Overall ease of doing business:

According to the World Bank, the Ease of Doing Business rank (out of 189 economies) of Tanzania in 2016 is 139 while that of 2015 is 140[1].

Market drivers:

Growing private sector investment in the last five years

Market restraints:

1)      Limitations in healthcare infrastructure;

2)      Poor healthcare worker coverage;

3)      Procurement bottlenecks;

4)      Challenges of managing a health system that is in the process of decentralization;

5)      Overall health system implementation is often weak, arising in part from poor communication between the different levels of the system;

6)      Lack of leadership and management skills and the imbalances between well-resourced vertical programs (e.g., HIV/AIDS) and the rest of the health system[2].

[1] http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/tanzania/

[2] USAID/Tanzania Health Systems Strengthening Strategy 2013-2018, USAID, September 30, 2013, p.5.