Public Debt Research

The research in Tanzania will contribute to broader research we are doing in five African countries under the title “Understanding Key Drivers of Africa’s New Debt Crisis: A Call for Ecumenical Advocacy Action”. To date, we have covered Burundi, Ghana, and Zambia. Thus, Tanzania will be our fourth case study. In this research we want to have a clear picture of the current status of African debt; the role of COVID-19 in that debt; the role of private lenders including China; the social and economic impact and what the Church can do.