1. 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

2. 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 ( – Tanzania is one of the two countries piloting this DevInfo web version 2

3. 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

4. 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
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

5. 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

6. 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

7. TSED Database
Indicators by Themes 7

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

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

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

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

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

13. MDG 4, Target 5 – Under five Mortality
Regions
Districts
Deaths per 1,000 live births
Missing data
Census 2002 13

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

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

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

17. TSED facilitate disagregation…..
Primary NER - Regions 17

18. Primary NER -- Districts18

19. 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

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

21. 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

22. Thanks You for listening….22