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Managing Planned Development: Tanzania' Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Anthony H. Rweyemamu
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All the new states in Africa have drafted economic and social development plans, for varying periods. Everywhere one sees political leaders and party functionaries singing the popular song of nation-building while crowds respond with enthusiasm. Thus national planning is increasingly becoming synonymous with nation-building throughout the developing nations of Africa. A common problem facing the leaders of the new nations is not how to draft a brilliant plan or organisational charts; this any state can do by seeking the assistance of planning experts and artists. The problem centres on plan management and implementation. This article raises some of the questions and critical problems implicit in plan execution which have arisen during Tanzania's brief experience of nationhood.

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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , May 1966 , pp. 1 - 16
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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