SUPPORTING ASSESSMENT OF THE TANZANIA COUNTRY PROGRAM

The World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) provides objective assessments on the Bank’s development projects and objectives. IEG enlisted a Capstone team to assess the impact of the Bank’s development projects on resilient spatial transformation and land use in Tanzania. IEG and the team selected physical and social indicators—including road connectivity, transportation network enhancements, and building development in addition to available data on poverty levels, household income, GDP, malaria rates, and household roofs—and used these indicators to analyze the impacts of World Bank projects in Tanzania from 2012 to 2022. To understand the extent of the Bank’s contribution to these indicators, the team pulled a list of projects and funding from 2012 to 2022 and compared it to current Landsat imagery and relevant socioeconomic factors. In addition, the team conducted interviews with Bank staff, government officials, and local individuals to gain an understanding of the reception of the Bank’s programs over the ten-year study period. The team’s final deliverable is a collection of reviews and analyses based on its research to inform the client’s forthcoming evaluation report.