In Tanzania, a long-awaited offshore liquified natural gas project may be further delayed. However, its large-scale gold mines are benefitting from high gold prices, and easing of flight restrictions have reduced disruption in supplies.

The pandemic’s global economic impact could further delay Tanzania's long-awaited liquified natural gas project. Once negotiations resume, the government is likely to be in a weaker negotiating position due to low oil and gas prices.

There is a reasonable chance that foreign investment in the LNG project will not happen under current conditions. If the project does proceed, the government revenues it generates are unlikely to be transformative.

This report explores common resource governance successes and challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors conclude that policymakers, parliamentarians, civil society, media and regional institutions must focus on narrowing the implementation gap between extractive sector laws and actual practice, which will help to restore trust between government, communities and investors and thus strengthen sustainable management of natural resources. 

  

   

   

   

NRGI helped to create a robust civil society forum through which Tanzanian citizens have made substantive contributions to the country's extractives-related laws.