Tanzania and the IMF: The Dynamics of Liberalization

229 Pages·1992·21.865 MB·English

by  Horace Campbell and Howard Stein

Tanzania and the IMF

Tanzania and the IMF
The Dynamics of Liberalization
EDITED BY
Horace Campbell and
Howard Stein
First published 1992 by Westview Press, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tanzania and the IMF : the dynamics of liberalization / edited by
Horace Campbell and Howard Stein.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8133-7895-8 (softcover)
1. Tanzania-Economic policy. 2. Free enterprise-Tanzania.
3. International Monetary Fund-Tanzania. I. Campbell, Horace.
II. Stein, Howard, 1952-
HC885.T363 1992
338.9678-dc20 91-33368
CIP
ISBN 13: 978-0-367-28947-8 (hbk)
To the Students of
the University of Dar es Salaam

Contents
List of Tables and Maps ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Preface xiii
1 Introduction: The Dynamics of Liberalization in Tanzania, 1
Horace Campbell and Howard Stein
2 The Nature of Economic Reforms in Tanzania, 21
Andrew Kiondo
3 The Politics of Liberalization in Tanzania: The Crisis of 43
Ideological Hegemony, Issa G. Shivji
4 Economic Policy and the IMF in Tanzania: Conditionality, 59
Conflict, and Convergence, Howard Stein
5 The Politics of Demobilization in Tanzania: Beyond 85
Nationalism, Horace Campbell
6 The Informal Sector, Social Reproduction, and the Impact 109
of the Economic Crisis on Women, Ulla Vuorela
7 The Politics of the Refugee Crisis in Tanzania, 125
Patricia Daley
8 The Politics of Education in Tanzania: From Colonialism 147
to Liberalization, Z. M. Roy-Campbell
vii
viii Contents
9 Theory and Practice in the Analysis of Tanzanian 171
Liberalization: A Comment, Joel Sarnoff
Bibliography 189
About the Contributors 205
About the Book and Editors 207
Index 208
Tables and Maps
Tables
2.1 Net disbursement of ODA from all sources to Tanzania, 25
1980-1985
2.2 Summary of price-controlled products for selected years, 31
1979-1987
2.3 Bank of Tanzania: Summary of import licensing, 32
1984-1986
2.4 Changes in the number of ministries and ministers 33
4.1 Balance of trade 62
4.2 Terms of trade, 1980 = 100 63
4.3 Actual exports and NESP targets for selected 67
commodities
5.1 Functional .analysis of government expenditure by 92
purpose, 1970-1987
5.2 Minimum monthly wage versus general consumer price 99
index for Dar es Salaam, 1969 = 100
7.1 Expenditure of UNHCR/LWF-sponsored refugee 134
settlements in Tanzania
7.2 Tobacco production and tobacco sales to TAT and 140
TTPMB in Katumba settlement, 1975-1987
7.3 Tobacco sales to TTPMB for refugee settlements in 141
Rukwa district, 1985-1987
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