The core purpose of PHDR 2009 is to review progress towards Tanzania’s development goals as set by the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty 2005-2010 (MKUKUTA). This brief, the first of a series of five briefs on the report, presents a summary of trends and targets under MKUKUTA’s Cluster I, which focuses on indicators of national economic growth and reduction of income poverty
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