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  "title": "Tanzania’s Growth Process and Success in Reducing Poverty",
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      "content": "- Reviews Tanzania's growth performance and prospects and assesses the impact of growth on poverty.\n- Timeframe emphasis: since 1995.\n- Author: Volker Treichel.\n- Publication date: February 1, 2005.\n- Format: IMF Working Paper No. 2005/035 (25 pages)."
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      "content": "- Since 1995, Tanzania has made major progress in economic reform and macroeconomic stabilization, resulting in strong growth and low inflation.\n- Growth has been increasingly driven by higher factor productivity.\n- A continuation of recent policies should allow Tanzania to grow above 5 percent a year over the medium term."
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      "heading": "Major findings on poverty reduction",
      "content": "- Growth since 1995 has resulted in a significant decline of poverty.\n- Prospects are favorable for Tanzania to attain its objectives for reducing income poverty by 2015."
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    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451860542.001",
    "Reviews Tanzania's growth performance and prospects and assesses the impact of growth on poverty.",
    "Timeframe emphasis: since 1995.",
    "Author: Volker Treichel.",
    "Publication date: February 1, 2005.",
    "Format: IMF Working Paper No. 2005/035 (25 pages).",
    "Since 1995, Tanzania has made major progress in economic reform and macroeconomic stabilization, resulting in strong growth and low inflation.",
    "Growth has been increasingly driven by higher factor productivity.",
    "A continuation of recent policies should allow Tanzania to grow above 5 percent a year over the medium term.",
    "Growth since 1995 has resulted in a significant decline of poverty.",
    "Prospects are favorable for Tanzania to attain its objectives for reducing income poverty by 2015.",
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