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Printed in Austria ODG/EVA/10/R.26—March 2011—60 UNIDO EVALUATION GROUP INDEPENDENT UNIDO COUNTRY EVALUATION UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA UNITEDUNITEDUNITEDUNITED NA NATIONS NATIONS NATIONSTIONS INDUS INDUS INDUS INDUSTRIALTRIALTRIAL TRIALDEVEL DEVEL DEVEL DEVELOPMENTOPMENTOPMENTOPMENT ORGANIZA ORGANIZA ORGANIZA ORGANIZATIONTIONTIONTION ViennViennViennaV iennaInt Intaern aIntern ationInternationernationalationalCentrCalentralCe,entrCe,entrP.OPe,.O.e, BoxP..O PBox.O. 300Box. 300Box ,300 1400 ,300 1400, 1400,V 1400iennViennVienna,Vienna, Au Aua,sa,tri Austri aAusatristria a TelTelephone:Tephone:elTelephone:ephone: (+4 (+43-1) (+43-1) (+4 3-1)260 3-1)260 26-0260 26-026026-0, F26-0,ax:Fax:, F(+4,ax: F(+4ax:3-1) (+43-1) (+4 3-1)26 3-1)269 26-6926 26-626926-6926-69 9 9 E-mE-maiE-mail:E-ml:uainido@uuail:nido@ul:unido@[email protected],.g, orInt. orIntg,ernet:g, Internet: Internet:ernet: www www www.u www.unido.nido..u.unido.ornido.org gororg g UNIDO EVALUATION GROUP INDEPENDENT UNIDO COUNTRY EVALUATION UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Vienna, 2010 Distr. GENERAL ODG/EVA/10/R.26 November 2010 Original: English The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Mention of company names and commercial products does not imply the endorsement of UNIDO. The views and opinions of the team do not necessarily reflect the views of the Government and of UNIDO. This document has not been formally edited. Contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................................. vi Abbreviations and acronyms .............................................................................. vii Glossary of evaluation related terms ....................................................................x Executive summary............................................................................................. xi 1. Introduction and background ............................................................................1 2. Evaluation purpose, scope and methodology ...................................................5 2.1 Evaluation purpose.....................................................................................5 2.2 Scope and focus.........................................................................................6 2.3 Methodology...............................................................................................6 3. National economic and development context .................................................10 3.1 Tanzania’s development visions...............................................................10 3.2 Macroeconomic performance ...................................................................11 3.3 Poverty and unemployment......................................................................12 3.4 Business environment ..............................................................................13 4. Programme features and management ..........................................................16 5. Relevance and ownership ..............................................................................21 6. Efficiency of implementation...........................................................................24 7. Effectiveness..................................................................................................28 8. Sustainability..................................................................................................39 9. Impact ............................................................................................................41 10. Programme coordination, management, reporting and Field Office performance.......................................................................................................43 10.1 Programme coordination, management and reporting ..........................43 10.2 Field Office performance ........................................................................46 11. Delivering as One UN...................................................................................51 12. Gender.........................................................................................................58 13. Other cross-cutting issues ............................................................................61 14. Conclusions..................................................................................................63 iii 15. Recommendations and lessons learnt ......................................................... 65 15.1 Recommendations................................................................................. 65 15.2 Lessons learnt ....................................................................................... 67 List of Tables Table 1: Areas of intervention in Tanzania (within JPs and individual projects)... 3 Table 2: Regional projects with components in Tanzania .................................... 3 Table 3: Evaluation plan ...................................................................................... 9 Table 4: Macroeconomic indicators, 2000-2009 (at 2001 constant prices)......... 12 Table 5: Cost of doing business in Tanzania ..................................................... 14 Table 6: JPs, projects and project managers..................................................... 18 Table 7: Effectiveness overview of JP 1 - Wealth creation, employment and economic empowerment.............................. 29 Table 8: Effectiveness overview of JP 5 - Support to Zanzibar ......................... 30 Table 9: Effectiveness overview of JP 6.1 – Transition from humanitarian assistance to sustainable development in North-West Tanzania ....................... 32 Table 10: Effectiveness overview of JP 10 – Education..................................... 32 Table 11: Effectiveness overview of JP 11 - Environment with focus on natural resources management, climate change and desertification.............................. 33 Table 12: Effectiveness overview of FC/URT/04118 – ........................................... Cleaner and integral utilization of sisal............................................................... 34 Table 13: Effectiveness overview of US/URT/05002 –....................................... 35 Strengthening the capacities of the Tanzanian quality infrastructure and TBS/SPS compliance system for trade ............................................................... 35 Table 14: UNIDO integration profile in UNDAP Pillar 1, 2011-2015 ................... 55 List of Figures Figure1: Total allotment of initiated UNIDO projects (1999-2009)........................ 2 Figure 2: JP and project locations........................................................................ 4 Figure 3: FDI trends, 1995-2008........................................................................ 13 Figure 4. Breakdown of UNIDO by Budget Line…………………………… …….24 Figure 5: Personnel Cost Breakdown……………………………………………….25 iv Figure 6: UNIDO Missions in Numbers of Person-days, 2008-2010 (Sept.) …...25 Figure 7: Person-days of UNIDO Missions per Allotments plotted against Allotment Expenditures as per September 2010………………………………...….26 List of Annexes Annex 1: Terms of Reference.............................................................................68 Annex 2: Country Programme logical framework (according to Programme Document).................................................................87 Annex 3: List of ongoing UNIDO projects in Tanzania........................................91 Annex 4: List of persons met..............................................................................94 Annex 5: Bibliography ........................................................................................99 Annex 6: Framework for Field Office assessment ............................................103 Annex 7: UNIDO Field Office Evaluation Matrix................................................111 v Acknowledgements The evaluators acknowledge with thanks the support and information provided by numerous individuals and organizations interviewed. Officials from the main counterpart ministries, the MITM in Mainland Tanzania and the MTTI in Zanzibar, proved to be of great help during the limited time available for the evaluation mission. Likewise, the evaluation team extends its thanks to representatives of local governments, associations, companies and community based organizations for their openness that was instrumental to obtain the required insight for this report. vi Abbreviations and acronyms AfDB African Development Bank AGOA African Growth and Opportunity Act Agresso UNIDO’s financial performance control system BAPs Best Available Practices BATs Best Available Technologies BDS Business Development Services BEST Business Environment Strengthening for Tanzania BIC Business Information Center BOT Bank of Tanzania BPA Beijing Platform for Action CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme CDM Clean Development Mechanism CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women CP Country Programme CPCT Cleaner Production Center of Tanzania CSO Civil Society Organization CSR Corporate Social Responsibility