Tanzania

A deep analysis of Tanzania National Urban Policy

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa

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gdp

48030
GDP per capita

pop

55M
Population (2016)

pop growth

3.2%
Population growth rate

inflation

5.2%
Inflation Rate (2014)

water to rural

45.6%
Drinking water (rural)

urban water-rural

77.2%
Drinking water (urban)

tree

52.8%
Forested areas

co2

10
CO2 emissions estimate

female

74%
Labour force (females)

lab - male

83.4%
Labour force (males)

expectancy rate

65.6
Female life expectancy

life expectancy

62.6
Male life expectancy

unemployment

3.1%
Unemp % of labour force

urban population

31.6%
Urban population

male pop

4.9%
Male education

female pop

2.5%
Female education


Data presented above is obtained form 2018 NUP Database Booklet - (2018 WorldBank dataset), access it from the World Bank Dataset

title
TITLE OF NUP

National HumanSettlements DevelopmentPolicy (Partial)

agency
STAGE OF NUP

Formulation Phase

agency
LEADING AGENCY FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development

stages
TIMELINE

N/A

focus
FOCUS

Urban development is guided by the Tanzanian Master plan. The focus areas of the plan are economic strategies, social proposals, environment, infrastructure, governance, and design guidelines.

COUNTRY NUP DOCUMENT

Country NUP
type 1
MORE COUNTRY RESOURCES

Further Resources
COMMENTS

There is no NUP, however, there are ongoing discussions and processes with UN-Habitat on developing a NUP.

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Thematic scope of Tanzania NUP

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Thematic attention

Economic
Development

No Information
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Thematic attention

Spatial
Development

No Information
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Thematic attention

Human
Development

Extensive
environment
Thematic attention

Environmental
Development

No Information
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Thematic attention

Climate
Resilience

No Information

Graphical Representation

Legend:
12=Extensive
8=Moderate
4=Low
0=No Information

Figure 1. Graphical representation of the thematic focus of Tanzania NUP

Measurement of how Tanzania NUP fulfils
SDG 11.a.1 Qualifier

sdg 11.a.1

Population dynamics

The National Urban Policies for Tanzania, does not respond to the population dynamics as an SDG11.a.1 qualifier. Tanzania NUP does not focus on demographic trends and needs in their Formulation phase.

NO

sdg 11.a.1

Territorial development

Tanzania NUP does not address a spatial coherent territory that includes a balanced system for human settlement. Cities and towns along the urban, periurban and rural continum is also focussed in the Tanzania NUP.

NO

sdg 11.a.1

Local fiscal space

Tanzania NUP does not address the local fiscal space as SDG.11.a.1 qualifier. Their NUP ensures that local governments have resources to carry out activities at the local level.

NO