Nutrition Public 
          Expenditure Review: 
          Mainland Tanzania and 
          Zanzibar  
           
          PER Report 
           
          July 2018 
                       
                  Nutrition Public Expenditure Review: Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar 
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          Nutrition Public Expenditure Review: Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar 
          Preface  
          UNICEF Tanzania in partnership with the Ministry of Finance and Planning contracted 
          Oxford Policy Management (OPM) to conduct a Public Expenditure Review of nutrition 
          budgets and spending, in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. 
          The Team Leader for this assignment was Tim Cammack. Stephanie Allan was Project 
          Manager. Other team members included Emmanuel Maliti, Manisha Marulasiddappa, 
          Ammon Mbelle, Deo Medardi, and Matt Robinson.  
          Errors and interpretations remain the sole responsibility of the authors. 
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          Nutrition Public Expenditure Review: Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar 
          Acknowledgements 
          The authors would like to acknowledge the critical inputs provided to this report from 
          the Government of Tanzania and the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, in 
          particular from members of the PER Steering Committee chaired by Mr Charles 
          Mwamwaja. Also, we warmly thank everyone who supported our fieldwork, and all 
          those who provided guidance and information in interviews (see Annex A). 
          We also thank counterparts at UNICEF Tanzania, including Hayrullo Malikov, Mauro 
          Brero, Joyce Ngegba and Biram Ndiaye whose diligent engagement over several 
          months has contributed significantly to this review. 
          Lastly, we acknowledge the invaluable data cleaning support provided by Diego 
          Shirima. 
           
           
           
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