Tanzania's Economic Reforms and Lessons Learned

SHANGHAI POVERTY CONFERENCE: CASE STUDY SUMMARY 1 Tanzania's Economic Reforms and Lessons Learned Having experienced a steady economic decline in the late 1970s and a financial crisis in the early 1980s, Tanzania formally adopted an economic recovery program in 1986. It has since pursued reforms and made significant achievements: macroeconomic stability has been achieved and a wide range of structural reforms completed. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth per annum averaged 4.2 percent during this period, reversing per capita income decline experienced in the decade before 1986.

• public service delivery
• setbacks on the macroeconomic policy front
• development partners
• reform process
• capita income
• poverty
• economic reforms
• government