This paper is the second in an analysis of a survey of 83 manufacturing enterprises in Tanzania. The previous analysis reported that large firms are more likely to export than other firms, and more large firms sustain their investments than smaller firms. Also, parastatals, including firms with...

Since the mid-1980s Tanzania has implemented a number of trade and fiscal policy reforms that were partly intended to encourage increased export activity by manufacturing firms. Macroeconomic data suggest that there has been little response. To understand this lack of response we need to...

Theoretical predictions and empirical evidence on the impact of foreign aid and fiscal policy on growth are mixed. This paper examines the effect of fiscal variables (government expenditure and revenue) and aid on growth using annual time series data for Kenya over the period 1964 - 2002....