The value of Tanzania foreign trade in economic growth: the case of agro - product exports in Tanzania

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The University of Dodoma

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Dissertation (MA Business Administration)
The present study attempts to test the mechanisms of Export - Led Growth in Tanzania Mainland by taking a time- series data from 1980 to 2012. It applies Ordinary Least squares (OLS) method to investigate the relationship between Gross National Product, Total Exports, Agro-product Exports, Manufactured Exports, Mineral Exports, Petroleum Products, Other Exports and Investments. The results of the study support the Export - Led growth Hypothesis (ELGH) in Tanzania Mainland.

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Economic growth, Agro - product exports, Tanzania, Foreign trade, Value, Export - Led Growth, Gross National Product,

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