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An up-to-date, comparative, examination of the developing economy of Tanzania and its grass roots progress out of poverty, with pointers to its wider implications for policymakers, NGOS and practitioners. Over the past thirty years, in common with a number of other Sub-Saharan African countries, Tanzania has experienced a period of painful adjustment followed by relatively rapid and stable economic growth. However the extent of progress on poverty reduction and the sustainability of the development process are both open to question. In this book, prominent international observers provide a range of different perspectives on the process of development over time and the issues facing a rapidly growing African economy: political economy; agriculture and rural livelihoods; industrial development; urbanisation; aid and trade; tourism; and the use of natural resources. Comparisons are drawn with other African economies as well as other developing countries, such as Vietnam. An invaluable deep review of Tanzania's economy and development, the book also looks at the wider implications of the research for the futureon the continent and beyond. David Potts is Honorary Visiting Researcher at the University of Bradford and was Head of the Bradford Centre for International Development 2015-16. He worked for six years as an economist in Tanzania's Ministry of Agriculture in the 1980s, has had many subsequent short-term assignments in the country and is co-editor of Development Planning and Poverty Reduction (2003).

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Author:   David Potts ,  Andrew Coulson (Contributor) ,  Anna Mdee ,  Bahati Ilembo
Publisher:   James Currey
Imprint:   James Currey
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781847011978

ISBN 10:   1847011977
Pages:   382
Publication Date:   24 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction - Tanzanian Development: a Comparative Perspective - David Potts The Political Economy of Tanzania 1967-2017: Reimagining the State - Andrew Coulson Reflections on the Tanzanian Trajectory: Decline and Recovery - Michael F. Lofchie Agricultural Development in Tanzania - Brian Van Arkadie Assets and Poverty Dynamics: The Methodological Challenges of Constructing Longitudinal Surveys in Tanzania - Dan Brockington Assets and Poverty Dynamics: The Methodological Challenges of Constructing Longitudinal Surveys in Tanzania - Olivia Howland Assets and Poverty Dynamics: The Methodological Challenges of Constructing Longitudinal Surveys in Tanzania - Vesa-Mati Loiske Assets and Poverty Dynamics: The Methodological Challenges of Constructing Longitudinal Surveys in Tanzania - Moses Emanuel Mnzava Assets and Poverty Dynamics: The Methodological Challenges of Constructing Longitudinal Surveys in Tanzania - Christine Noe Contract Farming: Experiences from Tobacco and Sunflower - Joseph Kuzilwa and Bahati Ilembo and Daniel Mpeta and Andrew Coulson ""We Just Sell Water - That is All We Do"": Two Cases of Small-scale Irrigation - Anna Mdee The Industrial Development of Tanzania in Comparative African Perspective - Peter Lawrence Competitiveness in African Manufacturing: Evidence from Tanzania - John Weiss and Hossein Jalilian ""Good Life Never Comes Like Dreams"": Youth, Poverty and Employment in Arusha - Nicola Banks International Aid to Tanzania - with some comparisons from Ghana and Uganda - Michael Tribe Real Exchange Rate Changes and Export Performance in Tanzania and Ethiopia - David Potts and Kifle Wondemu Economic Leakage as a Constraint on Tourism's Effective Contribution to Local Economic Development in Tanzania - Faustin Kamuzora Economic Leakage as a Constraint on Tourism's Effective Contribution to Local Economic Development in Tanzania - Julia Jeyacheya Extractive Industry Revenues and their Expenditure in Local Government Authorities: The Case of the Gold Service Levy in Geita District Council - David Potts Extractive Industry Revenues and their Expenditure in Local Government Authorities: The Case of the Gold Service Levy in Geita District Council - Honest Prosper Ngowi"

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Christine Noe is an Associate Professor of Human Geography at the University of Dar es Salaam. She is a contributor to David Potts (ed), Tanzanian Development (James Currey, 2019). Her research is on conservation and development politics. Dan Brockington is a Research Professor at ICTA, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He is author of Fortress Conservation (James Currey, 2002), and, with Stefano Ponte, co-edited The Green Economy in the Global South (2017). His research covers the social impacts of conservation and long term livelihood change in East Africa.

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