Tanzania

The concept that sustained national economic growth is central to poverty alleviation in developing countries is gaining currency among development practitioners, policy makers, and the private sector. Although pains must be taken to ensure that such growth includes all sectors of society, a market-oriented approach to international development is currently emerging.1 Increasingly, this market orientation is focusing on the private sector as a driver of opportunities for employment and entrepreneurial innovation as well as products and services. Two recent publications delineate the emerging model of the private sector's development role: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone (World Bank: World Development Report 2005), and Unleashing Entrepreneurship: Making Business Work for the Poor (UN Commission on the Private Sector and Development, 2004).