Evaluation of Budget Support to Tanzania

The evaluation of the effects and impacts of budget support is gaining increasing significance at the international level. This evaluation builds upon three recent evaluations of general and sector budget support in Mali, Tunisia and Zambia, which were all completed during 2011 and have provided the basis of a synthesis note on budget support, as discussed at the High Level Conference in Busan. Its principal objective is to assess to what extent general and sector budget support in Tanzania, conducted from 2006-2011, have contributed to sustainable results on growth and poverty reduction. Notably, the evaluation considers the support provided by a joint donor group: African Development Bank, Canada, Denmark, European Commission, Finland, Ireland, Japan, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the World Bank. The evaluation assesses the causal linkages between the key changes at the outcome and the impact level and the provision of general and sector budget support, considering not only the effects of the fund flows but also the effects of the related policy dialogue processes, and the associated technical assistance and support to capacity development. In analysing these causal linkages, it considers how budget support has been provided, assessing the predictability of the funding flows and the extent of harmonisation across different budget support operations and with other aid modalities, and the degree of alignment to Government policies and to national systems and processes. These questions are addressed across six sectors: agriculture, education, energy, health (including HIV/ AIDS), transport and water & sanitation. In this way, the evaluation provides answers to three related questions, which together allow an assessment of the impact of general budget support (GBS) and sector budget support (SBS) on growth and poverty reduction, namely: a) How successful have GBS and SBS been in providing the means to the Government of Tanzania to implement its national and sectoral strategies? b) How successful have GBS and SBS been in facilitating improvements in the efficiency and effectiveness of these national and sectoral strategies? c) As a consequence, how successful have GBS and SBS been in attaining successful outcomes and impacts on growth and poverty reduction?


Project Details
Country TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
Start date 2012.01.27
End date 2013.12.05
Client DEVCO/INTPA
Sector EVALUATION
Sub-sector Country/Regional
Ref. ADE A458-002