Tanzania put the portfolio of 33 World Bank-backed projects at more than 8.8 billion dollars on Monday, October 12, during a meeting in Bangkok between Finance Minister Khamis Mussa Omar and World Bank Regional Vice President Ndiame Diop.
The ministry estimates the total at about 23,200 billion Tanzanian shillings. The operations cover industry, education, health, agriculture and social protection, according to information released after the meeting held on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings.
The projects cited include the development of the Dar es Salaam port, the central railway line, the standard-gauge electric railway and power links designed to connect the Tanzanian grid to that of Zambia. These infrastructure projects also serve trade for landlocked countries that use the corridor to the Indian Ocean.
The figure of 8.8 billion dollars corresponds to the declared value of the portfolio, not to a new loan announced on Monday. The World Bank's database, for its part, listed about 8.4 billion dollars across 33 active operations as of 31 August, a gap that may stem from the update date and the scope used.
Another discrepancy concerns growth. The minister cited 6.3% in the first quarter, while the indicator published by the National Bureau of Statistics is 6.0%. Without a methodological note reconciling these data, the official figure from the national statistician remains the most directly verifiable benchmark for that period.
The World Bank forecasts growth of 6.1% for all of 2026 and stresses that this expansion must still generate more jobs that are more productive and better paid. Financing decisions and the pace of project disbursement will continue to determine their concrete effects on transport, electricity and public services.