methodological experience of the Swiss Agency for
Development and Co-operation (SDC) in partnership co-operation and participatory
approaches applied in CPE with Tanzanian partners. In conclusion, the paper
provides a theoretical outline of an effective partner country involvement in CPEs.
Tanzania: country profile
Geography
Tanzania is the twelfth largest country in Africa lying just south of the equator
and covering an area of 945 000 square kilometres. It is bordered to the north by
Kenya; to the north-west by Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda; to the west by the
Congo, Zambia and Malawi; and to the south by Mozambique. Tanzania is a Republic
formed by the union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba
Islands) in 1964.
Total land area covers 885 000 square kilometres, of which 443 000 are woodlands
and only 60 000 are cultivated. Farming still relies on seasonal rainfall (heavy
between March and May, and short between October to December). Tanzania is
endowed with lakes and rivers covering approximately 60 000 square kilometres of
inland water which has not been effectively tapped for agricultural production and
provision of safe water to urban and rural areas.
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