Tanzania 2016-2017 Provisional Budget Increases by 30% to Cater for Development Projects
Tanzania’s 2016-2017 budget has been
provisionally set at TZS 29.5 trillion, representing a 30% increasing from TZS
22.5 trillion included in the on going budget for 2015-2016. According to the
2016-2017 budget framework presented this week by Tanzania’s Finance and
Planning Minister Hon. Philip Mpango, about 60% of the budget (TZS 17.7
trillion) will be focused in recurrent expenditures, while the remaining 40%
(TZS 11.8 trillion) will be dedicated to development projects. Tanzania plans
to increase spending on industrial and infrastructure projects while reducing
the budget deficit, Minister Mpango explained.
Mpango also indicated that one of the major
challenges in the implementation of development projects is the suspension and
delays of funds delivery by international donors, resulting from unmatched
conditions attached to the support.
For this reason the Tanzanian
government is aiming at reducing its dependence in donors’ support and plans to
increase tax collection in 2016-2017 by 22.7% to TZS 15.1 trillion from the TZS
12.3 trillion target in tax revenues in 2015-2016. Since his appointment as the
5th President of Tanzania in November 2015, Dr. John Magufuli has encouraged Tanzanians
to stop relying on conditional loans from foreign donors and cultivate a
culture of working hard.
In line with this, the current government has
taken a number of austerity measures aimed at cutting down government spending
and boosting tax revenues collection.
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