Are our children learning? Annual Learning Assessment Report 2011

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Author:
Uwezo Tanzania

Publisher:
Uwezo Initiative
Tanzania Education Network

Date published:
2011

Length:
58 pages

Introduction:
Karibu, Msomaji. Welcome to the Annual Learning Assessment Report by Uwezo Tanzania. Inside, you will learn the results of an assessment that covered 132 districts, 3,849 villages, 76,796 households, and 128,005 children. This report is the work of over 100 organizations throughout Tanzania, and the 7,980 volunteers who walked door to door, talking to parents and assessing children in literacy and numeracy, asking: “Are Our Children Learning?”

Their work on this assessment is done, yours is now beginning. Uwezo is committed not just to measuring learning but improving it, but we will need your help. How can we promote literacy and numeracy in every district, every village, and every household? Share your ideas on www.facebook.com/uwezotz; find us at www.uwezo.net or email us at tanzania@uwezo.net; text ‘Uwezo’ to +255 784 984 777; call in to radio talk shows to discuss student learning; speak to your children’s teachers; and give your own children the assessments, included in this report or available at our website.

Timiza jukumu lako, sote tuna uwezo.
– Suleman Sumra, Country Coordinator, Uwezo Tanzania

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Download here (PDF, two-page layout)

Suggested citation:
TANZANIA. UWEZO TANZANIA (2011). Are our children learning? Annual Learning Assessment Report 2011. Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: Uwezo Initiative.

Analytical Report for Integrated Labour Force Survey 2006

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Author:
National Bureau of Statistics
Ministry of Planning, Economy and Empowerment
Tanzania Gender Networking Programme
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Development

Publisher:
National Bureau of Statistics

Date published:
November 2007

Length:
148 pages

Introduction (text borrowed from Foreword):
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals has increased the need for data to monitor and evaluate poverty eradication in all United Nations member states. Demand for effective data in Tanzania emerged clearly in 1997 time when the Government adopted the National Poverty Eradication Strategy (NPES). The NPES was later transformed into the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). This was subsequently revised to arrive at the currently prevailing National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP), or MKUKUTA, in February 2005.

The monitoring process requires a well-managed statistical system that ensures that the required statistics are collected, processed and disseminated within the agreed time period. In recognition of this, Tanzania has established a clear sequence of national surveys to replace the previous ad hoc household surveys system. Under the old system, surveys were conducted in response to specific requests from donors, with little emphasis on coordination of a systematic long-term series of surveys that responds to national needs and priorities of local data users.

Under the current national household census and surveys system, the census is set to be undertaken every ten years, while the household surveys are repeated at five-year intervals. The Integrated Labour Force Survey (ILFS) is among the surveys planned to be conducted once in every five-year interval. To ensure this system moves smoothly, the country has established a basket/pooled funding system that will finance all the selected census and surveys.

This report presents the findings of the ILFS that was conducted in 2006 with funding from the NSGRP/MKUKUTA system. The findings update those of the ILFS conducted in 2000/01, and reveal changes in the labour market of the country between year 2001 and 2006. The survey results provide labour market indicators for tracking progress made in implementing various policy reforms such as job creation as planned in NSGRP/MKUKUTA.

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Part 1: Download here (PDF)
Part 2: Download here (PDF)
Part 3: Download here (PDF)

Suggested citation:
TANZANIA. THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS (2007). Analytical Report for Integrated Labour Force Survey 2006. Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: The National Bureau of Statistics.

Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2010

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Author:
National Bureau of Statistics
ICF Macro

Publisher:
National Bureau of Statistics
ICF Macro

Date published:
2010

Length:
482 pages

Introduction:
The 2010 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS) is the eighth in a series of Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in Tanzania. The 2010 TDHS is a nationally representative survey of 10,300 households selected from 475 sample points throughout Tanzania. All women age 15-49 in these households and all men age 15-49 in a subsample of one-third of the households were individually interviewed. The sample was designed to produce separate estimates on key indicators for the national level, for urban and rural areas, and for seven zones. For selected indicators, estimates can be calculated at the regional level.

The survey collected information on fertility levels and preferences, marriage, sexual activity, awareness and use of family planning methods, maternal and child health, breastfeeding practices, nutritional and anaemia status of women and young children, childhood mortality, use of bed nets and antimalarials, awareness and behaviour regarding HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), female genital cutting (FGC), and adult and maternal mortality. This survey also included an important module on domestic violence.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) conducted the survey, which took place in the field from 19 December 2010 to 23 May 2011. Funding for the survey was provided by the Tanzanian government through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW), Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC), Department for International Development (DFID), World Health Organization (WHO)/Zanzibar), United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Irish Aid. ICF Macro provided technical assistance for the survey through its MEASURE DHS programme.

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Suggested citation:
TANZANIA. THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS (2010). Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2010. Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: The National Bureau of Statistics and ICF Macro.

Doing business in the East African Community 2011

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Author:
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
World Bank

Publisher:
World Bank
International Finance Corporation

Date published:
2011

Length:
80 pages

Introduction:
Doing Business in the East African Community 2011 is a regional report that draws on the
global Doing Business project and its database as well as the findings of Doing Business 2011: Making a Difference for Entrepreneurs, the eighth in a series of annual reports investigating regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it.

Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 183 economies—from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—over time. This report presents a summary of Doing Business indicators for the East African Community. It focuses on 5 economies: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

Regulations affecting 11 areas of the life of a business are covered: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, closing a business, getting electricity and employing workers. The getting electricity and employing workers data are not included in the ranking on the ease of doing business in Doing Business 2011.

Data in Doing Business 2011 are current as of June 1, 2010. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where and why. The methodology for the employing workers indicators changed for Doing Business 2011. See Doing Business website for details.

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Suggested citation:
EAST AFRICA. THE WORLD BANK (2011). Doing business in the East African Community 2011. Washington, DC: The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation.