1.1 BACKGROUND
Findings from the assignment will provide a framework for PSSA to develop and support meaningful and impactful interventions to strengthen the business- enabling environment and improving access to services and markets for Tanzanian enterprises, especially those led by youth. Findings will also contribute to PSSA’s policy objectives under PSSA Indicator #1: Number of agricultural and nutritional enabling environment policies analyzed, consulted on, drafted or revised, approved or repealed, and implemented with U.S. Government assistance.
This document presents findings from a “Youth Enterprise Policy Analysis” commissioned for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Tanzania Feed the Future Private Sector Strengthening Activity (PSSA). The assignment targeted youth-based agricultural enterprises in Tanzania and explored the impacts of existing policies and policy gaps on youth-led enterprise development and success. Tetra Tech implements PSSA in partnership with Tanzanian private sector associations, youth- and private sector-serving institutions, private enterprises, Government of Tanzania (GoT) mainland and Zanzibar ministries and agencies, local government authorities (LGAs), and other donor-funded programs. The purpose of PSSA is to improve Tanzania’s business- enabling environment, focusing on economic opportunities for youth through two interconnected objectives: Objective 1 Strengthen the capacity of key private sector associations to advocate for the implementation and enforcement of policies that support youth entrepreneurs, startups, and businesses. Objective 2 Strengthen the capacity of private sector associations to increase member awareness of, access to, and use of business and financial services and of opportunities that match to the needs, abilities, and aspirations of youth entrepreneurs, startups, and businesses.
1.2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The assignment involved a desk review and extensive stakeholder consultations. The consultant used a combination of interview instruments to collect information from stakeholders. These included structured questionnaires, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions. The desk review focused on policies influencing the business-enabling environment for youth enterprises in agriculture, agribusiness, agricultural technology, and related sectors. It included assessing how these policies influence youth enterprise—specifically, their access to inputs and resources, skills and technology, finance and financial services, business and technical services, and markets. The review also identified institutions (including government ministries and agencies) responsible for implementing and enforcing these policies, the effectiveness of enforcement, and gaps in policy and regulatory frameworks. The team subsequently grouped and synthesized information from field interviews and secondary literature and clustered key findings into respective thematic areas.
1.1. RESEARCH BACKGROUND
The purpose of this analysis is to guide the design and implementation of PSSA and PSSA partner-led activities related to policy implementation and enforcement and to focus the policy priorities of GoT ministries and agencies by identifying the following: (i) national policies (or policy components) that when effectively implemented and enforced can enable youth enterprises to access services, finance, and market opportunities; (ii) policies that are detrimental to youth enterprise (i.e., impede access to finance or impose undue financial or logistical burdens); and (iii) gaps in policy or effective policy enforcement (i.e., policies not backed up with appropriate instruments) that, if bridged, could enable youth enterprise.
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Youth Enterprise Policy Analysis Report
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