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Country Information: Tanzania: Home

News

  • Contains articles from scholarly and trade journals, newspapers, and magazines as well as industry and company reports
  • To find news about Tanzania:
    • Enter Tanzania in the search box and select GE Geographic Terms under Select a Field
    • Select Newspaper and/or Periodical under Publication type
  • Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds
  • Broad variety of news sources
  • Select Switch Factiva at the top of the screen
  • Go to Search Builder
  •  Search for Tanzania 
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Country Overview

  • Use the dropdown menu to select Tanzania
  • Offers basic information on the country's government, economy, and society
  • Published by the CIA

Culture

  • For Cultural Advice, select Career Guides
  • Select  Country Career Guides.
  • Select Tanzania.
  • Click on Living There and select section on Cultural Advice.
  • This database also provides information on jobs and internships.  To view these, select Internships or Jobs from the menu bar.  Limit your search by country and enter keyword MBA..

Business and the Economy

  • Search for 'Tanzania' and then scroll through publication type and date, chapters related to Tanzania from the African Economic Outlook will be listed.
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  • Information on the business landscape, trade regulations, investment climate, and political & economic environment of 125 countries
  • Explore the guide on Tanzania

Travel Guides

Statistics & Data

  • Agency of the government of Tanzania
  • Conducts a census and other surveys
  • Be mindful of dates - not all information is current
  • Includes agricultural, business and industry, macroeconomic, and population and social statistics
  • Contains economic time series data
  • Datasets include International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade, Balance of Payments, and Government Finance Statistics
  • Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds
  • Provides social and economic statistics for key indicators for each country as well as regions in some cases
  • Consists of several individual databases with overlap in indicators; databases include:
    • World Development Indicators
    • Education Statistics
    • Gender Statistics
    • Poverty and Equity Database
  • Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds
  • Includes economic and socio-demographic data
  • Use the Advanced Search function to search for data across a range of UN databases

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