For the past ten years, REPOA has also served as the Secretariat of the Research Analysis Working Group (R&AWG), which includes representatives from central government Ministries, the National Bureau of Statistics, development partners, academia and national civil society organisations. The R&AWG is an integral part of the Tanzanian government’s institutional framework for poverty monitoring.

In its role as Secretariat, REPOA has championed the publication of the Poverty and Human Development Report series. REPOA facilitated the availability of up-to-date, reliable information vital for the determination and analysis of poverty levels and trends for timely and efficient dissemination of that information to the public, and for facilitating decision-making on policies and strategies.

The Research and Analysis Technical Working Group is one of the technical working groups that make up the Poverty Monitoring System.

The Poverty Monitoring System was developed within the Poverty Reduction Strategy. Its function is to monitor the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy.

This monitoring:

• 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 three technical working groups:


Research and Analysis Technical Working Group (R&AWG):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.

Routine Date Systems Technical Working Group: This group is concerned with data collection, compilation and preliminary analysis as well as implementation of the Tanzania Statistical Master Plan (TSMP) under the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Communications Working Group:  This group is concerned with the dissemination of information regarding MKUKUTA and its implementation and collects the public's views on growth and poverty alleviation initiatives.

The Research and Analysis Working Group holds open seminars to discuss findings and methodologies related to MKUKUTA and its monitoring. All stakeholders are welcome to attend. Please contact REPOA to be placed on the email invitation list and you will be notified before each meeting.


R&AWG Publications & Commissioned Work

To access R&AWG publications, please click here.

To access reports commissioned by R&AWG, please click here.