Sustaining and Sharing Economic Growth in Tanzania

This book is designed to contribute to
the government's thinking on how best to translate
broad MKUKUTA (the government of Tanzania's National
Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty) policy
objectives into practical tactics and programs well suited
to Tanzania's economic priorities and to the removal of
key institutional and infrastructure bottlenecks. The book
aims to respond to three fundamental questions: (a) what
factors explain Tanzania's recent acceleration in
economic growth, (b) how well has the accelerated growth
translated into reduced poverty, and (c) what needs to be
done to sustain growth that is also pro-poor. This book
focuses on three issues that are central to the success of
Tanzania's poverty reduction efforts: What factors
explain Tanzania's recent acceleration in economic
growth? Has the accelerated economic growth translated into
reduced poverty? What must be done to sustain economic
growth that is pro-poor? The book presents evidence from the
macroeconomic, sectoral, firm, and household levels that
shed light on these questions. In addition, the book
examines the effectiveness of measures that support the poor
in efforts to accumulate human and physical capital, which
would enhance their prospects of contributing to economic
growth. Finally, it is important to mention that this book
is a compilation of chapters written by authors from the
African Development Bank (Peter Mwanakatwe), COWI
Consultants (Kerstin Pfliegner), independent consultancies
(Marianne Simonsen and Annabella Skof), and the World Bank
(Jean-Eric Aubert, Vandana Chandra, Louise Fox, Henry
Gordon, Johannes Hoogeveen, Pooja Kacker, Ying Li, Allister
Moon, Philip Mpango, Ravi Ruparel, Anuja Utz, Robert J. Utz,
and Michael Wong).