Environment at the heart of Tanzania's development
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Earthprint, Ltd
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This paper was initiated in response to growing recognition in Tanzania and abroad
of the successes achieved in ‘mainstreaming’ environmental issues into Tanzania’s
National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty – MKUKUTA. The paper is
the product of a Tanzanian ‘learning group’, comprising authors from government
and non-governmental backgrounds, facilitated by the International Institute for
Environment and Development (IIED). We aim to offer the first record of an
ambitious and unprecedented Tanzanian initiative to integrate environmental issues
into development policy and practice. Such a refection is long overdue – we
ourselves were hampered by few records having been kept as the MKUKUTA
process unfolded. We offer a ‘lessons learned’ approach rather than a formal
evaluation or academic thesis. We look at failures as well as successes – although
we are convinced that the MKUKUTA experience is largely very positive. Indeed, we
believe it offers an iconic and enduring (and perhaps rather rare) example of a
nationally-developed policy process which delivers – in practice – what the World
Bank’s Poverty Reduction Strategy principles describe in theory.
Keywords
Tanzania, Development, MKUKUTA