Enhancing the Migration Evidence Base for the Development of Tanzania

Tanzania is lacking data on current migration patterns for evidence based policy making. While there is anecdotal evidence pointing to high levels of mobility and a variety of trends domestically and internationally, it is not sufficient enough to enable the Government of Tanzania (GoT) to make policy decisions and programmatic interventions accordingly. Government partners have voiced the need for a Migration Profile, the creation of a diaspora web portal, and enhanced coordination amongst ministries in order to manage its migration flows through improved policies and diaspora engagement.

The objective of this project is to improve evidence base on migration. In the pursuit of this objective, IOM suggests two parallel routes: 1) the creation of a national Migration Profile and 2) the creation of a diaspora web portal.