Suchergebnisse

A volume is being prepared, under the over-all guidance and editorship of Gottfried O. Lang and Peter F. M. McLoughlin, on progress among the Sukuma, Tanzania's largest tribal group. The book is both historical and interdisciplinary, covering aspects of geography, economics, agricultural economics, anthropology, political science, sociology, and history. Occupying some 20,000 square miles east and south of Lake Victoria, the Sukuma own approximately one-fifth of Tanzania's livestock and produce most of the country's cotton, the second largest export by value. Chapters will pay particular attention to the factors which have been responsible for Sukumaland's positive economic, social, and political changes, as well as to those elements which have precluded or delayed change. The orientation is practical; development experience will be analysed so that current and future policies and procedures may profit from a more precise definition of trends, problems, and prospects. An appendix will synthesise contributors, research methodologies, techniques, and problems.

During mid-1985 a combined team of expatriate consultants and Swaziland experts examined in some detail the water-development options in the Komati river basin.1 This short article presents the abbreviated macro-economic 'home' that we constructed, because our policy and investment recommendations had to be consistent with the Government's overall development objectives. The incentive to publish our findings was prompted by the dearth of relevant data in the existing literature, and there may be others in a position similar to that in which we found ourselves – namely, that virtually nothing was readily available. Our 1986 draft was updated in 1988 to take advantage of the latest statistics.

Allgemeiner Überblick über Wirtschafsstruktur und Wirtschaftsentwicklung 1978-85. Haushaltspolitik, Außenhandel, Zahlungsbilanz und externe Verschuldung. Problem steigender Konsum- und fallender Investitionsausgaben. Entwicklung von Preisen und Löhnen. Hohes Bevölkerungswachstum. Nur ein Drittel der Schulabgänger finden einen Arbeitsplatz im formalen Sektor. Wachsende Arbeitslosigkeit und die ständig zunehmende Abhängigkeit von importierten Nahrungsmitteln (vor allem Mais) lassen die Zukunftsaussichten dieses winzigen Landes eher problematisch erscheinen und führen schon heute zu einem ständig wachsenden Druck auf die Zahlungsbilanz. (DÜI-Hlb)