Rakesh Rajani, founder of independent civil society organization Twaweza, discusses public sector reform in Tanzania.  He explains the role donors had in defining and implementing the reforms.  Rajani details why he believes many of these reforms largely failed, from a lack of involvement and impetus from the public to issues of corruption and low government legitimacy.  He points out that Tanzania lacked two important elements of successful reform: leadership for reform within government, and independent, robust evaluation of government projects and reforms.  Finally, he explains his belief that capacity-building programs, as they were designed at the time of the interview, were not sufficient to solve capacity gaps within the public sector.

 

Case Study:  Creating an Affordable Public Service: Tanzania, 1995-1998