From this paragraph, why Singapore attained economic development? Are you implying that it's because of separation from Malaysia? If yes, is there a causal linkage between separation and economic development? If yes, how the union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar affect that linkage?
It was just yesterday when I was reading a paper on East Asia Economic Miracle. The main reasons cited in the paper are huge foreign investments and demographic dividend (the benefit associated with low fertility rate and thus low dependency ratio) - large proportion of people in the prime working age. And here I am referring to Asian Tigers - Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. South Asia is following the same trend. They have already lowered their fertility and soon they will benefit from demographic dividend. They have already trained their people, ready to take up jobs that will come with foreign investments. Remember, economic gain can only happen when there's investment. And the investment money doesn't grow in the trees. It must come from savings or from outside. If you have so many kids of dependency age, then you cannot save. All the money should go to support kids. This means no investment and thus no economic gain. Zanzibar can do all this regardless of whether they are in the union or not. The union should act as a catalyst rather than a hindrance.
Nje ya muungano, inawezekana Zanzibar kufanya vizuri zaidi (This is not a rule!). Hii si kwa sababu Seychelles au Singapore navyo ni visiwa na vinafanya vizuri. This is not a reason. Kuna visiwa pia kama Zanzibar na vinafanya vibaya. Watakapojitenga na kuendelea na maisha kama kawaida (business as usual), then they will be screwed up. All it takes is hard working, increase income per capita and invest large share of income. The point I am trying to derive is they have to be sure with the hurdles slowing their economy. Hata kama muungano unawakwamisha, kama waki-invest huge share of what they are generating now [no matter how little it is] on human capital, then human capital can easily overcome the perceived "kero za muungano". A Professor of mine once said "Healthy, educated workers are just enormously more productive than sick or ignorant ones".
Watu wa Zanzibar kung'ang'ania kuwa muungano unawakwamisha na kutumia muda mwingi kutafuta njia ya kujitoa kwenye muungano kinaweza kuwa ni chanzo kingine cha kudumaa kwa uchumi wa Zanzibar (grossly negligent). I am afraid they may be wasting their time and deviate scarce resources to something which may not be a problem by itself. What if they behave like they are not in the union? What will happen? Will they export more cloves than now?