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Sustaining Tanzania's Economic Development

A firm and household perspective

This book addresses performance and strategies adopted by firms and households in Tanzania to navigate shocks and achieve sustainability. How successful have firms and households been in building resilience to sustain their growth and development? Has the ability to navigate successfully through shocks and a changing economic environment improved? What are the lessons for managing and recovering from shocks?

Several issues are addressed. Export competitiveness, innovation, and developing linkages contribute to the resilience and sustainability of firms, whereas income diversification and financial inclusion promote the resilience and sustainability of households. Gender and regional, especially urban–rural, differences are incorporated.

Cross-cutting themes emerge on the need for modern technology and infrastructure to increase the productivity and employment of firms, investment in human capital to reduce gender inequalities and upgrade or equip workers as well as entrepreneurs with relevant skills, and access to resources for innovation. Performance of Tanzanian firms has gradually improved, although many challenges remain, and this has benefitted households through employment opportunities. The COVID-19 pandemic was a significant shock to the economy and progress stalled or reversed. Tanzania, like most countries, faces a challenging future but is better positioned to do so than it has been.

Table of contents
  1. 1. Firms and households in Tanzania’s development
    Oliver Morrissey, Joseph Semboja, Maureen Were
  2. 2. Linkages with large firms and growth of SMEs in Tanzania
    Josaphat Kweka
    More Working Paper | The Global Partnership for Inclusive Growth
  3. 3. Upgrading and multi-scalar industrial policy in the Tanzanian textile and apparel sector value chain
    Julian Boys, Antonio Andreoni
    More Working Paper | Value chain directionality, upgrading, and industrial policy in the Tanzanian textile and apparel sectors
  4. 4. Trade, technology and local linkages in the Tanzanian textiles and garments sector
    Amrita Saha
    More Working Paper | Trade, technology, and absorptive capacity
  5. 5. Drivers of manufacturing export performance and competitiveness in Tanzania
    Roseline Misati, Kethi Ngoka
    More Working Paper | Constraints on the performance and competitiveness of Tanzania’s manufacturing exports
  6. 6. Addressing gender and innovation gaps
    Laura Barasa
    More Working Paper | Closing the gap
  7. 7. Labour diversification by households 2008–2013
    Rumman Khan, Oliver Morrissey
    More Working Paper | Income diversification and household welfare in Tanzania 2008–2013
  8. 8. Long-run rural livelihood diversification in Kagera
    Ralitza Dimova, Sandra Kristine Halvorsen, Milla Nyyssölä, Kunal Sen
    More Working Paper | Long-run rural livelihood diversification in Kagera, Tanzania
  9. 9. Gender disparities in financial inclusion in Tanzania
    Maureen Were, Maureen Odongo, Caroline Israel
    More Working Paper | Gender disparities in financial inclusion in Tanzania
  10. 10. Implications for making the achievements sustainable
    Oliver Morrissey, Joseph Semboja, Maureen Were
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