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Tanzanian Development
A Comparative Perspective
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Edited by:
David Potts
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With contributions by:
Andrew Coulson
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English
Published/Copyright:
2019
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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).
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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Contributor: Christine Noe
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.
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Contributor: Dan Brockington
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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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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Contributors
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Acknowledgements
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1 Introduction – Tanzanian Development: A Comparative Perspective
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2 The Political Economy of Tanzania 1967–2017: Reimagining the State
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3 Reflections on the Tanzanian Trajectory: Decline and Recovery
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4 Agricultural Development in Tanzania
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5. Assets and Poverty Dynamics: The Methodological Challenges of Constructing Longitudinal Surveys in Tanzania
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6 Contract Farming in Tanzania: Experiences from Tobacco and Sunflower
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7 ‘We Just Sell Water – That is All We Do’: Two Cases of Small-scale Irrigation in Tanzania
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8 The Industrial Development of Tanzania in Comparative African Perspective
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9 Competitiveness in African Manufacturing: Some Evidence from Tanzania
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10 ‘Good Life Never Comes Like Dreams’: Youth, Poverty and Employment in Arusha
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11 International Aid to Tanzania – with some comparisons from Ghana and Uganda
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12 Real Exchange Rate Changes and Export Performance in Tanzania and Ethiopia
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13 Economic Leakage as a Constraint on Tourism’s Effective Contribution to Local Economic Development in Tanzania
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14 Extractive Industry Revenues and their Expenditure in Local Government Authorities: The Case of the Gold Service Levy in Geita District Council in Tanzania
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15 Conclusion
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References
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Index
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Keywords for this book
African Countries; African Economy; Comparative Perspective; David Potts; Developing Economy; Development Progress; Economic Growth; Economic Research; Emerging Scholars; Gender Studies; NGOS; Policymakers; Poverty Reduction; Tanzanian Development
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
