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World Bank expects Tanzania's economic growth to fall to 2.5 per cent in 2020

Tanzania’s economic growth is expected to drop to 2.5 per cent in 2020 from 6.9 per cent last year, the World Bank said on Monday, citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

“International travel bans and caution against contracting the virus have severely hurt the tourism sector, which had been one of the fastest-growing sectors in the economy,” the bank said in a statement.

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