Country Study of Tanzania
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Tanzania is an African nation that took a "socialist" path to development. Tanzania is ruled by one political party, the CCM, and it exercises supreme authority over all state organs. Its constitution became effective in 1977, and the principal doctrines are that all human beings are equal, that every individual has a right to dignity and respect, and that only with socialism and self-reliance can a society of free and equal citizens be constructed. The party has a broad membership, and any citizen eighteen years or older can become a member by accepting the aims, beliefs, and objectives of the CCM (Kaplan, 1978, 104-105).Prior to the Arusha Declaration, development policies for Tanzania had encouraged extensive private investment and large financial contributions from abroad, and these orientations were in keeping with the macroeconomic premises of the First Development Decade declared by the United Nations in 1960. The First Five Year Plan from 1964 to 1969 sought to transform the economy by attracting private investment and foreign assistance for capital-intensive manufacturing, agricultural, and infrastructural projects. The productive goals of the plan were not achieved in part because of such uncontrollable factors as unexpectedly high population increases, inclement weather conditions, falling export prices, and shortfalls in anticipated foreign aid and investment. Data were also lacking for measuring economic performance, and as a result ill-conceived projects
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