IMF’s Jana Bricco Links Tanzania’s 6% Growth Outlook to Reforms

What changed

Jana Bricco is now the IMF’s resident representative in Tanzania. In an interview published on 1 October 2026, she said Tanzania could sustain growth of around 6% if it preserves macroeconomic stability and speeds up reforms that support private investment, productivity and jobs.

Why it matters

The forecast is conditional, not a promise. Bricco’s point is that steady growth depends on whether Tanzania can make it easier for private businesses to invest, become more productive and create employment while keeping the wider economy stable.

That puts reform alongside growth, rather than treating it as a separate ambition. If those reforms move faster, the 6% outlook becomes more credible; if they stall, the figure remains a possibility rather than an established trajectory.