Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF)

• Households living in poverty and  extreme poverty; 

• Government Ministries (President’s Office-State House for mainland, Second Vice President’s Office for Zanzibar, Ministry of Finance, President’s Office-Regional Administration and Local Government); 

• TASAF implementing staff and involved community management committees. 

In this exit phase, Switzerland aims to further strengthen the base of a self-sustaining, locally financed social protection programme that is institutionalized within permanent government structures.  

The respective outcomes for TASAF’s programme are: 

1. To enhance income-generating opportunities of targeted beneficiaries. 

2. To build an adaptive social protection delivery systems. 

Resultados previstos:  

TASAF aims to reach 575’000 households in Tanzania through cash transfers, most of them live in extreme poverty. Of those households, 100’000 will also receive enhanced economic inclusion support, and 75’000 will participate in  climate-smart public works projects. These interventions are projected to impact around 2’875’000 people, assuming an average household size of five. 

Specific performance-based indicators: 

• GoT contributes USD 20 million to the programme (in addition to the USD 250  million from the World Bank loan to the GoT); 

• TASAF is formalized and established as a dedicated social assistance government agency; 

• Household data are updated and verified in TASAF’s registry.  

Resultados de las fases anteriores:  

i. TASAF’s social protection programme has reached 1.3 million households  through cash transfers, benefiting about 5.2 million people, most of whom are extremely poor.  

ii. Within the programme’s livelihood component, TASAF supported 83,666 households, 80% of them women, by providing  training and grants to help them start small businesses.  

iii. Households receiving cash transfers experienced an additional 10 percent  reduction in poverty. 

iv. TASAF has increased household consumption by 20% and raised the likelihood of households having savings by 30%.