Project Manager For National Small Businesses Survey In Tanzania
Date :
2008-07-07
Kind :
Announcements
File :
Description :
THE FINANCIAL SECTOR
DEEPENING TRUST,
TANZANIA
(FSDT)
PROJECT MANAGER FOR NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESSES SURVEY
IN TANZANIA
Fixed Term Contract, Local Position
Position
The Financial
Sector Deepening Trust (FSDT) is looking to contract an individual consultant
to coordinate and manage the first national Small Business Survey in Tanzania.
Background
The FSDT was
incorporated in Tanzania on 1st July 2004.
The FSDT's overall aim is to develop a deeper financial system that can
provide greater access to finance for more Tanzanians. Among its secondary objectives are to fund:
The
development of new financial products that address the needs of poor households
and micro and small enterprises
Initiatives
aimed at improving financial market integration and access to wholesale forms
of finance by financial service providers addressing poor households and micro
and small enterprises
Initiatives
aimed at enhancing the supply of appropriate business support services to
financial service providers in Tanzania
Improvements
in the policy, legislative and regulatory framework affecting delivery of
services.
FSDT aims to conduct
a national survey of small businesses in order to quantify demand for financial
services, profile this demand, and segment small businesses in ways that are
practical for the design of appropriate interventions and services. The study will also assess barriers to access
for small businesses. It will be the
first nationally representative small business survey in Tanzania and will cover all small businesses in
their entirety in order to create a spectrum covering the whole market. The survey also aims to obtain regionally
representative data for more specific analysis and use. The small business survey will be carried out
every three years to track developments.
FinMark Trust
(FMT) will design the survey and provide quality assurance, and supervise a
local firm to undertake the fieldwork and capture data. The survey in Tanzania will be based on FMT's FinScope-branded
small business survey measures.
