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Foreign Capital and Economic Growth in Tanzania
Author(s) -
Danielson Anders,
Mjema Godwin
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
african development review
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1467-8268
pISSN - 1017-6772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8268.1994.tb00061.x
Subject(s) - tanzania , foreign capital , humanities , welfare economics , capital (architecture) , economics , political science , ethnology , geography , sociology , philosophy , foreign direct investment , macroeconomics , archaeology
This paper addresses the issue of whether the inflow of foreign capital has contributed to economic growth in Tanzania. We distinguish between aid and loans and conclude that while aid seems to have fostered growth during the past decades, loans have apparently not. Using a simple model we show that the basic reason for this is that foreign loans are efficient in promoting growth only if several conditions are fulfilled; data suggest that this is not the case Tanzania. Résumé: Le présent document traite de la question de savoire si le flux de capitaux étrangers a contribuéà la croissance économique en Tanzanie. Nous faisons la distinction entre l'aide et le prêts et concluons que si l'aide a apparenment favorisé la croissance au cours de ces dernières décennies, il ne semble pas en être de même pour les prêts. Avec un modèle simple, nous montrons que la raison fondamentale est que les prêts extérieurs ne favorisent la croissance que si plusieurs conditions sont réunies. Les statistiques révèlent que tel n'est pas le cas en Tanzanie.

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