Strategic issues in economic development: an African perspective

African Studies Center Working Paper No. 8

Industrial development in Tanzania : some critical issues

This study deals with some aspects of industrial development in Tanzania in the two last decades which the authors consider to be especially important. They adress mainly three groups of issues. First, choice and transfer of technology, technology policy, and the problems and implications of economies of scale. Second, the effects of foreign aid on industrial development in Tanzania. And third, the role of agriculture in industrial development. There is also a historical analysis of industrial development since independence and a critical assessment of the basic industry strategy (BIS) which was adopted as Tanzania's official industrialization strategy in 1975.Contents: PART 1: Historical background and strategies -- 1. Historical analysis of industrial development in Tanzania since independence -- 2. The basic industry strategy: presentation and interpretation -- PART 2: The basic industry strategy: problems and limitations -- 3. Choice of technology, transfer of technology and technology policy -- 4. Problems of economics of scale in industrial development -- 5. On the issue of linkages and sequencing in the basic industries strategy -- PART 3: Development through foreign aid or through internal mechanisms? -- 6. Foreign aid and economic growth in the 1970s with special reference to the manufacturing sector -- 7. The role of agriculture in industrial development -- 8. Summary and conclusions </p