The Poverty and Human Development Report provides a consolidated national analysis of trends in development in Tanzania. It is an authoritative reference document on socio-economic and macro issues for Tanzania.

Part I presents an analysis of the most recent data for the national set of indicators used to monitor Tanzania’s National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA).

Part II gives an overview of the findings from a public perception survey ‘Views of the People’. These findings present aspects of people’s economic progress, their standard of living, quality of and access to economic and social services, as well as people’s opinions on trends in governance and accountability.

Part III concentrates on growth, which is the overall theme of this PHDR. The argument is made that an overriding strategy is required to provide clear direction for national resource mobilisation and concentration of development efforts. This is followed by an analysis of the water resource in Tanzania and argues for an alignment of the strategies for use of this resource to the national growth strategy.