Tanzania: Aid Freeze Over Energy Controversy a Blow to Economy

18 January 2015

Dar es Salaam — As foreign donors drag their feet on injecting badly needed cash into the government's coffers, local analysts are increasingly worried that this will affect implementation of key development projects that require donor funding.

Donors - including the United Kingdom, Germany and the World Bank - are withholding 449 million out of 558 million dollars pledged for the 2014/15 budget, pending a satisfactory outcome to investigations over corruption in the energy sector.

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