Abstract:
ECM
ABSTRACT
The government of Tanzania has relied on foreign aids as one of the means to achiove coonom,s
growth and development and in turn improving the living standards of her people. This study
intended to examine the effect of Foreign Aids on economic growth of Tanzania for a period of 32
years from 1990 to 2021. Quantitative research approach was adopted in this study. where
secondary data were collected from World Bank Development Indicators for all the variables
including real GDP (as a measure of economic growth in a country), foreign aids inflows. as well as
for control variables (public investment and inflation). The study employed Johansen mu:tvahate
test for co-integration to check the existence of long-run relationship among the variables and Vector
Error Correction Model (VECM) to check for short-run relationship among the variables. The study
found the existence of long-run negative and significant relationship between foreign ads and
economic growth in Tanzania, as well as positive and significant relationship between public
investment, inflation and economic growth in Tanzania respectively. Despite that, the short-run
relationship does not exist between the study variables. The study therefore recommends that, Policy makers should make a clear analysis as to which forms of foreign ads are received and
analyse their future consequences before accepting them also more emphasise should be
considered on public investment as in the long run-may boost the economic growth Keywords: Foreign Aids, Economic Growth, VECM
