| Tanzania is on course to establish a Sovereign Wealth Fund to manage proceeds from oil and gas finds, but experts caution that to reap maximum benefits from its resources, the country must have in place effective mechanisms to foster good governance and transparency.
The mining sector's contribution to Tanzania's GDP more than tripled between the mid-1990s and 2012, reaching 3.5 per cent. However, since the mining boom started in the early 1990s, the East African country has failed to transform this into wealth for communities near the mines, critics say, hence the need for the government to rectify mistakes and ensure the Sovereign Wealth Fund works for the population from grassroots...............................................Full Article: Source
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