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Between 1972 and 1986 public enterprises in Tanzania represented 40 per cent of the country’s GDP, and at the end of 1986 they employed about 32 per cent of the total labour force (Bureau of Statistics 1972–1986). During the same period they absorbed an annual average of 75 per cent of government funds (Senkoro 1988). It is not surprising therefore that in the last two decades, as these enterprises became a significant feature of the Tanzanian economy, the need to make them more efficient, beneficial and accountable gained urgency.
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Mihyo, P. (1994). The Search for a Rational System of Accountability. In: Non-Market Controls and the Accountability of Public Enterprises in Tanzania. Institute of Social Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13190-7_1
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