Poverty and Human Development Report 2009 - UNDP in Tanzania
Poverty and Human Development Report 2009 - UNDP in Tanzania
Poverty and Human Development Report 2009 - UNDP in Tanzania
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POVERTY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT <strong>2009</strong><br />
Goal 4<br />
Goal 5<br />
86<br />
Adequate Social Protection <strong>and</strong> Provision of Basic<br />
Needs <strong>and</strong> Services for the Vulnerable <strong>and</strong> Needy<br />
Effective Systems to Ensure Universal Access to<br />
Quality <strong>and</strong> Affordable Public Services<br />
Goals 4 <strong>and</strong> 5 of MKUKUTA’s Cluster II encompass social protection. A national system of social<br />
protection, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g comprehensive provision of social security, is not yet <strong>in</strong> place. Until universal<br />
social protection measures are available, effective mechanisms to safeguard the well-be<strong>in</strong>g are<br />
required for vulnerable groups <strong>in</strong> society. Thus, the current MKUKUTA <strong>in</strong>dicators for these goals<br />
focus on those who are most at risk <strong>and</strong> may lack access essential social services, especially<br />
among children <strong>and</strong> the elderly. The <strong>in</strong>dicators are:<br />
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Proportion of children <strong>in</strong> child labour<br />
Proportion of children with disabilities attend<strong>in</strong>g primary school<br />
Proportion of orphaned children attend<strong>in</strong>g primary school<br />
Proportion of eligible elderly people access<strong>in</strong>g medical exemptions at public health<br />
facilities<br />
Proportion of population report<strong>in</strong>g satisfaction with health services<br />
Child Labour<br />
A group of children considered most vulnerable are those engaged <strong>in</strong> hazardous <strong>and</strong> exploitative<br />
work. Estimates from the Integrated Labour Force Survey (ILFS) 2006 show that 21.1% of children<br />
aged 5-17 years <strong>in</strong> Ma<strong>in</strong>l<strong>and</strong> <strong>Tanzania</strong> work <strong>in</strong> conditions which qualify as child labour (NBS,<br />
2008). This relates to both excessive (time-related) <strong>and</strong> hazardous (occupation-related) work:<br />
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Time-related, excessive work, which is def<strong>in</strong>ed accord<strong>in</strong>g to the age of the child:<br />
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-<br />
-<br />
any child 5-17 years of age who worked more than 43 hours per week on economic<br />
<strong>and</strong> housekeep<strong>in</strong>g work comb<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
children 15-17 years old, attend<strong>in</strong>g school, who worked 14-43 hours per week on<br />
economic <strong>and</strong> housekeep<strong>in</strong>g work comb<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
children under 15 years who worked 14-43 hours per week on economic <strong>and</strong><br />
housekeep<strong>in</strong>g work comb<strong>in</strong>ed (whether or not attend<strong>in</strong>g school)<br />
Occupation-related work that is considered hazardous:<br />
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house girls/boys<br />
m<strong>in</strong>ers, blasters, stone cutters, m<strong>in</strong>eral processors <strong>and</strong> m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g plant operators <strong>and</strong><br />
the like<br />
metal moulders, welders <strong>and</strong> the like