Tanzania Socio-Economic Database Tanzania/UNCT Presentation to ECOSOC: Implementing the Internationally agreed Development Goals: National Perspectives and Strategies July 7, 2005, New York Cletus P. B. Mkai National Bureau of Statistics United Republic of Tanzania 1

What is TSED? TSED is an indicator and database system; facilitates systematization, storage and analysis of performance indicators; allows user-friendly access to data and presentations in Maps, Graphs, Tables and Reports; allows grouping of indicators in different frameworks, e.g. integrating MDGs, PRS, etc It is institutionally based at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), and supported by over 20 Government Ministries and Institutions, including Bank of Tanzania. Maintenance and updating is done at NBS. TSED has been a good example of how successful partnerships between the Government and its bilateral partners (UNDP and UNICEF) can be. TSED is currently running on stand-alone and on web (www.tsed.org) – Tanzania is one of the two countries piloting this DevInfo web version 2

Why a common database? Data not easily accessible: disperse in various institutions; restricted use within Ministries and Institutions; format not easy to access, read and process; no proper documentation (definitions /metadata) Enhance statistical capacity and literacy – Two focal points in more than 20 TSED collaborating Ministries and Institutions continuously being trained on how to use and update the database. Support evidence-based advocacy – as a database, TSED allows public advocates to monitor progress of international, regional and national goals and commitments In designing our project – the following were considered the main constraints to data use in country… Hope to increase availability by generating home grown demand for data Creating a central data repository Training programme 3

Who are the target users of TSED? 1. Increasing use for policy design and implementation Government officials / Parliamentarians Local Government planners and policy makers Staff involved in day-to-day policy making and planning NGOs Staff of NBS incl. Regional Statistical Officers Donors 2. Stimulating public monitoring of policy VPO NBS Universities and research centers 3. Improving social communication Media The target groups relate to the intended outcomes as described earlier. The following groups should gain a better sense of how to use data for policy design and implementation… stimulate public monitoring… Improve the discourse on development by basing claims on evidence… 12 in-country trainers should reflect these groups 4

Where is data from? Line Ministries Surveys/Censuses Routine data collection systems e.g. Ministry of Education, Health, Water, Agriculture Surveys/Censuses Population and Housing Census, Household Budget Survey, Demographic and Health Survey, Integrated Labour Force Survey, etc. Special research conducted in various areas Data from various sources available in TSED is disaggregated by gender, rural/urban strata and age groups Data available at national, regional, district [ward level data for pop counts] In designing our project – the following were considered the main constraints to data use in country… Hope to increase availability by generating home grown demand for data Creating a central data repository Training programme 5

Use of TSED in Poverty Monitoring TSED as a tool for storage and dissemination of all quantitative information is at the very heart of the poverty monitoring systems. Most of the MDGs and targets are incorporated To highlight priorities using empirical data To inform the public and policy makers on progress on Poverty reduction indicators and MDGs To trigger action to meet time-bound targets To contribute towards the design of policies based on evidence To create public interest in progress at home and abroad Database contain Themes highlighting Poverty (currently), Goals highlighting MDGs and Sector. 6

TSED Database Indicators by Themes 7

TSED Database Indicators by Goals, e.g. MDGs 8

MDG 1, Target 1 – Food Poverty Line Population below the Food PL 9

Population below the Food PL MDG 1, Target 1 – Food Poverty Line Population below the Food PL 10

MDG 1, Target 1 – Basic Needs Poverty Line Population below the Basic Needs PL 11

Population below the Basic Needs PL MDG 1, Target 1 – Basic Needs Poverty Line Population below the Basic Needs PL 12

MDG 4, Target 5 – Under five Mortality Regions Districts Deaths per 1,000 live births 58 - 133 134 - 163 164 - 175 176 - 217 Missing data Census 2002 13

MDG 4, Target 5 – Under five Mortality DHS series. Note: The figure for 2004-05 TDHS is 112 per 1,000 from the Preliminary Report 14

MDG 4, Target 5 – Under five Mortality Note: The figure for 1978, 1988, and 2002 are from Population Censuses 15

MDG 2, Target 3 – Net Enrolment Source: BES 2004 16

TSED facilitate disagregation….. Primary NER - Regions 17

Primary NER -- Districts 18

MDG 5, Target 6 – Births attended by skilled Health Personnel 19.6 – 32.9 33 – 44.4 44.5 – 86.7 Missing Data DHS 1996 19

MDG 7, Target 10 - Accessibility to safe drinking water Regions Districts Per Cent 21 – 38 39 – 57 58 -88 Census 2002 20

Opportunities and challenges offered by the MDGs framework There was in place a national policy framework and poverty monitoring system, that made integration of MDGs easy TSED is at the very heart of the poverty monitoring system; facilitating storage and dissemination of all quantitative information generated by the poverty monitoring system i.e. from the routine data collection systems and Surveys and Census. Challenges To collect/collate the full complement of data sets to compute indicators under a number of targets e.g. target 9 (Goal 7) Always producing indicators allowing addressing equity issues in relation to MDGs, i.e by sex, rural/urban strata, regions and so forth, in order to strengthen the national policies and strategies and make them more targeted and effective 21

Thanks You for listening…. 22