GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

  The following are social problems, which Tanzania faced since independence. Famine and shortage of health services as the government adopted the Structural Adjustment Policies of IMF. Poverty and a general drop in living standards as production dropped due to socialism. Lack of social amenities, like clean water in rural areas. High illiteracy level. Unemployment. In Tanzania , industries closed after the Arusha declaration. Population explosion which outstripped the country’s resource terrorism. Tanzania was under terrorist attacks in 1997 targeting the American embassy. Environmental pollution. Overcrowding in urban areas . RELATED POSTS 9 CONDITIONS FAVOURING IRRIGATION FARMING IN EGYPT 5 CAUSES OF RURAL-RURAL MIGRATION IN KENYA 10 AIMS OF KILOMBERO VALLEY IRRIGATION SCHEME 4 FEATURES OF MAP STATEMENT SCALE 10 ADVANTAGES OF OIL PRODUCTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST 7 DISADVANTAGES OF AIR TRANSPORT 10 PROBLEMS FACING COFFEE FARMING IN KENYA IMPACTS OF POVERTY ON ENVIRONMENT 10 PROB...

  Inadequate capital to inset in the industrial sector local investors depend on basic provision from the government and foreign aid and grants which may not be adequate or has too high interest rates. Most industrial suffer from inconsistency in the supply of raw materials due to fluctuation in output especially agricultural raw materials, industries dependent on natural raw materials, e.g. minerals suffer shortage when the mineral deposits decline Most industries face the problem of limited market due to the fact that much of the population is unemployed hence has low purchasing power. The country faces inadequate managerial skills which result in mismanagement and embezzlement of funds and unnecessary spending. There is the problem of poor transport and communication which hinder transportation of raw materials to factories and industrial goods to the market. The country faces the problem of insufficient and expensive power supply which hinders industrial development especially ...