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Tanzania financial crisis initiative performance evaluation

2012EnglishThis publication was produced .... for the Tanzania Financial Crisis Initiative Performance Evaluation Task Order ....' [Task order 11] | Evaluated project title: Financial crisis initiative (FCI) | Project title: Leadership in public financial management (LPFM) Socioeconomic developmentCODE: 621; Tanzania

Metadata

Authors
Hoffman, Rebecca | Vang, Ka
Contract/Code
EEM-I-00-07-00005-00 | 621-A-00-10-00006-00 | 623-A-00-06-00003-00 | AID-621-A-00-10-00006 | AID-623-A-00-06-00003 | 621-A-00-00006-00
Institution
13514 - Deloitte Consulting, LLP 13891 USAID. Bur. for Economic Growth, Education and Environment. Ofc. of Policy
Keywords
Socioeconomic development | Financial management | Financial needs | Social safety net programs | Food production | Social development | At-risk groups | Access to resources | Markets | Nutrition improvement UA40 Food aid programs (1080.0) | Financial management (482.5) | Finance (172.0)
ID
PDACU767
File size
2733 KB
Source
Open PDF

Abstract

In response to the financial crisis of 2008, the United States Government (USG) provided a stimulus package, known as the Financial Crisis Initiative (FCI), to complement actions by the Government of Tanzania (GoT) to stimulate the Tanzanian economy, increase food production, and provide social protection and safety nets to vulnerable groups.  The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contributed a total of $52.7 million over two phases to the FCI, intended as a rapid response to assist the rural poor affected by the financial crisis.  Organizations already conducting similar programs in Tanzania were identified and their programs expanded to targeted vulnerable communities.  The bulk of the USAID FCI support consisted of four safety net components implemented from 2009 to 2012 by the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and the United States Department of Interior (DOI).  These four components included: (1) Food for Education (FFE) implemented by WFP to provide school meals to primary school students in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT); (2) Food for Assets (FFA) implemented by WFP to enable community members to receive food while working on infrastructure construction projects to improve food production and/or access to markets (3)Cash for Work (C4W) implemented by WWF and DOI to provide temporary income while building infrastructure for communities in Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) that may have suffered from a reduction in tourism; and (4) Cash Transfer implemented by WFP to provide training on nutritional practices to mothers with young children along with a monthly cash transfer to enable these mothers to better feed their children.  Deloitte's Leadership in Public Financial Management (LPFM) FCI Evaluation Team undertook a performance evaluation on behalf of USAID, focusing largely on the effectiveness and sustainability of the FCI.  Performance measurement centers on whether a program has achieved its objectives, expressed as measurable performance standards.  Key recommendations based on findings from each FCI component are included.  (Excerpt, modified)