World Bank approves USD 300 million for skills and USD 250 million for Tanzania's social safety net

19 October 2026

The World Bank approved two programmes for Tanzania covering more than three million people.
The Second Education and Skills for Productive Jobs Program, ESPJ-II, gets USD 300 million as a Program-for-Results.
ESPJ-II targets about one million Tanzanians, including at least 45% women, and more than 656,000 graduates supported into new or improved employment.
The Tanzania Productive Social Safety Net III, PSSN III, gets USD 250 million.
PSSN III is to reach approximately 2.2 million people through productive cash transfers and climate-smart public works, with 10,000 youth receiving skills development and income-generating support.