Tanganyika - The economy

R e p o r t N o. T.A.7 CIRCULATING COPY CO/9 F/.P IC TJ_F-L-- TO BE RETURNED TO ARCHIVES DIVISION This report is not to be published nor may it be quoted as representing the Bank's views. INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT THE ECONOMY OF TANGANYIKA (Preliminary Memorandum for the IBRD Survey Mission) May 14, 1958 Prepared By: Walter A. Chudson J.P. Hayes  CONTENTS Page Basic Statistics Maps and Charts Chapter I - General Description of Tanganyika............... 1 Geography, Climate and Natural Resources............ 1 The Pepe........................ ... 4 Government ............................ **0.0.00600009 6 Chapter II - The Economy - Structure and Growth ............. 10 Historical ................ C.. 60 .. .. .09 10 National Product and Its Composition................ 12 Capital FormationO.. . . . 0. .. . . .. ... ........ . . . .. 0 014 External Trade and Payments ......................... 15 Agriculturec .......... 20 Transport... . ... . ...... .. . .. 30 Mining ..... 32 Manufacturing ... .... 34 Monetary and Financial Institutions...... ............ 35a Chapter III - Development Plans and Their Financing....,.... 36 The Territorial Budget.... ......................... . 36 The Capital Budget................................. 38 Official Development Plans .......................... 39 Ten-Year Development Plan, 1940-65.................. 40 Appendix I - Capital Requirements Program, 1955-65 Bibliography Statistical Tables  BASIC STATISTICS Area Land area (excluding major lakes) 341,150 sq. miles Population Total (1957 census) 8,785,600 African 8,662,700 European 20 ,500 Indian and Pakistani 71,700 Arab 19,100 Other 11,600 Average annual rate of growth, 1948-1957 1.6% Average new permanent European immigration, 2,700 per annum 1955-1957 African employees (1957) 430,000 As percentage of adult population 9% Geographical Product (monetary economy) 1957 f92.3 million Shares of sectors in total product (per cent) Agriculture 49 Livestock 11 Mining 3.5 Manufacturing 3.5 Average annual growth of real product, 1954 to 1957 - 2.0% Gross fixed capital expenditure (monetary economy)