The Prime Minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office (Investment
and Empowerment).Mr Christopher Chiza ,speaks at a past event.
By Ludger Kasumuni
In Summary
The report, which was launched on Friday by the
government, also identified seven regions with the high level of human
development as Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Iringa, Ruvuma, Mbeya
and Tanga.
Dar es Salaam. Dodoma, Kigoma,
Singida, Kagera, Tabora, Shinyanga and Coast regions have the least
level of human development in Tanzania, a report has established.
The report, which was launched on Friday by the
government, also identified seven regions with the high level of human
development as Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Iringa, Ruvuma, Mbeya
and Tanga.
The indicators used to measure the human
development level include life expectancy, which, among others, shows
that the maximum life expectancy level is 83.6 years while the minimum
level is 20 years.
Other indicators include expected years of
schooling which is 13, access to clean and safe water, access to
electricity, sanitation, nutrition, child mortality and level of gender
development.
Other indicators include maternal mortality,
environment, income, poverty level, level of freedom and access to basic
needs such as food, water and housing.
Delivering his speech at the launching ceremony,
the permanent secretary in the ministry of Finance, Dr Servacius
Likwelile, said the Human Development Report was important for policy
development.
He said the report’s theme ‘Economic
Transformation for Human Development’, was in line with the national
development vision of transforming the economy based on subsistence
agriculture to highly productive economy based on vibrant industrial and
services sectors.
He spoke of a decline in the share of agriculture
in GDP and employment, rise in modern industrial and service economy,
growth in urbanisation and demographic transition from high death and
birth rates to low death and birth rates.
“The government is happy that the 2014 Human
Development report addresses the relevant subject of human development,”
said Dr Likwelile.
He commended the UN for the support and the
Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) for conducting the study
on human development.
The UN resident coordinator and representative of
the United Nations Development Programme, Mr Alvaro Rodgriguez, said the
document was a critical tool for UN to support Tanzania to enlarge
people’s choices through improving their capabilities, expanding their
opportunities and removing cultural, social, political and economic
barriers to development.
“In addition, the report provides us with an
opportunity to discuss Tanzania’s development from human development
perspective,” he said.
By emphasising the well-being of individuals, people are placed at the centre of development paradigm, according to him.
ESRF executive director Hoseana Lunogelo said the
Tanzania Human Development report was homegrown, focusing on the system
developed by the UN in publishing global human development reports on
annual basis.
Dr Lunogelo listed other partners in preparing the
report as the National Bureau of Statistics, the Office of the Chief
Government Statistician of Zanzibar and the Department of Economics of
the University of Dar es Salaam.
MORE INFO: SIGN OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
According the 2014 Tanzania Human Development
report, agriculture as a share of total employment stood at 84.2 per
cent in 1990/91 and rose slightly to 85.4 per cent in 2000/01, before
falling to 76.5 per cent in 2006. This fall would seem to be a sign of
Tanzania’s economic transformation moving in a positive direction in
terms of labour entering higher productivity sectors.
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