This policy brief outlines some key findings from a survey of Nordic firms operating in Tanzania conducted in October and November 2019.
The survey comprised of quantitative and qualitative assessments of perceptions of 105 sampled firms on the business environment. 65 firms responded to the quantitative survey, and a snowball sample of 30 firms
yielded 60 per cent response to a qualitative survey.
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