President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday promised that programmes and policies that are broad based and pro poor will be implemented so as to ensure that every Tanzanian enjoys the benefits of economic growth.
President Jakaya Kikwete
The President made the remarks yesterday in Dar es Salaam when opening a one-day conference on unleashing growth potentials in Tanzania to create an inclusive growth, organised by the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF).
In his speech read by the Deputy Minister for Finance Saada Salum, he said the government will increase resources and strengthen institutions such as local government authorities that have direct dealings with the ordinary people.
President Kikwete who is in Dodoma for other government activities said that is the only way to make majority people enjoy the benefits of economic growth.
“We will continue investing more in social services and improve the quality of education, health and social safety nets for vulnerable persons and communities,” he said
He noted that despite impressive growth and macroeconomic stability, the majority of people remained poor. Statistics show that from 2001 to 2007 the overall household poverty fell by a marginal rate of 2 percent from 35.7 percent to 33.6 percent in Mainland Tanzania and from 49 percent to 44.7 percent in Zanzibar.
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