United Republic of Tanzania: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Joint Staff Advisory Note
IMF Staff Country Reports, April 25, 2006
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- Published: April 25, 2006
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451838480.002
Summary
- This paper presents Joint Staff Advisory Note on the United Republic of Tanzania’s Poverty Reduction Strategy.
- Tanzania has already achieved the Millennium Development Goals for universal primary education.
- Significant progress has been made in reducing income poverty, malnutrition, child mortality, and gender inequality in primary education.
- Improving agricultural productivity requires making progress with implementing the agricultural sector strategy, promoting innovation, value addition and crop and region-specific approaches, and removing obstacles to doing business.
Major findings and developments
- Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals for universal primary education.
- Significant progress in:
- Reducing income poverty.
- Reducing malnutrition.
- Reducing child mortality.
- Reducing gender inequality in primary education.
Agricultural productivity and structural challenges
- Key requirements to improve agricultural productivity:
- Making progress with implementing the agricultural sector strategy.
- Promoting innovation.
- Promoting value addition.
- Promoting crop and region-specific approaches.
- Removing obstacles to doing business.
Policy focus areas (implicit recommendations)
- Implement the agricultural sector strategy more fully.
- Encourage innovation and value addition in agriculture.
- Tailor approaches to specific crops and regions.
- Reduce business environment obstacles affecting agriculture and broader economic activity.