Tanzania at the Turn of the Century : From Reforms to Sustained Growth and Poverty Reduction
The study builds on lessons from Tanzania's development experience of the past four decades, with emphasis on the period following the 1996 Country Economic Memorandum, which focused on the challenge of reforms, in particular the impact of ref...
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ECONOMIC & SECTOR WORK DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS REFORM POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH INCOME DISTRIBUTION WELFARE ECONOMICS POVERTY REDUCTION ACCESS TO EDUCATION HEALTH CARE DELIVERY STRUCTURAL REFORMS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION POLICY REFORM INFLATION RATES FOREIGN EXCHANGE HOLDINGS FISCAL CONSOLIDATION CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS MARKET ECONOMY PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AGED AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURE ANTICORRUPTION AVERAGE GROWTH BASIC EDUCATION BUSINESS OPERATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CITIZENS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPETITIVENESS DEBT DEMOCRACY DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DIRECT INVESTMENT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FAMILIES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOREIGN EXCHANGE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GNP GRAND CORRUPTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROJECTIONS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEALTH CARE HEALTH SERVICES HIGH GROWTH HIV INFECTION HUMAN CAPACITY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNODEFICIENCY IMPORTS IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCREASED INVESTMENT INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INDUSTRIALIZATION INFANT MORTALITY INFLATION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INVESTMENT RATE INVESTMENT RATES LABOR FORCE LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LONG-TERM GROWTH MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC REFORMS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MANAGERS MASS EDUCATION MEDIA MEDIUM TERM MONEY SUPPLY NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL ECONOMY NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PEER EDUCATION PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PETTY CORRUPTION POLICY CREDIBILITY POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY MESSAGES POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL LEADERS POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROMOTING GROWTH PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY PUBLIC SPENDING PUPILS RAPID GROWTH REAL GDP REAL INCOME REDUCING POVERTY REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS RURAL AREAS SCHOOLS SOCIAL RESEARCH STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL CHANGE STRUCTURAL POLICIES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE POVERTY TAXATION TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL OUTPUT URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION WASTE |
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ECONOMIC & SECTOR WORK DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS REFORM POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH INCOME DISTRIBUTION WELFARE ECONOMICS POVERTY REDUCTION ACCESS TO EDUCATION HEALTH CARE DELIVERY STRUCTURAL REFORMS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION POLICY REFORM INFLATION RATES FOREIGN EXCHANGE HOLDINGS FISCAL CONSOLIDATION CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS MARKET ECONOMY PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AGED AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURE ANTICORRUPTION AVERAGE GROWTH BASIC EDUCATION BUSINESS OPERATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CITIZENS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPETITIVENESS DEBT DEMOCRACY DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DIRECT INVESTMENT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FAMILIES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOREIGN EXCHANGE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GNP GRAND CORRUPTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROJECTIONS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEALTH CARE HEALTH SERVICES HIGH GROWTH HIV INFECTION HUMAN CAPACITY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNODEFICIENCY IMPORTS IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCREASED INVESTMENT INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INDUSTRIALIZATION INFANT MORTALITY INFLATION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INVESTMENT RATE INVESTMENT RATES LABOR FORCE LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LONG-TERM GROWTH MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC REFORMS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MANAGERS MASS EDUCATION MEDIA MEDIUM TERM MONEY SUPPLY NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL ECONOMY NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PEER EDUCATION PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PETTY CORRUPTION POLICY CREDIBILITY POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY MESSAGES POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL LEADERS POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROMOTING GROWTH PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY PUBLIC SPENDING PUPILS RAPID GROWTH REAL GDP REAL INCOME REDUCING POVERTY REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS RURAL AREAS SCHOOLS SOCIAL RESEARCH STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL CHANGE STRUCTURAL POLICIES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE POVERTY TAXATION TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL OUTPUT URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION WASTE Government of the United Republic of Tanzania World Bank Tanzania at the Turn of the Century : From Reforms to Sustained Growth and Poverty Reduction |
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The study builds on lessons from
Tanzania's development experience of the past four
decades, with emphasis on the period following the 1996
Country Economic Memorandum, which focused on the challenge
of reforms, in particular the impact of reforms on growth,
incomes, and welfare in the country. The study assesses
Tanzania's current development status against the
country's ambition, since independence, to rid the
nation of three archenemies: poverty, ignorance, and
disease. Structural transformation has been extremely
limited, with agriculture still dominating the economy, a
non-diversified economy that hampers flexibility to
withstand shock occurrences. Nonetheless, the country
intensified macroeconomic policy reforms, significantly
stabilizing the economy, with falling inflation levels,
climbing foreign exchange reserves, and an overall fiscal
balance. But the main factors identified behind the slow
development progress, are primarily inadequate capital
accumulation, and productivity growth; poor support for the
transformation of agriculture; disrupted progress in
building human capital; and, delayed demographic transition.
However, the steady progress in reorienting its economy to a
market-based operation, is creating space for exploiting the
large potential of private sector initiative. It is
emphasized that growth will only be sustainable, if firmly
rooted in exploiting the domestic resource base,
international competitiveness, and an aggressive pursuit of
new export opportunities. |
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Government of the United Republic of Tanzania World Bank |
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Government of the United Republic of Tanzania World Bank |
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Government of the United Republic of Tanzania |
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Tanzania at the Turn of the Century : From Reforms to Sustained Growth and Poverty Reduction |
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Tanzania at the Turn of the Century : From Reforms to Sustained Growth and Poverty Reduction |
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Tanzania at the Turn of the Century : From Reforms to Sustained Growth and Poverty Reduction |
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Tanzania at the Turn of the Century : From Reforms to Sustained Growth and Poverty Reduction |
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Tanzania at the Turn of the Century : From Reforms to Sustained Growth and Poverty Reduction |
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tanzania at the turn of the century : from reforms to sustained growth and poverty reduction |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1089587/tanzania-turn-century-reforms-sustained-growth-poverty-reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13905 |
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okr-10986-139052021-04-23T14:03:10Z Tanzania at the Turn of the Century : From Reforms to Sustained Growth and Poverty Reduction Government of the United Republic of Tanzania World Bank ECONOMIC & SECTOR WORK DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS REFORM POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH INCOME DISTRIBUTION WELFARE ECONOMICS POVERTY REDUCTION ACCESS TO EDUCATION HEALTH CARE DELIVERY STRUCTURAL REFORMS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION POLICY REFORM INFLATION RATES FOREIGN EXCHANGE HOLDINGS FISCAL CONSOLIDATION CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS MARKET ECONOMY PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AGED AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURE ANTICORRUPTION AVERAGE GROWTH BASIC EDUCATION BUSINESS OPERATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CITIZENS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPETITIVENESS DEBT DEMOCRACY DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DIRECT INVESTMENT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FAMILIES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOREIGN EXCHANGE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GNP GRAND CORRUPTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROJECTIONS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEALTH CARE HEALTH SERVICES HIGH GROWTH HIV INFECTION HUMAN CAPACITY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNODEFICIENCY IMPORTS IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCREASED INVESTMENT INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INDUSTRIALIZATION INFANT MORTALITY INFLATION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INVESTMENT RATE INVESTMENT RATES LABOR FORCE LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LONG-TERM GROWTH MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC REFORMS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MANAGERS MASS EDUCATION MEDIA MEDIUM TERM MONEY SUPPLY NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL ECONOMY NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PEER EDUCATION PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PETTY CORRUPTION POLICY CREDIBILITY POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY MESSAGES POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL LEADERS POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROMOTING GROWTH PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY PUBLIC SPENDING PUPILS RAPID GROWTH REAL GDP REAL INCOME REDUCING POVERTY REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS RURAL AREAS SCHOOLS SOCIAL RESEARCH STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL CHANGE STRUCTURAL POLICIES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE POVERTY TAXATION TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL OUTPUT URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION WASTE The study builds on lessons from Tanzania's development experience of the past four decades, with emphasis on the period following the 1996 Country Economic Memorandum, which focused on the challenge of reforms, in particular the impact of reforms on growth, incomes, and welfare in the country. The study assesses Tanzania's current development status against the country's ambition, since independence, to rid the nation of three archenemies: poverty, ignorance, and disease. Structural transformation has been extremely limited, with agriculture still dominating the economy, a non-diversified economy that hampers flexibility to withstand shock occurrences. Nonetheless, the country intensified macroeconomic policy reforms, significantly stabilizing the economy, with falling inflation levels, climbing foreign exchange reserves, and an overall fiscal balance. But the main factors identified behind the slow development progress, are primarily inadequate capital accumulation, and productivity growth; poor support for the transformation of agriculture; disrupted progress in building human capital; and, delayed demographic transition. However, the steady progress in reorienting its economy to a market-based operation, is creating space for exploiting the large potential of private sector initiative. It is emphasized that growth will only be sustainable, if firmly rooted in exploiting the domestic resource base, international competitiveness, and an aggressive pursuit of new export opportunities. 2013-06-13T16:29:43Z 2013-06-13T16:29:43Z 2001-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1089587/tanzania-turn-century-reforms-sustained-growth-poverty-reduction 0-8213-4941-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13905 English en_US A World Bank country study; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa Tanzania |