SUB-NATIONAL OPEN BUDGET

SURVEYTanzania

By Florian Schweitzer

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TANZANIA

Population45 million

Income1512 Int. USD per capita

Administrative Sub-Divisions135 Local Government Authorities

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DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS

„Local Governments will operate in a more transparent and democratic manner, reflecting enhanced accountability to the people they are supposed to serve.“

The Local Government Reform AgendaOctober 1996

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OVERALL SCORE

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REQUEST PROCESSMUSOMA DISTRICT

10 Days silence

„Where is the

letter?“

HR Officer

Ward Executive Officer

DEDRegistration

Desk

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OVERALL SCORE

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Kilo

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Sum

bawan

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10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

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OVERALL SCOREStatistic Percentage

Minimum 0

Lower Quartile

0

Median 0

Upper Quartile

5

Mean 6

Maximum 48

Standard Deviation

13

Kaha

ma

Sim

anjir

oMer

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Buko

ba

Kilo

mbe

ro

Mufi

ndi

Sum

bawan

ga0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

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OVERALL SCOREStatistic Percentage

Minimum 0

Lower Quartile

0

Median 0

Upper Quartile

5

Mean 6

Maximum

48

Standard Deviation

13

Kaha

ma

Sim

anjir

oMer

u

Buko

ba

Kilo

mbe

ro

Mufi

ndi

Sum

bawan

ga0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

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BEST PRACTICEKAHAMA DISTRICT

Section Percentage

Section 3: Budget Execution

68

Procurement 92

Enacted Budget 63

Section 4: Reporting / Audit

47

Audit 78

Year-End-Report 52

Service Delivery 29

Section 2: Budget Formulation

29

Total Score 48

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BEST PRACTICEKAHAMA DISTRICT

29%

6%

4%

3%

6%

Completeness (EBP, EB, YER)

Procurement

Audit

Service Delivery

Others

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OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES TO DEVELOPMENT Government of Tanzania is aware of gap

between LGA and community. O&OD is a participatory planning

methodology conducted at community level every 3 years to achieve increased peoples‘ participation integrated development planningbottom-up planning

Citizens do not meaningfully participate in the annual budget process.

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MESSAGES Quality of produced budget information is

recognizable due to extensive application of templates.

There is great potential to improve scores if sub-national government are convinced to share the produced information.

Sub-national legislators are our allies in setting higher transparency standards.

Need to educate citizens how to access budget information and use it.

O&OD can be used to further integrate citizens into the sub-national budget process.