About
this review

• Examiners: Canada, European Union
• Field visit: Tanzania (Annex D)
• Next peer review due: 2013

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Implementation of
peer review recommendations from 2004

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General Budget Support (GBS) in Tanzania

Findings from Tanzania suggest that Norway is pragmatic in its approach to GBS. A recently completed corruption risk assessment stated that “Tanzania’s public sector has continued being detrimentally affected by corruption at all levels and within most sectors.”  Yet, despite this assessment, Norway continues to provide GBS to the Tanzanian government, suggesting a readiness to accept inherent risks associated with this mode of delivering aid as long as progress can be tracked over the years. The recent corruption revelations – USD 100 million remains unaccounted for from the Central Bank account – also support this impression, and suggests that Norway retains a strong understanding and acceptance of the fact that changing corrupt behaviour takes time, and that predictability in aid flows is an important precondition for longer-term improvements. (Box 4 p.66)

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