A few weeks ago, I came across a striking headline in The Citizen: “Tanzania begins bold journey towards a $1 trillion economy by 2050.” I read it twice to make sure I had not misunderstood it. I had not.
My first reaction was that the headline was probably designed to attract attention and that the article itself would provide a more cautious analysis. Instead, it presented the $1 trillion target as a serious national objective.
According to the report, the announcement was made by the Permanent Secretary in the President’s Office–Planning Commission, who also serves as the Executive Secretary of the Planning Commission, during a forum at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
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