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).

Introduction - Tanzanian Development: a Comparative Perspective - David PottsThe Political Economy of Tanzania 1967-2017: Reimagining the State - Andrew CoulsonReflections on the Tanzanian Trajectory: Decline and Recovery - Michael F. LofchieAgricultural Development in Tanzania - Brian Van ArkadieAssets and Poverty Dynamics: The Methodological Challenges of Constructing Longitudinal Surveys in Tanzania - Dan BrockingtonAssets and Poverty Dynamics: The Methodological Challenges of Constructing Longitudinal Surveys in Tanzania - Olivia HowlandAssets and Poverty Dynamics: The Methodological Challenges of Constructing Longitudinal Surveys in Tanzania - Vesa-Mati LoiskeAssets and Poverty Dynamics: The Methodological Challenges of Constructing Longitudinal Surveys in Tanzania - Moses Emanuel MnzavaAssets and Poverty Dynamics: The Methodological Challenges of Constructing Longitudinal Surveys in Tanzania - Christine NoeContract 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 MdeeThe Industrial Development of Tanzania in Comparative African Perspective - Peter LawrenceCompetitiveness in African Manufacturing: Evidence from Tanzania - John Weiss and Hossein Jalilian"Good Life Never Comes Like Dreams": Youth, Poverty and Employment in Arusha - Nicola BanksInternational Aid to Tanzania - with some comparisons from Ghana and Uganda - Michael TribeReal Exchange Rate Changes and Export Performance in Tanzania and Ethiopia - David Potts and Kifle WondemuEconomic Leakage as a Constraint on Tourism's Effective Contribution to Local Economic Development in Tanzania - Faustin KamuzoraEconomic Leakage as a Constraint on Tourism's Effective Contribution to Local Economic Development in Tanzania - Julia JeyacheyaExtractive Industry Revenues and their Expenditure in Local Government Authorities: The Case of the Gold Service Levy in Geita District Council - David PottsExtractive Industry Revenues and their Expenditure in Local Government Authorities: The Case of the Gold Service Levy in Geita District Council - Honest Prosper Ngowi