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Tanzanian President Launches Corruption Crackdown


The government issued a nationwide audit that rooted out so-called “ghost worker” positions from the public sector, according to Reuters. The audit is in response to a wage system, which allows workers to register fake accounts to receive double or triple pay. President John Magufuli has pledged to reduce corruption throughout the government.

Tanzania – Fast Facts


Tanzania is a lower income economies comes under the Sub Saharan African region, as to the classification made by the World Bank on the basis of income and region for the year 2006.

Tanzania economy is largely dependent upon the agricultural activities. Agriculture constitutes a larger share in the total GDP of the country followed by the services. More than 80% of the employment comes from this sector.

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Tanzania Economic Forecast


In rating world economies, Tanzania rates within the bottom 10% for per capita income. Currently, 40% of the country’s GDP is from a heavy dependency on agriculture, fisheries, and farming, which accounts for as much as 85% of exports. In addition, of people working, these sectors provide 80% of jobs. Even so, harvested crops are only responsible for 4% of the GDP because of Tanzania’s topography and climate.

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