TANZANIA, Aug. 4 -- EVERY generation is remembered for one defining decision. Some generations-built roads, others transformed education or industrialised their economies. Tanzania now stands before a similar moment. As the nation charts its path towards Vision 2050, the defining question is no longer, whether we have ambitious aspirations, but whether we have the financial architecture capable of turning those aspirations into reality. Development is ultimately financed and the countries that succeed are those that mobilise domestic capital efficiently and sustainably.

Public-Private Partnership (PPP) has rightly emerged as one of the key strategies for achieving Vision 2050. The model recognises that government resources alone cannot f...