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PERSPECTIVES ON THE TANZANIAN EXPERIENCE WITH PRSP – HIPC11
Written by: Christopher Mwakasege, TANZANIA SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRUST (TASOET)
Produced Together with: Debt and Development Coalition/Jubilee Ireland, Oxfam Ireland and Trocaire. October 2001

Executive Summary and Introduction
Debt Relief is tied up with PRGF and PRSP
Findings of this study
Findings Analysed
Poverty Levels remain very high - further debt cancellation is required
PRGF has a major baring on the PRSP
How do you measure the impact of debt relief at sectoral level without the right information?
How does the increase in social spending reflect the quality of services delivered during the same period?
Financing Gap not bridged – a threat to PRSP targets
There is increased transparency among stakeholders
Recommendations
Annex:
Box 1 Summary of achievements of PRSP during 2000/01
Box 2: HIV/AIDS Pandemic undermines poverty reduction efforts

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