Justinian Rweyemamu

Justinian F. Rweyemamu (28 September 1942 – 30 March 1982) was a Tanzanian economist, development theorist, Pan-Africanist, and public servant. He was Tanzania’s first major economics scholar. Considered by many as the outstanding representative of the post-independence African scholars. The first Tanzanian to get PhD in Harvard University and became one of Africa's leading post-independence development economists. Quotes "Industrialization is not an end in itself, but a means of transforming the economic and social structure of society." Underdevelopment and Industrialization in Tanzania: A Study of Perverse Capitalist Industrial Development (Oxford University Press, 1973). "The industrial structure inherited from colonialism was designed to serve external interests rather than the needs of the domestic economy." Underdevelopment and Industrialization in Tanzania (1973). "Political independence without economic independence leaves the structure of dependence fundamentally unchanged." Underdevelopment and Industrialization in Tanzania (1973). "Development strategy must strengthen the capacity of a nation to rely on its own resources and determine its own priorities." Third World Options: Power, Security and Hope for Another Development (Tanzania Publishing House, 1992). External links History of Justinian Category:1942 births Category:1982 deaths Category:Economists Category:Pan-Africanists Category:Harvard University alumni Category:United Nations officials Category:Writers