The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar (RGoZ) is determined to spur industrialization as among the means to meet the Zanzibar Vision 2025 of attaining the “upper middle-income status by the year 2050 through sustainable and inclusive human development1 ” This study aims at supporting such efforts by building a knowledge base and inform policy reforms in the five areas of 1) business environment 2) production Utilisation capacity 3) production costs 4) skills development 5) investment incentives.
The study surveyed six large scale manufacturing industries in Zanzibar and benchmarked the situation in Zanzibar against the situation in comparable countries and regional averaged. The five areas are key for an economy to attain industrial competitiveness, which is defined as the capacity of an economy to increase its presence in international and domestic markets while developing industrial sectors and activities with higher value added and technological content.
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