Tanzania, March 12 -- Dar es Salaam. Economists and policy experts have raised concerns over Tanzania's current budget for preparing Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects, warning that allocations are insufficient to mobilise the massive investments envisaged under the national development agenda.

The focus is on the "project preparation" phase, a critical technical stage that determines whether infrastructure proposals are bankable and can attract private capital.

Without robust preparation, experts say, many ambitious plans remain concepts that fail to secure international or local financing.

The issue was highlighted early this week during a high-level PPP stakeholders' conference in Dar es Salaam.

The event brought together se...