Gender and Economic Growth in Tanzania : Creating Opportunities for Women

The World Bank Group recognizes the
critical importance of women's contribution to shared
economic growth, especially in Africa. Women's
important contribution to economic activity in Tanzania is
well recognized: In the 2006 World Economic Forum Global
Gender Gap report Tanzania was ranked number 1 globally, out
of 115 countries, in terms of women's economic
participation. This paper includes the following headings:
gender and economic growth in Tanzania; starting and closing
a business; access to land and site development; access to
finance; operating a business -- taxation, infrastructure,
and access to day care; labor laws -- how they affect women;
access to commercial justice; access to international trade;
and the way forward.