Documents & Reports
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Tanzania Economic Update - Harnessing the Opportunity for a Climate-Smart and Competitive Livestock Sector in Tanzania (English)
Tanzania has managed a steadily robust growth path amid multiple external shocks, with low and stable inflation by regional standards. While poverty reduction has progressed slowly, the government increased...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 191120 Document Date: July 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Tanzania Economic Update - Overcoming Demographic Challenges while Embracing Opportunities (English)
Tanzania has managed to sustain its growth momentum despite the intensifying effects of climate change. Tanzania’s real GDP growth rate rose from 4.6 percent in 2022 to 5.2 percent in 2023, as a stronger...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 188228 Document Date: January 2, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Tanzania Economic Update - The Efficiency and Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Tanzania (English)
Global growth is projected to slow significantly in 2023 as continued monetary tightening constrains the credit supply. Tanzania’s economy has performed relatively well despite a challenging external environment...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 184925 Document Date: September 18, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Tanzania Economic Update - Clean Water, Bright Future : The Transformative Impact of Investing in WASH (English)
This eighteenth edition of the Tanzania Economic Update includes a special focus section on improving the quality of water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services that could have a transformative...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 180016 Document Date: December 31, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Tanzania Economic Update : Transforming Agriculture - Realizing the Potential of Agriculture for Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction (English)
Tanzania was again one of the top growth performers in the region. Official GDP figures show that growth remained steady in the first half of the year, driven by higher public investment and by a recovery...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 144126 Document Date: February 3, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mungunasi,Emmanuel A.
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Tanzania Economic Update 17 Final Report : Empowering Women - Expanding Access to Assets and Economic Opportunities (English)
This edition of the Tanzania Economic Update includes a special focus section on women’s economic empowerment, which will play a pivotal role in achieving an inclusive and resilient post-crisis recovery...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 169033 Document Date: January 20, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Tanzania Economic Update : Raising the Bar - Achieving Tanzania’s Development Vision (English)
The emergency of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus plunged the global economy into a recession in 2020, and the pace of recovery remains uncertain both among advanced and emerging economies. Pandemic-related...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 157120 Document Date: December 10, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chande,Faustina Robi
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Tanzania Economic Update : Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 (English)
State of the economy: In 2019 growth in Tanzania’s economy was again solid, but this year COVID-19is expected to cut GDP growth at least in half and increase poverty. Growth slowdown in Tanzania’smain...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 149267 Document Date: June 7, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Tanzania Economic Update : Human Capital - The Real Wealth of Nations (English)
Investing in human capital is essential for Tanzania. To generate future income and achieve sustainable development, people are the most important asset countries have. Part two of this economic update...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 139418 Document Date: July 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wodon,Quentin T.,Belghith,Nadia Belhaj Hassine,Mayengo,Pancras Kafonogo,Mungunasi,Emmanuel A.
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Tanzania Economic Update : The Power of Investing in Girls - Educating Girls and Ending Child Marriage in Tanzania (English)
Economic performance in 2018 has been mixed. The data that are available suggest some areas of softening in the economy.1 Foreign direct investment declined to 2 percent of GDP in 2017, down from about...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 134094 Document Date: January 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wodon,Quentin T.,Jesse,Cornelia,Belhaj,Nadia,Mayengo,Pancras Kafonogo,Yoshino,Yutaka,Mungunasi,Emmanuel A.
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Tanzania economic update : managing water wisely - the urgent need to improve water resources management in Tanzania (English)
The tenth edition of the Tanzania Economic Update covers the state of the economy and includes a near term outlook, with a special focus chapter on one of the most cross-cutting determinants of development...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 120954 Document Date: November 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Tanzania economic update : money within reach - extending financial inclusion in Tanzania (English)
In 2016, the global economic environment remained subdued, with growth performance in Sub-Saharan Africa the weakest in over 20 years. Economic conditions across most advanced economies remained challenging...
Report No.: 114125 Document Date: April 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Tanzania economic update : the road less traveled – unleashing public private partnerships in Tanzania (English)
The Tanzanian economy has grown at an average annual rate of around 6-7 percent for more than a decade. The rate of inflation has declined since January 2016, although it trended upwards in thepreceding...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 105764 Document Date: May 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Tanzania economic update : why should Tanzanians pay taxes? The unavoidable need to finance economic development (English)
This seventh economic update goes to the heart of one of the main challenges faced by Tanzania: how can the country finance its development? This is a fundamental question when aid is coming down as a...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 97720 Document Date: July 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cunningham,Victoria Frances Kernot,Haji Kanz,Mahjabeen
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Tanzania economic update : the elephant in the room - unlocking the potential of the tourism industry for Tanzanians (English)
The focus of this economic update is the tourism sector, which is clearly central to Tanzania’s drive toward economic emergence. Riding on the country’s bountiful natural assets, tourism is a fast growing...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 93869 Document Date: January 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cunningham,Victoria Frances Kernot,Haji Kanz,Mahjabeen,Morisset,Jacques
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Tanzania economic update : who wants a job? The magnetic power of cities (English)
This fifth economic update also examines prospects for economic prosperity in the context of rapid urbanization; in particular, how the growth of cities can be harnessed to create productive jobs for a...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 88932 Document Date: June 19, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Morisset,Jacques,Cunningham,Victoria Frances Kernot,Haji Kanz,Mahjabeen
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Tanzania economic update : raising the game - can Tanzania eradicate extreme poverty? (English)
The special focus of this fourth economic update is as much a concern for policymakers as for ordinary citizens. This economic update discusses a bold new way of lessening extreme poverty by transferring...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 83172 Document Date: December 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Morisset,Jacques
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Tanzania economic update : opening the gates : how the port of Dar es Salaam can transform Tanzania (English)
The wide media coverage of the series as well as the interest in the blog show that the debate has been gradually moving from ministerial corridors to the public arena. This latest update foresees that...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 77729 Document Date: May 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Morisset,Jacques
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Tanzania economic update : spreading the wings (English)
Tanzania continues to stand out as a model of sound economic performance in the African continent, with a growth rate of over six per cent in 2011 and 2012, surpassing other regional economies and demonstrating...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 73346 Document Date: October 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Morisset,Jacques
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Tanzania economic update : stairways to heaven (English)
Tanzania's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the last 12 years has been extremely strong, averaging close to 7 percent annually. This rate is high, but still lower than that of successful emerging...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 73339 Document Date: February 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Morisset,Jacques,Lee,Stevan