Tanzania continues to stand out as amodel of sound economic performance in the Africancontinent, with a growth rate of over six per cent in 2011and 2012, surpassing other regional economies anddemonstrating impressive resilience to the global economiccrisis. This is the second issue of the Tanzania economicupdate series. The series aim to engage a broad audience ina discussion of the state of the economy in general, as wellas in specific debates of topical importance in Tanzania.The current issue seeks to get the discussion going on howto achieve the structural transformation of the ruraleconomy so that rural households can also benefit from thecountry's remarkable growth performance.