The Industrial Experience of Tanzania

by A. Szirmai (Editor), P. Lapperre (Editor)

Overview

The central aim of The Industrial Experience of Tanzania is to explain why the Tanzanian manufacturing sector experienced a long period of stagnation after an initial phase of rapid industrial growth. Tanzania has been an extreme case with a high level of state intervention, but the contributors show that there are lessons to be learnt here for African economies in general. The analysis includes previously unpublished data, and presents important conceptual and methodological advances.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333800195
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/14/2001
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	411
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.05(d)

About the Author

AMBER BEERNINK Section of Technology and Development Studies, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands BARTELT BONGENAAR IBM Deployment of New Technologies, Amsterdam OTTO BOS Faculty of Technology Management, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands CHARLES COOPER The United Nations University/INTECH Masstricht, The Netherlands JAN VAN CRANENBROEK Bureau for International Affairs, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands RAYMOND DUIJSENS Eindhoven University of Technology/Netherlands Red Cross, The Netherlands EMILIA VAN EGMOND-DE WILDE DE LIGNY Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands DONNÉ VAN ENGELEN Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands HERMAN GAILLARD Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands DAVID VAN HOREN Centre for Technology for Sustainable Development, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands JEFFREY JAMES Tilburg University, The Netherlands JOSEPHAT P. KWEKA Economic and Social Research Foundation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania LEX LEMMENS Centre for Technology for Sustainable Development, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands A.K. MAZIKU Ministries of Industries and Trade, Tanzania A.V.Y. MBELLE University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania T.S.A. MBWETTE University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania HUBERT MEENA University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania HUMPHREY P.B. MOSHI Economic Research GREGORY NJAU Environmental Association of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam HOWARD PACK World Bank/University of Pennsylvania, USA CHRISTINA PAXON Princeton University, USA MENNO PRINS Eindhoven University of Technology/ERICSSON, The Netherlands CASPAR SAMPLONIUS Faculty of Technology Management, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands PETER SCHEREN Centre for Technology for Sustainable Development, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands WESSEL SCHULTE Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands HAJI H. SEMBOJA Economic and Social Research Foundation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania DICK TOUSSAINT Faculty of Technology Management, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands F. VAN DER VLEUTEN Eindhoven University of Technology/Free Energy Europe, The Netherlands SAMUEL M. WANGWE Economic and Social Research Foundation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania MICHEL YHDEGO ERC Consultants, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania HARRO ZANTING Centre for Technology for Sustainable Development, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction; A.Szirmai & P.Lapperre PART I: LONG-RUN ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE Public Policy and the Industrial Development of Tanzania, 1961-1995; D.van Engelen, A.Szirmai & P.Lapperre Is African Manufacturing Skill Constrained?; H.Pack & C.Paxson Measuring Manufacturing Performance in Tanzania; A.Szirmai, M.Prins & W.Schulte The Role of Technological Factors in the Early Stages of Industrial Exports: A Note; C.Cooper PART II: INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES AND CHOICE OF TECHNIQUES Public Choice, Technology and Industrialization in Tanzania: Some Paradoxes Resolved; J.James The Role and Form of Industrial Innovativeness in Enhancing Firms' Productivity: The Case of Selected Manufacturing Firms in Tanzania; H.H.Semboja & J.P.Kweka Development and Diffusion of Technology: The Case of TIRDO; B.Bongenaar & A.Szirmai Technological Capabilities: A Core Element for National Development Opportunities: A Study of Technological Capabilities in the Dwelling Construction Sector for Lower-Income Households in Tanzania; E.van Egmond-de Wilde de Ligny Education, Technical Education, Knowledge and Skills in the Metal Working Industry in Tanzania; R.Duijsens & P.Lapperre PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION Industrialization and Environment: Methodologies for Environmental Assessment in Data Poor Situations; L.Lemmens, P.Scheren, H.Zanting, G.Njau & D.van Horen Energy Conservation in the Industrial Sector in Tanzania; F.van der Vleuten, L.Lemmens, O.Bos, C.Samplonius, D.Toussaint & M.Yhdego PART IV: LESSONS FROM PAST EXPERIENCES, ECONOMIC REFORM, PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE Industrialization of Tanzania: Can Tanzania Learn from European History?; P.Lapperre Macro-Economic Policies and Performance of the Manufacturing Sector in Tanzania: Has Liberalization Helped? An Econometric Approach; A.V.Y.Mbelle The Urban Informal Manufacturing Sector in Tanzania: Neglected Opportunities for Socio-Economic Development; H.Gaillard & A.Beernink The Impact of Reforms in Tanzania: The Case of Privatized Manufacturing Enterprises; H.P.B.Moshi Economic Reform, Industrialization and Technological Capabilities in Tanzanian Industry; S.M.Wangwe Highlights of the Sustainable Industrial Development Policy in Tanzania, 1996-2020; A.K.Maziku