Hello
everyone!
We are
visiting Tanzania, like Anou and Anneleen already mentioned. Tanzania is one of
the world’s poorest countries based on UN statistics of 2009.
When I was
reading the travel guide, I was shocked to learn that almost 36% of the 43,188,000
inhabitants live under the international poverty line, that’s about 16,000,000
people. That’s more than the whole population of our own country. So you see
why I found it shocking?
The travel
guide mentioned that the economy of Tanzania is highly dependent on agricultural
productivity. And that this productivity accounts for almost 85% of the total
exports and employs. Although, not every place in Tanzania is suitable for
agriculture, nearly 90% of the land is not useful. The most of the agriculture
takes place in the coastal plains.
Of course
as in every country Tanzania also has a small industrial sector, that basically
comprises food processing plants. I thought I had seen on some products “made
in Tanzania” so I asked our guide about it and she said that there are also
some consumer goods manufactured in the country, but that this amount is very
small.
But of
course not everything in the Tanzanian economy is bad. After the year 2000 the
country has started investing in the mining sector because Tanzania has large
deposits of gold and natural gas. This is one of the biggest assets of the
country. Hopefully they can increase their wealth thanks those products.
Well this
was my last blogpost, I hope you’ve enjoyed our trip and my view on things.
Next week we’re finally in Madagascar! I wonder if we will see suricates, and
other animals out of the movie Madagascar! Thank you for following us, and
don’t forget to read our last three blogs, that are written by Melisa,
Roselinde and Julie!
With Love
Romina
Source:
http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/tanzania/
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