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answer text: [holding answer 21 January 2008]: Details of the UK's bilateral assistance and imputed multilateral assistance to Tanzania over the last five years are laid out in the following tables.The majority of the UK's bilateral assistance to Tanzania is provided direct to the Government of Tanzania in the form of Poverty Reduction Budget Support (PRBS). We provide significant levels of PRBS as Tanzania meets the requirements of the UK's Conditionally Policy, namely, a commitment to poverty reduction, a respect for human rights and a credible reform programme in place, including of public financial management. The UK regularly monitors Tanzania's continued adherence to this policy, including throughout the year with the 13 other budget support donors and also using a range of diagnostic tools (for example, the World Bank's Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability indicators) and independent surveys of corruption. We also use international and local data on poverty reduction to assess the progress the Government of Tanzania are making in improving the lives of their people.In addition to PRBS, the UK provides significant support to the Government of Tanzania's efforts to reform, improve public financial management and tackle corruption. For example, the UK has just agreed to provide £20 million over the next four years to support the Government's public service reforms and build their capacity to deliver basic services to the poor. In addition to our support direct to Government, the UK provides significant project and programme support to strengthening accountability and deepening democracy in Tanzania, including through support for civil society, the media and Parliament. Levels of scrutiny within Tanzania have significantly increased in the last two years. Alongside this, the UK supports the private sector to deliver the continued economic growth Tanzania needs to lift itself out of poverty in the long-term. Table 1: UK total bilateral gross public expenditure (GPEX…
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