UN-Habitat in Tanzania
Country Information
Total Value of UN-HABITAT Investments: US$29,336,658
Total Number of UN-HABITAT Projects: 5 projects
Capital: Dodoma
Major Cities: Mwanza, Arusha,Dodoma, Mbeya, Morogoro,Tanga, Kahama, Tabora, Zanzibar City
Population
47.78million
2012
GDP
US$28.24 billion
2012
GDP growth
6.9%
2012
Urban population (annual %)
27%
2012
Population growth rate (average annual %)
3%
2012
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)
4.8%
2012
Rural population growth rate (average annual %)
2.4%
2012
source: World bank report
Donors: Netherlands, UNEP/GEF Secretariat – Kenya, UNDAP-Tanzania, African Development Bank
Implementing Partners: UNEP and GEF, Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority (DAWASA)
Projects
Project Description
Project Objective
Focus/Branch
TAWLAT Pilot Housing Project in Kinondoni, Tanzania
Water and Sanitation Programme - Lake Victoria Region WS Initiative
To create an enabling policy and institutional framework that promotes expanded access to environmentally sound urban infrastructure and services; Increased institutional efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of basic urban infrastructure services; Enhanced consumer demand for efficient and environmentally sustainable basic urban infrastructure and services
Urban Basic Services
Promoting Energy Efficiency in Buildings in East Africa (PrEEBEA)
To mainstream energy efficiency measures into housing policies, building codes, municipal by-laws and building practices in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi) in order to achieve considerable avoidance of HG emissions as a result of improved buildings and building practices; leading to more efficient use of electricity and thus to expand the electricity supply to satisfy the increasing demand by both residential and economic productive activities of the partner countries.
Urban basic services
Integrated Community School - WATSAN Project in Tandale Chakula Bora
The UN-HABITAT Water and Sanitation Trust Fund aims to create an enabling environment for pro-poor investment in water and sanitation in urban areas of all sizes in the developing world, thus providing a vehicle to significantly improve the volume and effectiveness of both the Official Development Assistance and national financial flows into the water and sanitation sector.
Urban basic services
Water and Sanitation Trust Fund Implementation of Training and Capacity Building Activities Under the Lake Victoria Water Supply and Sanitation Programme Phase II
Urban basic services