According to the author most African countries after independence opted for state owned enterprises in the export-producing sectors that led to inward-looking policies of economic development. He tries to show from case studies with data from 1960 to 1986 that this was the reason for poor...

This paper contributes to a statistical debate about the measurement of the size and growth of the Tanzanian manufacturing sector in the last decade. Evidence from official data sources shows a contraction of industrial output in the early 1990’s but sustained expansion since 1995. There is a...