Industrial Experience of Tanzania

ADAM SZIRMAI holds a Professorship in Technology and Development Studies at Eindhoven University. He is a founder of the Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies, of which he is presently the scientific director. He is the author of Economic and Social Development, Trends, Problems and Policies and co-editor of a volume entitled Explaining Economic Growth. - PAUL LAPPERRE is Associate Professor of Technology and Development Studies at Eindhoven University.

• Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction; A.Szirmai & P.Lapperre PART I: LONG-RUN ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE Public Policy and the Industrial Development of Tanzania, 1961-1995; D.van Engelen, A.Szirmai & P.Lapperre Is African Manufacturing Skill Constrained?; H.Pack & C.Paxson Measuring Manufacturing Performance in Tanzania; A.Szirmai, M.Prins & W.Schulte The Role of Technological Factors in the Early Stages of Industrial Exports: A Note; C.Cooper PART II: INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES AND CHOICE OF TECHNIQUES Public Choice, Technology and Industrialization in Tanzania: Some Paradoxes Resolved; J.James The Role and Form of Industrial Innovativeness in Enhancing Firms' Productivity: The Case of Selected Manufacturing Firms in Tanzania; H.H.Semboja & J.P.Kweka Development and Diffusion of Technology: The Case of TIRDO; B.Bongenaar & A.Szirmai Technological Capabilities: A Core Element for National Development Opportunities: A Study of Technological Capabilities in the DwellingConstruction Sector for Lower-Income Households in Tanzania; E.van Egmond-de Wilde de Ligny Education, Technical Education, Knowledge and Skills in the Metal Working Industry in Tanzania; R.Duijsens & P.Lapperre PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION Industrialization and Environment: Methodologies for Environmental Assessment in Data Poor Situations; L.Lemmens, P.Scheren, H.Zanting, G.Njau & D.van Horen Energy Conservation in the Industrial Sector in Tanzania; F.van der Vleuten, L.Lemmens, O.Bos, C.Samplonius, D.Toussaint & M.Yhdego PART IV: LESSONS FROM PAST EXPERIENCES, ECONOMIC REFORM, PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE Industrialization of Tanzania: Can Tanzania Learn from European History?; P.Lapperre Macro-Economic Policies and Performance of the Manufacturing Sector in Tanzania: Has Liberalization Helped? An Econometric Approach; A.V.Y.Mbelle The Urban Informal Manufacturing Sector in Tanzania: Neglected Opportunities for Socio-Economic Development; H.Gaillard &A.Beernink The Impact of Reforms in Tanzania: The Case of Privatized Manufacturing Enterprises; H.P.B.Moshi Economic Reform, Industrialization and Technological Capabilities in Tanzanian Industry; S.M.Wangwe Highlights of the Sustainable Industrial Development Policy in Tanzania, 1996-2020; A.K.Maziku