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Sub-national open budget survey. Tanzania. By Florian Schweitzer. tanzania. Population 45 million Income 1512 Int. USD per capita Administrative Sub- Divisions 135 Local Government Authorities. Decentralization process.
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Sub-national open budget survey Tanzania By Florian Schweitzer
tanzania Population 45 million Income 1512 Int. USD per capita Administrative Sub-Divisions 135 LocalGovernmentAuthorities
Decentralizationprocess „LocalGovernments will operate in a moretransparentanddemocraticmanner, reflectingenhancedaccountabilitytothepeopletheyaresupposedtoserve.“ The LocalGovernment Reform Agenda October 1996
Request processMusomadistrict • DED • Registration • Desk • 10 Days silence • Ward Executive Officer • „Whereistheletter?“ • HR Officer
Opportunitiesandobstaclestodevelopment • GovernmentofTanzaniaisawareofgapbetween LGA andcommunity. • O&OD is a participatoryplanningmethodologyconductedatcommunitylevelevery 3 yearstoachieve • increasedpeoples‘ participation • integrateddevelopmentplanning • bottom-upplanning • Citizens do not meaningfullyparticipate in theannualbudgetprocess.
Messages • Quality ofproducedbudgetinformationisrecognizable due to extensive applicationoftemplates. • Thereisgreat potential toimprovescoresif sub-national governmentareconvincedtosharetheproducedinformation. • Sub-national legislatorsareourallies in settinghighertransparencystandards. • Need toeducatecitizenshowtoaccessbudgetinformationanduse it. • O&OD canbeusedtofurtherintegratecitizensintothe sub-national budgetprocess.