According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Tanzania is included in the list of countries that were the least affected by the international financial and economic crisis and, in spite of fact that the Government of Tanzania was unable to meet its 2008/09 revenue target by 10 percent, the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently announced that some of the key contributing sectors to the Tanzania economy were able to record modest growth during the first quarter of last year.

The World Bank is prepared to provide a supplemental credit of USD 171 in order to help implement the strategy that is known as the Tanzania MKUKUTA strategy, a Kiswahili acronym for the Tanzania national strategy for growth and reduction of poverty, which will also be used to help alleviate the effects of the global financial and economic crisis.

The Tanzania economy has been approved for an aid package from the European Commission in the amount of 385 million Euros, which represents the largest sum ever given to the country in this annual assistance package, as well as an additional Tsh 230 billion from the UK, through its Department for International Development (DFID).

President Jakaya Kikwete has recently announced a rescue package for the Tanzania economy in the amount of TSh1.7 trillion in order to help cushion his country from the effects of the global financial crisis.