Tanzania Multi Stakeholder Map - WebNG

2025. Examples of broader goals embodied in all the three include the protection
of human health; the economic benefits of a cleaner environment for attracting
investment within the country; fostering sustainable agriculture for the internal
market and complying with agricultural and other export requirements for external
markets; and the contribution that the sound management of chemicals can
make to reinforcing the legislative and policy framework of a country. Broad
strategies for the sectors of Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture, and Biodiversity
have been delineated in the WEHAB papers (World Summit on Sustainable
Development Johannesburg, South Africa 26 August–4 September 2002:
WEHAB Framework Papers,
http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/documents/wehab_papers.html,
(accessed 14 June 2005).
These strategies may provide indication on how chemical safety in general and
pesticide use in particular might link to the general development picture. The
underlying fact is that use of pesticides has played and will continue to play an
important roles in health care and food production, but of course it also a fact
unsafe use of chemicals has resulted in misery and suffering to many people.
Therefore, unintended effects of pesticides require sound management of the
same.
National chemical safety policies thus need to strike a balance between
promotion of social and economic development through the use of pesticides,
harmful effects through the use, and other economic, social and environmental
factors. This paper provides, basis for discussion on how implementation
chemicals conventions can be mainstreamed in national priorities and poverty
reduction strategies to bring about the intended prosperity.
2.0 NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR GROWTH AND
REDUCTION OF POVERTY
2.1 Overview
The National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP) is a follow
up to the Poverty Reduction Strategy (2000/01-2002/03), which place the focus
on poverty reduction high on the country’s development agenda. It keeps in focus
the aspirations of Tanzania Development Vision 2025, namely high and shared
growth, high quality livelihood, peace, stability and unity, good governance, good
education and international competitiveness. NSGRP seeks to widen the space
for country ownership, effective participation of civil society, facilitate private
sector development and build meaningful local and external partnerships.
It is worth mentioning here that the PRS, was linked to debt relief under the
enhanced High Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC), in which case, all debt relief and
111