Mid Term Review of the Reform Design Phase of the Property and Business Formalisation Programme Tanzania
About the publication
- Published: May 2007
- Series: Norad Collected Reviews
- Type: --
- Carried out by: Michael Fergus, Mohammed Khalfan, Haavard Steinsholt , Sylvia Temu
- Commissioned by: Government of Tanzania and Royal Norwegian Embassy, Dar es Salaam
- Country: Tanzania
- Theme: Governance and democracy, Private sector development
- Pages: 40
- Serial number: 4/2007
- ISBN: 978-82-7548-196-0
- ISSN: --
- Project number: TAN-04/121
The Project
The Property and Business Formalization Program (PBFP) is organised in 4 phases: 1. Diagnosis, 2. Reform Design, 3. Implementation, 4. Capital formation and Good Governance. The entire program is to be executed under the direction of the Tanzania Property and Business Formalization Authority, known by its Swahili acronym of MKURABITA. This remains to be established, and the program is currently executed by the Property and Business Formalization program Management Unit (PMU). With financing from the Government of Norway the Government of Tanzania has contracted a Peruan consulting company, the Institute of Liberty and Democracy (ILD) to undertake the first two phases of the program. The main purpose of the review is to determine whether the work in progress will lead to the establishment of an institutional framework that fosters an inclusive framework under the rule of law.
Interesting Findings
• The situation analysis which was proposed to deepen and extend the gathering of information obtained during the Diagnoses phase has been carried out.
• A total of 12 reform outlines have been prepared and a further 31 Second Phase reforms have been described as proposed in the Reform Design Work Plan, and in the Diagnosis Report. The 12 reform outlines are described in considerable detail with consideration of the legal and administrative implications.
• There is greater need for Tanzanian ownership and stakeholder involvement in the entire MKURABITA process which is not yet well known or understood in Tanzania.
• There is little evidence of progress on formative research although the PMU maintains that work is on hand on this.
• 25% of the consulted work is carried out in Tanzania. This is according to Work Plan, but it is recommended that a larger proportion be carried out in Tanzania.
• It is recommended that the proposals for a land register for rural areas be reconsidered because of the complexity and the size of the problems likely to be encountered.