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IMF in talks with Tanzania over potential US$700M loan

Tanzanian President sees fiscal position improve in two years Government also in talks with India, China for low-cost loans

FurtherAfrica by FurtherAfrica
April 1, 2022
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Tanzania is seeking at least $700 million from the International Monetary Fund as it adjusts its borrowing strategy to take on more concessional loans and reduce the risk of debt distress, President Samia Suluhu Hassan said.

The move is part of Hassan’s wider plan to boost Tanzania’s fiscal position, after the IMF in September raised the East African nation’s risk of debt distress to moderate from low. The government ramped up commercial borrowings in the past few years to fund infrastructure projects, including about $1.5 billion from Standard Chartered Plc to help fund construction of a new railroad.

“We have redirected the loan program,” Hassan, 62, said in an interview from her office in the capital, Dodoma. “I am looking for concession, not for commercials.” An agreement with the IMF hasn’t been reached yet, Hassan said.

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Increased borrowings amid the pandemic even as tourism revenue, which accounts for about a quarter of Tanzania’s gross domestic product, plunged led to a jump in the nation’s debt level. The talks if successful, will result in the nation’s first IMF policy-reform funding program in a decade. The institution’s disbursement of about $570 million for Tanzania last year was under the emergency lending provision for recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

The nation’s debt climbed 20% to $37.1 billion last year. The fiscal deficit may widen to 4.2% of GDP this year, compared with 1.4% in the 2019-20 fiscal year, the World Bank said in a January report.

Cheaper loans, increased private investment and a rebound of economic growth is expected to boost government revenue and reduce the debt burden, according to Hassan. “In the coming two years, we will be able to get out of the distressed position,” she said.

The government expects the $62.4 billion economy to expand 7% and above by 2025, Finance Minister Mwigulu Nchemba said in a separate interview in Dodoma.

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The risk of debt distress was raised partly because recent borrowing showed a higher ratio of commercial to concessional debt, according to IMF Resident Representative for Tanzania Jens Reinke. “Tanzania’s debt is, however, sustainable,” Reinke said in an interview.

The ongoing engagement with the IMF is seen as a shift from former President John Magufuli’s rule, when the government had strained relations with international financial institutions and private investors. Hassan, who was vice president, took over in March last year after Magufuli died in office.

“The government requested the program to improve the economic performance. “It is not a program that they seek to address a calamity,” Reinke said. “We may reach an informal agreement about going ahead within months.”

Deeper Reforms

Tanzania’s economy avoided a recession, which points to its resilience during the pandemic, according to Reinke. “The new government has pointed to the right direction with regard to policies, but we would encourage not only faster but also more thorough, deeper reforms.”

Tanzania is also in discussion with the Export-Import Bank of India and China for concessional funding for projects in sectors including, water and sanitation, aviation as well as developing railroads, Hassan said without giving further details.

The government is seeking a credit rating as part of its plans to sell the Tanzanian story among investors and increase capital inflows. Hassan is, however, not keen on selling Eurobonds yet because of the associated financial risks.

“If I am now distressed, then going for Eurobond,” which is tied to the world’s economic dynamics as well as peace and security conditions, may be unfavorable. “We are doing the credit rating, but not for Eurobonds.”

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