State and business in Tanzania's development : : the Institutional Diagnostic Project / / edited by François Bourguignon, Paris School of Economics and EHESS, Paris, Samuel Mwita Wangwe, Daima Associates.

It is widely accepted that countries' institutions play a major role in their economic development. Yet, the way they affect, and are affected by, development, and how to reform them are still poorly understood. In this companion volume, State and Business in Tanzania diagnoses the main weaknes...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : : Cambridge University Press,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:The Institutional diagnostic project
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxviii, 408 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Nov 2023).
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The Political, Economic, and Institutional Features of Tanzania's Development: 1. Tanzania in a geographic, demographic and historical perspective François Bourguignon and Samuel Wangwe; 2. Features and challenges of economic development François Bourguignon; 3. Gathering evidence on the quality of institutions François Bourguignon and François Libois; Part II. Five Critical Institutional Areas for Tanzania's Development: 4. Politics and business: an ambiguous relationship Samuel Wangwe, with discussion by Hazel Gray; 5. Failings of civil service Rwekaza Mukandala, with discussion by Jan Willem Gunning; 6. Fiscal decentralization as an example of institutional ineffectiveness Servacius Likwelile and Paschal Assey, with discussion by Jan Willem Gunning; 7. Through the maze of land right laws Sist Mramba, with discussion by Klaus Deininger; 8. Power sector reform and regulation Catrina Godinho, with discussion Antonio Estache; Part III. Institutions and Development in Tanzania: 9. An institutional diagnostic of Tanzania's development François Bourguignon and Samuel Wangwe; Acknowledgement; References.