Infrastructure projects in Tanzania: Obstacles and Challenges to improve infrastructure

Abstract

Infrastructure projects spend a lot of funds for development and management. Tanzania like other countries has been attracting many donors to establish, expand and manage a variety of infrastructure projects ranging from road and airport construction, water and electricity supplies as well as ports like the Port of Dar es Salaam, Tanga and Mtwara. However, the country is faced with some challenges to include lack of transparency in the infrastructure projects, corruption, high dependence on donor funds and poor management of the projects as well as lack of human capital to supervise the projects. This desk review study explores the infrastructure projects in Tanzania by looking on their challenges.