Colonial Economies - Socialist Strategies - Tanzania

Question 1

Who led Tanzania through socialist collectivisation?

What was his vision?

Answer 1

Julius Nyerere

Wanted to utilise Africa’s great majority of farmers and championed agriculture over industry as the solution to Tanzania’s economic salvation

Question 2

How did Nyerere’s economy perform between 1961 - 67?

Why was this problematic to Nyerere’s economic philosophy?

Answer 2

Steady growth, however growth was confined to mainly benefiting large capitalist estate owners

Question 3

What policy was introduced in attempt to liberalise economic growth?

Answer 3

Ujamaa (family hood)

• collectives farming + collective villages

(Nyerere, freedom and development)

Question 4

According to Paul Collier, how did Nyerere’s collective farms perform?

Answer 4

Large inefficient - collective farms occupied 20% of village labour whilst only producing 2% of village crops

(Paul collier, Land and Poverty in Rural Tanzania)

Question 5

What did Stoger Eising research conclude regarding Tanzanias economy?

Answer 5

Entire economy was failing, output declining 0.01% per annum 1967 - 1992

Question 6

By 1970 how much were Tanzanian exports declining by?

Who’s research is this taken from?

Answer 6

25%

Stoger Eising (2000)

Question 7

Which two political and economic factors causes crisis for Tanzania? What year was this?

Answer 7

1978

Ugandan invasion

World market for the main cash crop, Sisal, collapsed

Question 8

By 1970, how could it be argued Nyerere failed to deliver on his vision industrialising agriculture?

Answer 8

Investment in industry increased threefold, civil service grew fourfold