Tanzania - Agricultural Export Rehabilitation Project

Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No. 6958-TA STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT TANZANIA AGRICULTURAL EXPORT REHABILITATION PROJECT March 1,. 1988 Southern Africa Department Agriculture Operations Division 1n document has a resced distrb t may be used by recipfieb only In th pedomeanco of thir offiil dutie Its cont_nt my n_ otewise be dicosed without Word Bank uhoon.  CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit - Tanzania Shilling (TSh) US$1.00 - TSh 90.0 TSh 1O00 = US$0.011 ABBREVIATIONS BOT - Bank of Tanzania CRDB - Cooperative and Rural Development Bank ERP - Economic Recovery Program GDP - Gross Domestic Product IBRD - International Bank of Reconstruction and Development IDA - International Development Association IMF - International Monetary Fund MRC - Multisector Rehabilitation Credit NBC - National Bank of Commerce SLA - Subsidiary Loan Agreement SOEs - Statement of Expenditures TAC - Tanzania Audit Corporation FISCAL YEAR 1. Government of Tanzania : July 1 - June 30 2. Cooperative and Rural Development Ban!k : July 1 - June 30  FOR OFFICAL USE ONLY TANZANIA AGRICULTURAL EXPORT REHABILITATION PROJECT Table of Contents Page No. Credit and Project Summary ....... .................... i I. PROJECT AND SECTORAL BACKGROUND ...................... 1 A. Project Background ..... ......................... 1 B. Macro-economic Context .......................... 1 C. The Agricultural Sector ......................... 3 D. Development Constraints in the Export Sub-sector .*...... .....*............. 4 E. Government Objectives and Strategy for Export Agriculture ..... ........ .g.... 5 P. Bank and Oth%.