Tanzania - Decentralization Sector Work

Page 1 Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No: 22048 TA THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA DECENTRALISATION SECTOR WORK May 4, 2001 Water and Urban I Africa Regional Office Page 2 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit = Tanzania Shilling (TSh) TSh 800 = US$ 1.00 (as of Sept. 2000) LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ALAT Association of Local Authorities of Tanzania CAS Country Assistance Strategy CBFSC Common Basket Fund Steering Committee CRT Council Reform Team CSRP Civil Service Reform Programme CAG Control and Auditor General DC District Council DCF Donor Consultative Forum DSW Decentralisation Sector Work GoT Government of Tanzania ICC Interministerial Co-ordinating Committee IMC Ilala Municipal Council IFMS Integrated Financial Management System IWG Interministerial Working Group LGA Local Government Authority LGDP Local Government Development Programme LGLB Local Government Loans Board LGPF Local Government Provident Fund LGRP Local Government Reform Programme LGRT Local Government Reform Team LGSC Local Government Service Commission MC Municipal Council MCR Minimum Compulsory Reserve MDC Morogoro District Council MMC Morogoro Municipal Council MRLAG Ministry Regional Administration and Local Government NTSC National Teachers Service Commission PE Personnel Emoluments PER Public Expenditure Review PERC Public Expenditure Reform Credit OC Operating Costs RAS Regional Administrative Secretariat RRCC Regional Reform Co-ordinating Committee RS Regional Secretaries TRA Tanzania Revenue Authority WO Ward Offices ZRT Zonal Reform Team Page 3 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...........................................................................................................2 1. INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................14 A. Objectives.........................................................................................................................14 B. Research process and methodology..................................................................................14 C. Structure............................................................................................................................15 2. THE LOCAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS IN TANZANIA .............16 A. Evolution and history: summary overview.......................................................................16 Pre-1982: Deconcentration.............................................................................................. 16 1982-1996: Decentralisation