Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/161580 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2017/16
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Despite Tanzania's rapid recent growth, the vast majority of employment creation has been in informal services. This paper addresses the role that different subsectors of formal and informal services have played in Tanzania's growth. It finds that subsectors such as trade services contribute significantly to employment despite their relatively low productivity, while subsectors such as business and transportation services display higher productivity and improve the environment for other firms to operate. The paper also acknowledges the role of high-performing small and medium-sized service firms and the tourism sector in contributing further to Tanzania's growth and structural change.
Subjects: 
services
informal sector
economic growth
structural change
Tanzania
tourism
JEL: 
E26
L80
L83
O14
O17
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-240-3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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