"For unto everyone that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that hath not shall be taken away, even that which he hath" Matthew 25, 26 This paper analyses the structure of the Tanzania external debt position, Tanzania has a high debt­ servicing burden as measured by total debt service as a. percentage of e orts of goods and services plus private transfers. Debt rescheduling is not a solution to Tanzania's external debt. This paper attempts to highlight some of the measures needed to alleviate the problem.