INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET IDENTIFICATION / CONCEPT STAGE Public Disclosure Copy Report No.: ISDSC16163 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 18-Dec-2015 I. BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country: Tanzania Project ID: P158448 Project Name: Tanzania Mainland Household Budget Survey Team Leader(s): Nadia Belhaj Hassine Belghith Estimated Date 29-Feb-2016 of Approval: Managing Unit: GPV01 Lending Lending Instrument Instrument: Sector(s): General public administration sector (100%) Theme(s): Economic statistics, modeling and forecasting (50%), Other economic management (50%) Financing (in USD Million) Total Project Cost: 2.3 Total Bank Financing: 0 Financing Gap: 0 Financing Source Amount Public Disclosure Copy Trust Funds on Statistics - United Kingdom 2.3 Environment C - Not Required Category: B. Project Development Objective(s) The project development objective is to support the Government of Tanzania in producing quality and cost-effective household survey data for a regular and consistent monitoring of poverty and other socioeconomic statistics. C. Project Description The proposed project activities cover three main parts linked to the: (i) preparation and design, (ii) implementation and data collection, and (iii) analysis and dissemination of the HBS for 2016/17. In preparation for the survey, a clear set of activities have been identified which will strengthen NBS capacity to prepare and implement the survey in a more cost-effective manner through a series of technical assistance engagement. The details of the activities are as follows: 1) Survey preparation and design. This part has three clusters of activities: first, to support NBS in designing the survey questionnaire in such a way that it collects data on new indicators relevant to multiple sectors, aimed at gaining a better understanding of the root causes of poverty as well as a better evaluation of the progress towards the SDGs. Second, to improve the sampling design and increase the survey representativeness. The previous HBS for 2007 and 2011/12 interview a nationally representative sample of over 10,000 households, but the poverty (and other socio- economic) indicators produced by the surveys are representative only at the national and major Public Disclosure Copy geographic domains, namely Dar es Salaam, Rural and other Urban areas. Technical assistance will be provided to improve the sampling design and representatively at regional levels, based on costs and data quality considerations. Depending on the budget envelop, the objective would be either to increase the levels of precision for the survey and target representative estimates at the national, major geographic domains and regional levels; or to design the survey with a similar precision to the previous HBS but reduce the sample size significantly. A series of hands-on trainings will be provided to strengthen the sampling capacity in the NBS to develop more efficient sample designs, taking into consideration the impact of the different choices of sample size on the accuracy of survey estimates, data quality and survey costs. Third, review the method of collection of consumption data and the reference period. The previous HBS collect food expenditures using a 28-day diary and non-food expenditures using the dairy as well as recall module and are conducted over 12 months. This requires intensive and frequent supervision and leads to high costs, respondent fatigue etc. Assistance will be provided to NBS in order to review the data collection method and build on best practices for improving the cost effectiveness of the survey, while preserving comparability with previous surveys as much as possible. Maintaining comparability of the surveys may be very challenging and will require a thorough investigation of appropriate methods and techniques to address it at the survey design stage as well as at the data processing and analysis phase. 2) Survey implementation and data collection: the project will support the implementation of the HBS and data collection process. The activities will include the preparation of the training materials and documents for the trainers and interviewers, the selection of the enumerators, and the preparation of the fieldwork calendar and the quality control during the fieldwork. 3) Data processing and dissemination. This component comprises three sets of activities. First, to support NBS in cleaning and compiling the survey data. The activities will include the preparation of a standard approach for data cleaning and quality assurance and the production of a fully documented and replicable procedure for data verification, error checking and correction etc. Second, assist NBS in the poverty (and other key statistics) estimation methodology, including the estimation Public Disclosure Copy of the consumption aggregates, price indicators, poverty line etc. A special focus will be devoted to addressing the comparability issues that may arise from the potential changes in the survey design. Third, to assist NBS in the analysis of the survey data, preparation of the HBS report and dissemination of the survey results. The lending instrument will be Investment Project Financing (IPF), financed with a Recipient Executed Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building at the amount of US$ 2,300,000, and will finance consulting services, operating costs, trainings and workshops, and procurement of goods with a maximum of 20 percent of the grant amount. An additional amount of US$ 200,000 will be allocated for technical assistance and will be managed centrally through a Bank-executed Trust Fund. The project costs (in US$) by component are as follows: 1. Survey preparation and design : 695,350 2. Survey implementation and data collection : 1,189,430 3. Data processing and dissemination : 415,220 D. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis (if known) E. Borrower’s Institutional Capacity for Safeguard Policies Public Disclosure Copy F. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists on the Team II. SAFEGUARD POLICIES THAT MIGHT APPLY Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional) Environmental Assessment OP/ No As the Project financing is limited to BP 4.01 strengthening the quality and reliability of statistics in Tanzania and does not include financing for capital investment or civil works, World Bank safeguard policies are not triggered. Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 No Forests OP/BP 4.36 No Pest Management OP 4.09 No Physical Cultural Resources OP/ No BP 4.11 Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10 No Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP No 4.12 Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37 No Projects on International No Waterways OP/BP 7.50 Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP No Public Disclosure Copy 7.60 III. SAFEGUARD PREPARATION PLAN Appraisal stage ISDS required?: No IV. APPROVALS Team Leader(s): Name: Nadia Belhaj Hassine Belghith Approved By: Safeguards Advisor: Name: Johanna van Tilburg (SA) Date: 16-Dec-2015 Practice Manager/ Name: Pablo Fajnzylber (PMGR) Date: 19-Dec-2015 Manager: 1 Reminder: The Bank's Disclosure Policy requires that safeguard-related documents be disclosed before appraisal (i) at the InfoShop and (ii) in country, at publicly accessible locations and in a form and language that are accessible to potentially affected persons.