• Assesses the progress of implementation;
  
• Evaluates how the actions match to the strategy;
  
• Identifies and examines any mismatches to the strategy;
  
• Determines what needs to be done to correct that anomaly.
  

The core of the Poverty Monitoring System is the four technical working groups:

Surveys and Census Technical Working Group: This group oversees all national surveys and routine administrative data systems in Tanzania. These provide the core quantitative data for trend analysis of progress on the national MKUKUTA strategy.

Routine Date Systems Technical Working Group: This group is concerned with data collection, compilation and preliminary analysis.

Research and Analysis Technical Working Group (RAWG):This group is responsible for the detailed analysis of data. Their goal is to improve stakeholders' understanding of poverty in Tanzania, to evaluate the impact of the Poverty Reduction Strategy and to suggest changes that may be needed to improve the impact

Dissemination, Sensitization and Advocacy Technical Working Group:
Concerned with the dissemination of information

To learn more about the Poverty Monitoring System please go to the Tanzanian Government's Website: http://www.povertymonitoring.go.tz/

published October 2007