EAC budget still relies heavily on donor support

More than 98 per cent of Zanzibar’s development budget is foreign aid.According to the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) economic review for last month, 98.1 per cent on the money for financing development projects in November 2013 was foreign aid.

How donor dependency hurts 2013/14 budget
IPPmedia
The government has faced the reality that over dependence on donors in budget allocation is a big problem as supporters have often not disbursed most of what they promised in 2013/2014 budget. As the new financial year starts in the next three weeks all ...

Dar seeks to cut budget donor dependency
Daily News
THE government has promised to reduce overdependence on donors in budget allocations by pulling more resources from domestic sources, following a bad experience in the fiscal year ending this month. The matter rose in the National Assembly on ...

Tanzania seeks donor support to combat poaching
Daily News
TANZANIA has sought the engagement of more development partners (DPs) to support the country materially and financially in fighting wildlife poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking. In roundtable discussions and chaired by the Minister for Natural Resources ...

>2015 is momentous year for dear motherland. It is looking up to two major events – the Referendum and the General Election. These will go a long way to define our political, social and economic landscape for years to come -- either good or bad.

The East African Community (EAC) has been challenged to utilise funds from donors to implement the intended projects and programmes.

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, 16 October 2014: The East African Community Headquarters will on Friday 17th October 2014, host the EAC-Africa Medicines Regulatory Harmonization Round Table Donors Conference at its headquarters Arusha, Tanzania. 
 The Round Table Donors Conference will be co-chaired by Hon. James W. Macharia, Cabinet Secretary for Health of the Republic of Kenya and Chairperson of the EAC Sectoral Council of Minister of Health as well as Mr. Dan Hartman, Director...

>Donors have released $15 million (Sh25.8 billion) of the $558 million (Sh959 billion) budget support they withheld over the Tegeta escrow account scam. The money was sent in December, according to a statement by the Development Partners Group Tanzania.

IHS Jane's 360
Restoration of budget support by donors repairs government's anti-corruption ...
IHS Jane's 360
On 11 March, Tanzania's finance minister Saada Mkuya confirmed that the country's development partners will resume their budgetary support programme imminently. Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete attends an East Africa Community (EAC) Heads of ...