Summary (English)

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals has increased the need for data to monitor andevaluate poverty eradication in all United Nations member states. Demand for effective data inTanzania emerged clearly in 1997 time when the Government adopted the National PovertyEradication Strategy (NPES). The NPES was later transformed into the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). This was subsequently revised to arrive at the currently prevailing National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP), or MKUKUTA, in February 2005.

The IntegratedLabour Force Survey (ILFS) is among the surveys planned to be conducted once in every five-yearinterval. To ensure this system moves smoothly, the country has established a basket/pooled fundingsystem that will finance all the selected census and surveys.This report presents the findings of the ILFS that was conducted in 2006 with funding from theNSGRP/MKUKUTA system. The findings update those of the ILFS conducted in 2000/01, and reveal changes in the labour market of the country between year 2001 and 2006. The survey results provide labour market indicators for tracking progress made in implementing various policy reforms such as job creation as planned in NSGRP/MKUKUTA.