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Viewing cable 09DARESSALAAM335, MINISTRY ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE

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09DARESSALAAM335 2009-05-21 12:57 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Dar Es Salaam
VZCZCXRO0013
RR RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHDR #0335/01 1411257
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 211257Z MAY 09
FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8528
INFO RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE
RUEHJB/AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA 2886
RUEHKM/AMEMBASSY KAMPALA 3416
RUEHLGB/AMEMBASSY KIGALI 1342
RUEHNR/AMEMBASSY NAIROBI 1276
RUEHDS/USMISSION USAU ADDIS ABABA
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
RUEHLMC/MCC WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 DAR ES SALAAM 000335 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/E JLIDDLE; INR/RAA FOR FEHRENREICH; AF/EPS 
STATE PASS USAID, USTDA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN EIND TZ
SUBJECT: MINISTRY ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE 
FINANCING 
 
REF: A) Dar es Salaam 154 
 
DAR ES SAL 00000335  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1. Summary: On April 23, the Ministry of Infrastructure Development 
(MOID) hosted a roundtable discussion focused on the current state 
of infrastructure and infrastructure financing in Tanzania.  The 
meeting, co-chaired by Omari Chambo, Permanent Secretary, MOID and 
Enrico Strampelli, EC Head of Cooperation, was well attended by GOT 
officials, donor countries, and the private sector.  Main 
conclusions were: a) that Tanzania ranks poorly in essential 
infrastructure even among other low income countries (LICs); b) that 
port congestion is one of the most pressing constraints; and c) that 
Tanzania currently underfunds infrastructure development and 
strengthening domestic capital markets is necessary to meet funding 
requirements.  Although the need for infrastructure development and 
the difficulties associated with the port of Dar es Salaam are well 
known, the MOID roundtable marked the first time that integral 
sector stakeholders focused specifically on financing options.  End 
Summary. 
 
2. A presentation by the World Bank underlined Tanzania's poor 
performance in infrastructure development and maintenance, even 
relative to other LICs.  Only 10 percent of the population has 
access to power while, within the LIC group as a whole, it is 15 
percent.  Tanzania's piped water supply and access to clean water 
has actually declined over the past decade.  Within the ICT sector, 
the country has very limited international bandwidth - only 2.7 
Mbps/capita in contrast to 5.8 Mbps/capita for LICs as a group 
(although this will likely change when the Seacom and EASSy undersea 
cables are operationalized).  While progress has been made in roads, 
the goal to pave all trunk roads by 2018 is now 10 years behind 
schedule, and the poor condition of railways contributes to 
significant road damage as bulk cargoes suitable for rail transport 
are diverted to road routes on heavy trucks.  Finally, the port of 
Dar es Salaam is far underperforming.  Increased congestion has 
forced shippers to use alternative ports, depriving Tanzania of 
revenue. 
 
3. A second World Bank presentation detailed the challenges arising 
from the extreme congestion at the port of Dar es Salaam.  It 
identified four main causes of congestion - lengthy customs 
clearance procedures, storage of containers in the port, 
difficulties of container off-take, and generally inefficient use of 
space.  Lengthy dwell times result in significantly higher costs for 
shippers thereby decreasing the attractiveness of using Dar as a 
port.  The cost of freight constituted 21 percent of the value of 
containerized merchandise in 2008, 2-3 times more than the average 
in other LICs and 5 times more than world averages.  The port of 
Mombasa handled 16 million metric tons of cargo last year, far 
surpassing the 7 handled in Dar. 
 
4. According to the presentation, port authorities and stakeholders 
must take remedial action to remove containers from the port, 
prevent recurrence of congestion, decrease dwell time, and invest in 
systems that will continue to improve the capacity of the port. 
Specifically related to infrastructure, it stressed improvement of 
the rail system to facilitate container movement (re-laying the 
railway tracks into a loop layout to replace the current 
first-in-last-out configuration); improved road access to the port 
by widening the main port road; and investment in more or better 
ship-to-shore gantry cranes.  The presenter stressed that investment 
in infrastructure was only one part of the solution.  Relevant 
stakeholders must also make a series of managerial improvements, 
without which it will be impossible to find a sustainable solution 
to the congestion.  Comment:  While some of the specific investment 
recommendations are new, the overall analysis of Dar's port needs is 
widely shared among users of its services and donors(See ref A). End 
Comment. 
 
5. In recognition that structural improvements in Tanzania will be 
impossible without increased investment, Yuzuru Ozeki of Japan 
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) presented an overview of 
infrastructure financing in Tanzania as well as several alternative 
means of financing infrastructure development.  Tanzania's funding 
needs for water energy and transport over the next 10 years total 
USD 34 billion, or approximately 15 percent of GDP.  The country 
currently spends about 10 percent of GDP on infrastructure, leaving 
a 5 percent gap.  If recurrent expenditures and implementation 
shortfalls are included, the true funding gap may be closer to 10 
percent.  Insufficient investment in infrastructure, he said, should 
be viewed as an opportunity cost in the form of lost income and 
 
DAR ES SAL 00000335  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
lower standards of living, health, and welfare. 
 
6. Ozeki emphasized the importance of developing the capacity of 
Tanzania's domestic capital markets including the creation of long 
term benchmark securities, opening government bond markets to 
foreign investors, and continuing pension regulatory reform to 
foster a domestic long term investor base.  Given the large 
infrastructure funding gap, he recommended that Tanzania develop and 
implement a legal and institutional framework for public private 
partnerships (PPPs) in order to attract private sector funding for 
priority infrastructure projects in key sectors.  He also mentioned 
sovereign bond funding as a possible future alternative which was 
not currently viable given the continuing global financial crisis. 
In the ensuing discussion of the presentation, US Treasury Advisor 
concurred with the importance of domestic bond market development 
and pension reform and highlighted the usefulness of opening the 
domestic government bond market to foreign investors as a means of 
accelerating long term bond market development.  Finally, he 
mentioned that PPPs were only one mechanism for attracting foreign 
investment and that other means should also be pursued. 
 
ANDRE